Bartu Soral

Consultant and Economist at the Management Center Turkey. http://www.mct.com.tr/ Serving as a consultant for tailor made customer needs. Briefs on global economic trends and projections to the executives of banking, pharmacy, FMCG, and telecommunication sector. Economic Advisor of İstanbul-Şişli Mayor. Weekly briefs the Mayor on economical trends and projections at Turkey and EU, and guiding the expenditures of the municipal http://www.sislibelediyesi.com/site/index.asp Columnist in a daily newspaper.

Play strategic role on formulation of business development and partnership strategies; identification, analysis, and research of possible areas of cooperation with the World Bank, International Financial Institutions, the IMF, EU, OPEC and the investment banks. Developed and coordinated of strategic partnerships with the international organizations and the line ministries and the governmental bodies. Managed a projects portfolio of US$67 million, including several regional development and private sector.

Prepared and implemented strategic plan to support sustainable development of the private sector in Turkey and increase its competitiveness within the global market through promoting the principles of Corporate Governance, transparency, generally accepted accounting principles, capacity building of human capital and skills. Developed strategic partnerships and corporate relations with the private sector, national umbrella organizations (TUSIAD, TOBB etc), governmental bodies to influence emergence of nati

Analyzed the emerging sectors and the investment fields in CIS especially on Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan; the policies towards foreign investment and private enterprises, competition, and consumer behavior. Searched the region’s economy/business environment, emerging sectors and investment/entrepreneurship opportunities. Examined macro economical situation of the CIS countries, the financial system, banking, and credit mechanism and double currency complexities.

Focused on identifying the causes of financial crises in developing countries (liberalization, (de) regulation and financial efficiency), and political economy. Awarded the Canada Millennium Scholarship. GPA: 3.20/4.00

Finance major: accounting and financial ratio analysis (NPV, IRR, WACC etc.), pricing, issues in corporate finance. Awarded the Canadian Institute of Management Scholarship. GPA: 3.35/4.00