Hakan Erten Email & Phone Number

Istanbul, Turkey

Nova Nora Consulting Group is a new-age boutique management consulting and advisory services firm currently operating in three business lines: 1) Nova Nora Consulting: a) Corporates and family owned businesses: - Corporate governance and risk management - Internal controls and process optimization - Strategy and organizational design - M&A Advisory (Sell-side & Buy-side) - IPO Advisory - Post-merger integration services - Financial reporting services - Executive educational programs on finance, strategy, innovation b) Tech startups: - Strategic finance and fundraising support - Scalability assessment and strategy - Business development and B2B matchmaking - CFO-as-a-Service - M&A Advisory - Advisory board member - Early stage investing - Mentoring2) Nova Nora Human Capital: Having an official license in Turkey, NNHC provides executive recruitment services in Turkey, specifically focused around finance, accounting, treasury, internal audit areas.3) Nova Nora Technology: A repeatable venture creation studio with a visionary team of multi-disciplinary experts and validated methodology. Nova Nora Technology develops smart B2B solutions, invests&accelerates early-stage startups, and match startups with corporates. 4) Nova Nora Business School: Aims to elevate the knowledge base of corporate professionals and entrepreneurial individuals through online and offline educational programs, working with best-in-class subject matter experts as tutors, mainly around leadership, management, strategy, finance, accounting, entrepreneurship, tax, legal, marketing, digital transformation, and innovation.

Istanbul, Türkiye

I serve as a jury member for the Incubation Program at Startup House by Yıldız Technical University, one of Turkey's leading universities. In this role, I actively listen to entrepreneurs who applied for the program, evaluate their business ideas, focusing on their scalability, profiltability and sustainability. My goal is to contribute to the selection of ventures that will add value to the ecosystem and offer forward-thinking solutions.

Istanbul, Türkiye

As a jury member, I listen to the entrepreneurs presenting their projects which are admitted to Technopark, and evaluate their maturity, scalability, feasibility, profitability and sustainability prior to providing my opinion on their acceptance to the Technopark.

Turkiye

StartupCentrum Angel Investment Network, established by StartupCentrum in the third quarter of 2022, was approved by the Ministry of Treasury and Finance. The angel investment network has established branches in Istanbul and Ankara. The aim of the network is to expand its operations to other major cities of Turkey and abroad.

Istanbul, Turkey

I support technology ventures as a mentor, mainly on finance, strategy, scalability and growth.

Istanbul, Turkey

Fundraising supportStrategy simulation and roadmapAccess to finance supportFinancial management infrastructureProject feasibility assessment

Istanbul, Turkey

We are co-hosting “Structured Mentoring Program” in partnership of Nova Nora with ITU Magnet. As the lead designer of the program, I act as the lead mentor, meeting periodically with entrepreneurs and help them address their specific business challenges. We serve as a team of experts covering end-to-end needs of technology ventures, mainly around value proposition, business model, scalability, financial modelling, valuation, strategy simulation, growth, tax optimization, legal expertise, technology, UI/UX…

Maslak Mah., İstanbul, Türkiye

a) Innovation Strategy Development: Develop and execute a comprehensive innovation strategy aligned with the firm's overall business objectives and growth ambitions.b) Cross-functional Collaboration: Collaborate with senior leadership, business unit heads, and subject matter experts to define innovation priorities and ensure alignment with organizational goals. Forge strategic partnerships with external stakeholders, technology providers, and tech startups to drive collaborative innovation efforts.c) Ideation and Prototyping: Lead brainstorming sessions and workshops to generate innovative ideas, encouraging a diverse and inclusive approach to problem-solving.d) Innovation Culture and Change Management: Cultivate an innovation-focused culture across the organization, promoting a mindset of continuous improvement and learning.e) Technology and Emerging Trends: Stay abreast of technological advancements, industry trends, and disruptive innovations relevant to professional services.f) Project Management and Execution: Manage multiple innovation projects simultaneously, overseeing timelines, resource allocation, and progress tracking.Founder of three corporate intreprenership initiatives:1) DeloitteUP: Established and led a team of multidisciplinary professsional services team to support technology startups on value proposition, business model design, financial model preparation, tax optimization, fundraising and globalization. 2) Deloitte Pusula: A data analytics tool created as a corporate intrapreneurship product, used by 500+ professionals over 3-4 years. The tool was used to provide smart audit analysis on the financial data of audited firms. 3) Audit Impact Center: A shared service center established to maximize the efficiency of resource utilization by centralizing certain tasks and enhancing the capabilities of the field service teams. AIC was made of multi-disciplinary professionals including software developers, data engineers, accounting experts.

