Dr. Gürcan Avci Email & Phone Number

Istanbul, Turkey

As Finahukuk, we are servicing for firms which are required to comply with financial regulations and developing corporate governance, strategy, and finance. I also carried out the official license application processes of many payment and electronic money institutions in Turkey successfully. Managed the regulatory license project for international fintech institutions(particularly blockchain corps) In includes but not limited to Canada (BCSC, OSC), Singapore (MAS), Hongkong (HKMA, SFC), United Kingdom (FCA), Bermuda (BMA), Saudi Arabia (CMA), Jersey (JFSC) and Lithuania (LB). I carried out various regulation projects for cryptocurrency exchange companies such as Crypto.com, Mamoru, Fizzyex, Coinpara, Loopex, Bitfera, Nextpara, BiLira in Turkey.One of our new areas is gaming & non-gaming app development companies. As Finahukuk, we are working with more than 80 different technology companies in order to increase their operational profitability and solve their complex legal problems.

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

● Responsible as the Head of Compliance and MLRO, in respect of all Compliance and AML matters in Dubai. Also seek to ensure that all regulated legal entities comply with current DFSA legislation, regulation and rules;● Advise management on policies and guidelines related to KYC, AML and Compliance● Develop and pro-actively manage the implementation and review of policies and systems and controls which compliance with regulatory requirement.● Liaise with senior management on all issues relating to compliance;● Conduct training for staff and regulatory registrations are current;● Advise on the establishment or changes in the relevant compliance mechanism in view of regulatory changes;● Review of regulatory submissions to DFSA● Respond promptly to any request for information made by competent authority or Regulator.

British Columbia, Canada

I worked for a Canadian based financial services and technology firm that offers innovative products in the blockchain and real estate industry through an array of proprietary public and private investment vehicles and platforms. Also,- Lead the development of Risk and Compliance policy to ensure a consistent approach to preventing and managing risk throughout the business- Designing and updating policy inline with changing AML regulations, industrybest practice and financial crime trends to anticipate future threats - Deploy and coordinate the use of new regulations and best practice processes across business units, including onboarding KYC and complex legal, and regulatory requirements.- Support finance, sales, treasury and accounting on ongoing complex legal, commercial, corporate and employee related agreements and issues, including M&As, IT, licensing, maintenance/support, Equity/SPA’s, NDA’s, 3rd party suppliers, and labor/employment issues.

Turkey

Proactively identified, monitored and robustly interpreted regulatory developments key for Turkishfinancial system, including by developing and maintaining a strong network of contacts withexternal participants in the legislative and regulatory processManaged various Regulatory Projects (develops the requirements and standards for thecompanies’ enterprise-wide anti-money laundering and sanctions programs)Providing oversight and assurance of the modelling, monitoring and reporting of compliancerisks as well as supporting the development of policies, procedures and risk appetites as afinancial serviceIncluded many regulatory advisory projects for various financial institutionsAssessed and challenged financial institutions whether their control framework meetsregulatory expectations

Basel Area, Switzerland

Represented Turkey on the Basel Committee to design within the framework new global financialarchitectureResearched improving independent audit quality in banks and issuing supervisory guidance inrelation to external audit of banks with group.Attended several meetings of the Global Public Policy Committee, International AccountingStandard Board and Financial Stability Board to enhance the contribution of external audit tofinancial stability.

Istanbul, Turkey

Managed on-site risk-oriented supervision and financial analysis of 15 different banks whosefinancial assets comprise ~80% of Turkish banking industry. Evaluated business plans,strategies and risk appetites of many banks by discussing CEO, CFO and the other headmanagers.Professional ExperienceExperienced in effective operation of legal compliance and risk management framework ofleasing companies and pension funds.Led examination teams for quantitative and qualitative analysis of credit risk, liquidity risk,market risk, operational risk, and foreign exchange position risk along with the management,operational and supporting processes.Planned and conducted examinations to evaluate financial institutions’ compliance riskmanagement practices and determine compliance with relevant anti-money laundering (AML)laws and regulations, such as the MASAK, as amended to include certain provisions of TitleFATF, and other CTF regulationsSupervised financial institutions to comply with legal and regulatory requirements, including,but not limited to, Banking Law, Capital Markets Law, Financial Leasing, Factoring and FinancingCompanies Law, Payment and Security Settlement Systems, Payment Services and ElectronicMoney Institutions Law and their implementing regulations.

İşletme, 3.30/4.00

Hukuk, 3.81

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), 3.73/4.00

Ph.D. dissertation titled "Audit Committee and Committee Subdivisions’ Characteristics versus Operational Risk Oversight in Turkish.

Endüstri Mühendisliği

İşletme, 3.60/4.00

Education record