Sarp Kalkan is the Deputy Secretary General  at the Turkey Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges (TOBB). At the TOBB, Kalkan as the Chief Policy Officer, is responsible for aligning the organization’s overall policy priorities and advocacy efforts. He oversees and coordinates several major policy divisions within the TOBB to find better policy solutions for the Turkish business community. Moreover, TOBB’s strategic initiatives and projects are also under his leadership. Before assuming this role, Kalkan served as the B20 Sherpa during Turkey’s G20 Presidency.  He was responsible for overall coordination of G20 business communities of around 500 MNEs and more than 1000 national champions through the thematic taskforces, and organisation of B20 events and advocacy efforts. He also supplied basic orientation for the B20 recommendations and oversee the process of preparing policy papers. Prior to his current position, Kalkan served for more than 10 years as the senior policy adviser to the TOBB President Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu and policy analyst at TEPAV, premier economic policy think-tank in Turkey. In these roles, Kalkan developed policy positions in key economic issues for TOBB, keeping a close dialogue with grassroots business community, as well as government and legislative departments. Moreover, he developed and managed various projects for fostering business friendly policies in Turkey and in the surrounding region. Kalkan holds an MBA and bachelor's in economics from the Middle East Technical University. Kalkan is also a PhD candidate in finance.