He got his BS degree from METU Management Department from which he graduated with a full 4.00 CGPA and as the valedictorian of the class in the entire University. He received a Master of Science in Accounting degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign which he again finished as the valedictorian with a full 4.00 CGPA. Between the years 2001 and 2003, he worked as an Investment Officer responsible from Turkish and Croatian Banks at International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private sector arm of the World Bank. He also served in different banks of Fiba Group, namely Finansbank A.Ş. - Turkey, Finansbank (Suisse) SA, and Finansbank (Holland) NV, where he assumed various managerial responsibilities in Corporate Banking, Correspondent Banking Trade Finance, Private Banking and Investment Banking areas. In 2005, he established the Private Banking Department at Finansbank-Turkey Headquarters where he served as the Head of Products and Customer Development. In 2006, he joined İş Investment where he established the Marketing Department. He served as the Head of Marketing responsible from development and coordination of the entire company’s marketing strategies and activities. During his office time, İş Investment remained as the market share leader in all of the markets.
Since 2015, he serves as the Deputy CEO responsible from marketing (or the CMO). He published a number of articles in the field of Marketing in various international journals. He also teaches marketing strategies and sales of financial products and digital marketing classes at İstanbul Bilgi University where he continues his doctoral studies in marketing.