Gurol Ozer

Gurol Ozer

Fixed Income Trader

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  • About me

    Fund Management Director at Turkiye Sigorta & Turkiye Hayat Emeklilik

  • Education

    • İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi

      2005 - 2008
      Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.)
    • Boğaziçi University

      1995 - 1999
      Bachelor's Degree Business Administration and Management, General
    • Robert College

      1988 - 1995
  • Experience

    • Korfezbank, Dogus Group

      Aug 1999 - Nov 2000
      Fixed Income Trader

      Foreign Exchange Dealer (Sep 2000 – Dec 2000)Managing foreign exchange cash flowTrading in FX spot market – prop and client flowManaging banknotes transactions Fixed Income Dealer ( Dec 1999 – Sep 2000)Trading domestic T-Bills and EurobondsManaging Korfezbank Mutual FundsManaging TRY cash flow, quoting money market rates, FX forwardsSpot and open loans to customers Management Trainee Program (Aug 1999 – Dec 1999)

    • Credit Agricole CIB

      Dec 2000 - Oct 2008
      Treasury Director

      Treasury Director (Jan 2008 – Oct 2008)Managing the balance sheet of the bankManaging interest rate and foreign exchange positionMember of Asset and Liability Management CommitteeSupervising Assistant ManagerBacking up Head of Capital Markets Assistant Manager (Mar 2005 – Jan 2008)Managing liquidity riskManaging TRY and hard currency interest rate positionCo-managing foreign exchange positionMarket making in currency forwards and swapsIntermediating sale of offshore TRY products to customersPricing TRY interest rate productsMonitoring market and counterparty limitsResponsible for Kondor+ Project in front office sideSupervising AnalystBacking up Manager Senior Dealer (Dec 2000 – Mar 2005)Prop trading in FX, fixed income and money markets Managing TRY and hard currency cash flowsPreparing daily comment on Turkish Markets for clientsPreparing daily, weekly and monthly P/L reports for the networkProviding price for sales and corporate banking in customer transactions Show less

    • Denizbank

      Nov 2009 - Sept 2014

      Head of FI&Trading and Derivatives (Jun 2012 – Sep 2014)Managing prop book and client flow of Trading and Derivatives desksAssisting ALCO in managing Bank’s interest rate riskPreparing hedging strategies and executing hedging transactionsResponsible for Primary Dealership Supervising two teams each consisting of four tradersPreparing and monitoring two departments’ budgetsBacking up Treasury Group ManagerHead of Fixed Income & Trading (Mar 2010 – Jun 2012)Assisting ALCO in managing Bank’s Securities Portfolio Managing trading portfolioSupervising a team of three tradersPreparing and monitoring departmental budgetProp trading in fixed income, fx and derivatives marketsMonitoring market limitsBacking up Treasury Group Manager Show less

      • Head of Trading

        Mar 2010 - Sept 2014
      • Head of Structured Products

        Nov 2009 - Mar 2010
    • Vakıf Emeklilik ve Hayat A.Ş

      Mar 2015 - Sept 2020
      Head of Fund Management, Investment and Strategy

      ​​​​Developing investment strategies for pension funds and the company​​​​Responsible for asset and liability management of the company​​​​Asset under management ≈ TRY 12 billion including pension funds​​​​Making corporate and VIP client visits, weekly video conferences​​​​Supervising liquidity management team of 2​​​​Supervising fund operations team of 5​​​​Supervising economic research team of 2​​​​Member of Asset and Liability Commmittee​Member of Fund Board for 35 pension funds​​​​Member of Investment & Strategy Comittee​​​​Backing up Chief Financial Officer Show less

    • Türkiye Sigorta

      Sept 2020 - now
      Fund Management Director at Turkiye Sigorta & Turkiye Hayat Emeklilik

      Responsible for Pension Funds DepartmentResponsible Fund Management DepartmentResponsible for Economic ResearchAsset under management ≈ TRY 130 billion including pension funds

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