Istanbul, Turkey

Major experiences: - IPO of Şok Marketler A.Ş.: One of the biggest IPOs in BIST Turkey with 538m$ raised from local and global investors. (2019) - IPO of TFI Food Investments in Nasdaq: TFI is the master franchisee of Burger King, Popeyes, Sbarro and many other fast food restraurant chains operating in Turkey and China. Although cancelled on the day before ringing the bell due to Nasdaq crash, a full-scale US IPO engagement has been undertaken in 2019. - Acquisition of Ak Gıda (Yıldız Holding) by Lactalis Group: Ak Gıda is one of the leading dairy products company in Turkey previously owned by Yıldız Holding. Dual track engagement having an IPO at BIST and also pursuing M&A opportunities, which ultimately ended up with the acquistion in 2015. - Global auditor of Godiva Chocolatier owned by Yıldız Holding - Auditor of major conglomerates in Turkey (Doğan, Borusan, Yıldız, Eczacıbaşı, Sabancı, Rönesans, ...) - Auditor of key full-scale privatization projects in Turkey - Major Public-Private-Partnership (PPP) projects in Turkey.

İstanbul, Türkiye

İstanbul/Turkey

• Led large size multinational engagements in various industries with highly effective project management capabilities through detailed resource planning from initiation to finalization of each project.• Performed probing analysis of financial data based on various accounting frameworks, and provided value added findings to clients’ top management for opportunities of improvement where possible.• Prepared the budgets of each project and monitored the budget/actual variances for each project to ensure that the resources are utilized as planned, and the milestones are achieved on time. • Analysed the design and implementation of internal control structure of the companies to identify control deficiencies and provide value adding recommendations based on best practice benchmarks.• Coordinated multi task projects including mergers, acquisitions, spin offs, carve outs of large size entities, with purchase price allocations and other acquisition accounting details.• Achieved technical excellence in application of International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”), US GAAP, Capital Markets Board (“CMB”) requirements, International Standards on Auditing, Integrated Audits in accordance with Sarbanes-Oxley Regulations and SEC literature. • Involved in IFRS transformation of multinational conglomerates, which includes coordination with the top management, team of software specialists, and technical specialists, lined up in a pre-planned detailed time table. • Provided advisory services which include:  in-depth analysis of monthly cash flow statements of a group of companies to ensure that cash generating capacity of the group is properly placed,  investigation of transportation costs of a logistics firm to identify inefficient logistics lines and relocate the trucks more efficiently.  re-engineering the financial closing process of a manufacturing firm in order to shorten the financial closing period of the company with greater accuracy.

Miami/Fort Lauderdale Area

• Worked in Miami office for approximately 2 years, as part of the secondment program within Deloitte.• Main clients in USA included but not limited to Nortel Networks, American Households, Tyco International, Franklin Templeton Investments and DayJet, • For 12 months of the secondment program, at Nortel, led a team of approximately 20 staff person in average from various backgrounds, and with various duty allocations. • Acquired Certified Public Accountant (“CPA”) from New Hampshire and Certified Fraud Examiner (“CFE”) certificates from Texas.

İstanbul/Turkey

• Assisted to legal due diligence projects in mergers and acquisitions of large size multinationals. • Provided support in preparation of tax investigation reports.

Phd (C), Business Administration / Management And Organizations Studies

Activities and Societies: Focusing mainly on startup scaleability and how entrepreneurial ventures scale.

Institute Of Banking And Insurance, Capital Markets And Stock Exchange/Sermaye Piyasaları Ve Borsa Yüksek Lisansı

Thesis: “Necessity of Inflation Accounting for Capital Markets and a Real-life Application”

Lisans, İngilizce İşletme

Anadolu Lisesi

Brussels/Belgium, High School