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İstanbul, Türkiye

• Lead all financial planning and strategy, focusing on investment management and optimizing financial runways to support sustainable growth.• Develop and refine revenue and cost models, preparing detailed financial projections to inform business decisions and secure investor confidence.• Oversee cash flow, budgeting, and financial risk management, ensuring resources are allocated effectively to align with company goals.• Collaborate with the executive team on business development initiatives, identifying strategic opportunities to expand market reach.• Engage directly in investor relations, conducting meetings and presentations to communicate BlokZ’s financial vision and growth potential.• Implement financial best practices and compliance measures to maintain fiscal discipline and transparency, fostering trust among stakeholders.

•Spearhead strategic planning initiatives, ensuring alignment between financial, operational, and market objectives to support the company’s vision.•Lead the development and optimization of market strategies, identifying new growth opportunities and guiding market positioning for long-term success.•Oversee financial planning and workforce allocation, ensuring resources are optimized to achieve strategic goals.•Cultivate and manage relationships with key investors and partners, driving engagement to support capital and strategic alliances.•Act as a strategic advisor to the executive team, providing insights that shape both immediate goals and future company direction.•Develop performance benchmarks and strategic KPIs, promoting a focused, goal-oriented company culture across teams.

•Built and maintained strong relationships with investors, aligning stakeholder interests with company goals and facilitating ongoing communication.•Identified and pursued strategic business development opportunities, fostering partnerships that contributed to market expansion and growth.•Supported fundraising initiatives, including investor presentations and engagement strategies, enhancing capital-raising efforts.

Istanbul, Turkey

• Completed extensive training in law, financial analysis, accounting, banking processes, capital markets, and risk management, contributing to a solid foundation in audit and compliance.• Conducted audits of Isbank and its subsidiaries, assessing operations and offering strategic recommendations to enhance performance.• Collaborated on the audit of retail and commercial sales/marketing divisions at headquarters, providing advisory services aimed at operational and financial improvement.• Prepared comprehensive audit reports detailing operational risks, loan performance, and overall branch efficacy, ensuring a clear view of risk and performance metrics.• Evaluated auditee compliance with legal, regulatory, and internal guidelines, ensuring adherence across all operational levels.• Engaged in high-level discussions with branch and regional managers, division heads, and top executives from subsidiaries to address audit findings and strengthen compliance.• Led investigative audits to verify personnel adherence to bank regulations, safeguarding the integrity of internal operations and compliance standards.

Conducted consultations with small and medium-sized enterprises on government grant and incentive programs, including drafting project proposals. This role was a part-time engagement undertaken alongside university studies.

Worked part-time in archival tasks, supporting identification and classification, and contributed to translation projects within the foundation.

Undergraduate, Economics

Activities and Societies: METU Paragliding Society, METU Polyphonic Choir, METU Debate Club

Education record

Activities and Societies: Literature Museum, School Newspaper, Basketball Team, Track and Field Team, Choir, Chamber Orchestra, Theater.

Education record

Activities and Societies: Science Olimpiads Team School BandCompleted senior year in Indiana, USA, on a full scholarship awarded.