Seran Müdüroğlu Trehan is a member of the Turkey Ashoka Support Network and is a board member of the Bard Center for the Decorative Arts and Material Culture since 2000. She has wide range of volunteer experience in women and children’s issues and in the arts. Mrs. Trehan received her BSc Economics from the London…
Rahmi has over 30 years of experience in structuring and advising clients on public and private international debt and equity offerings, cross-border acquisitions, and strategic partnerships. Along the way, he has also become a financial entrepreneur and founded, developed and co-managed several start-up companies, including a mortgage loan company. After working in New York for…
Özgür Karaosmanoğlu is a Senior Vice President,Managing Director at Raymond James. He joined Raymond James in 1993, founding the Global Wealth Management Group not long after. Prior to joining the firm, he was an investment executive with Legg Mason and also worked with Dean Witter as an account executive and operations manager. He has served…
Onur Erzan is Head of Global Client Group and Head of Private Wealth at Alliance Bernstein (AB). He oversees AB’s entire private wealth management business and third-party institutional and retail franchise, where he is responsible for all client services, sales, and marketing, as well as product strategy, management, and development worldwide. Erzan is also a…
Nur Hamzaoğulları is a member of the Board of Overseers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Previously, she worked at Discovery Communications and National Geographic Society as a product manager. She analyzed and forecasted the markets and worked on promotion, packaging, and distribution efforts to ensure the brand was presented in the best manner. Nur…
Ms. Boyacigiller is a Professor of International Management and a former Dean of the Sabanci School of Management at Sabanci University in Istanbul, Turkey. Previously, she served on the faculty of San Jose State University for 17 years, and has taught at UCLA, UC Berkeley, Bilkent University, and Bogaziçi University. During Boyacigiller’s tenure as…
Selen Ucak is a social impact professional focused on global development, social innovation, entrepreneurship, and philanthropy, particularly in Turkey, Middle East, and Africa. Selen most recently worked with Building Markets, an international development organization, as Lead Researcher/Author of “Another Side to the Story: A Market Assessment of Syrian SMEs in Turkey” and an advisor on…
John N. Tognino is the Chairman & CEO of Pepper Financial Group. Formerly Executive Vice President and Head of Global Sales and Member Relations for the NASDAQ Stock Market. Previously, President and CEO of the Security Traders Association and the STA Foundation. Prior to joining STA, he was the EVP of Capital Markets and Trading…
Francis J. Ricciardone is an Atlantic Council Vice President and the Director of the Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East. Before joining the Council, he was a career Foreign Service Officer in Washington, the Middle East, Europe, and Asia, including assignments as Ambassador to Turkey (2011-14), Chargé d’Affaires and Deputy Ambassador to Afghanistan (2009-10),…