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On 5 March 2019 companies involved in international trade and investment attended GTR Turkey, the region’s primary industry gathering for like-minded organisations to meet with both industry experts and those institutions tasked with financing them. Discussions centred around new horizons for Turkish exporters, financial support mechanisms for aiding Turkish exports plus the development of the treasury-bank relationship in Turkey 2019.
Last year, 61% of attendees were corporates & traders and 19% were bankers & financiers representing over 175 different companies. 82% of all attendees held a senior to a c-level position. The breakdown for 2019 will be shared very soon.
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“The conference brings together finance and foreign trade professionals to share ideas and contacts, and features debates about new opportunities, better than any other event.”
K Duman, Ram Foreign Trade
“It is a unique opportunity where all stakeholders of the trade finance industry meet.”
K Sirdar, Borcelik
“Excellent networking opportunities and very useful presentations.”
L Albukrek, Siemens
To request your copy of the 2019 post-event media kit, including attendee breakdown, event content and event takeaways, please contact us.
A host of expert speakers including:
Artug Acarturk, Director & Head of Cash Management & Trade Finance, Yapi Kredi Bankasi
Ertan Akbulut,Chief Financial Officer, Tiryaki Agro
Muzaffer Aksoy,Chief Executive Officer, Turkey, Bank ABC
Emre Aydin,CEO, Dataplan Teknoloji A.S.
Koray Bahar,Chief Executive Officer, Forbia
Harun Baykara,Investment Banking Manager, Financial Institutions & Investment Banking, Ziraat Katilum Bankasi
Martin Brinckmann,Managing Director, Head of Origination, Structured Trade & Export Finance, UniCredit
Anna Brod, Associate Banker, European Bank for Reconstruction & Development
Harun Celik,Regional Head, CGO Istanbul-Turkey, International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation
Zeyno Davutoglu, Executive Vice President Bank Relations, Credit Europe Bank & Board Member of International Trade and Forfaiting Association
Emma Edhem, Chairman, Turkish British Chamber of Commerce & Industry
H.E. Mr Saddek Omar El Kaber,Governor, Central Bank of Libya
Izlem Erdem,Chief Economist, Isbank
Burak Erdem,Bank Relations & Trade Finance Director, Turk Ekonomi Bankasi
Ünsal Erdogan, Head of Finance & Operations, Marks & Spencer
Ryan Fayhee,Partner, former U.S. Department of Justice Sanctions & Export Control Coordinator, Hughes Hubbard & Reed
Chris Gaunt,Chairman, The British Chamber of Commerce in Turkey
Cenk Gultekin,Treasury & Risk Manager, Tiryaki Agro
Enis Gültekin,Deputy General Manager, Marketing, Turk Eximbank
Volkan Isikci,Deputy Directorate General of Bi-lateral Political Affairs for North Africa, Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Riza Kadilar,Senior Country Manager, Natixis
Ömer Gürcan Köseoglu,MMCD Director, Euler Hermes Turkey
Betül Kurtulus,Regional Director for Central, Eastern & South-Eastern Europe & the Middle East, FCI
Ozgur Kutay,Chief Representative, Turkey, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia, UK Export Finance
Peter Matza,Speakers’ Chair, The Association of Corporate Treasurers
Aleksandar Medjedovic,Executive Board Member, Turkish-German Chamber of Commerce
Abdurrazag Mukhtar, Libyan Ambassador to Turkey
Assad Riyany,Head of Libyan Business, Bank ABC
Yonca Sarp,Turkey Head, London Forfaiting Company
Kagan Sirdar,Finance Unit Manager, Borcelik
Ersin Takla,Vice-president, Turkish Libya Business Council
Berkan Tamer,Chief Representative, Landesbank Baden-Württemberg
Fatih Tokkal,Head of Treasury, Yildirim Group
Katya Arikan Torus,Head of Structured Trade & Export Finance, Yapi Kredi Bankasi
Yeliz Tufekcioglu,Head of European Region, International Network, Sace
Murat Ustay,Board Member, Turkish Construction Association
Selcuk Yesiltas,Finance Director, Ciner Group
Ozlem Yetkin,Chief Economist, DEIK
Ozlem Yesildere,Chief Financial and Strategy Officer, Koton
Venue: Fairmont Quasar Istanbul
Address: Büyükdere Caddesi, 76 B Mecidiyeköy Mecidiyeköy, 34394 Istanbul, Turkey
Website: https://www.fairmont.com/istanbul/