Experience

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  Creditwest bank

  Jul 2014 - Aug 2014

  Internship in marketing, treasury and credit departments

  •Marketing Department: Assisted marketing team to present the Creditwest Bank's financial loan products by visiting many corporate clients.•Treasury Department: Main duties were to manage cash balances, forecast daily cash requirements and execute daily financing decision collaborated with the Chief Financial Officer’s treasury team.•Credit Department: Analysed the incoming credit demands from individuals and commercial clients working with the Credit Department's senior analysts.Key Skills Developed:•Observed how the banking system operates in many ways and observed the key strategies and visions to be successful within this sector. •Communicate clearly and effectively with the customers.•Gained collaboration and analytical skills while working as a part of a team. Show less

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  Creditwest bank (north cyprus)

  Oct 2016 - Feb 2023

  • Responsible to evaluate and make decisions on commercial loan requests of all main branches of the bank.• Detail-oriented analyses: Conduct risk and credit analyses on potential borrowers to determine their loan feasibility (for new or existing customers from various sectors).• Strong communication skills: Organize regular meetings with branch managers on their credit portfolio and performance, and the Bank's credit policy. Attend client meetings, when required, especially for the real estate project-based loan guidance.• Participate in credit committees to make decisions on large amounts of loan requests. Produce analysis reports and presentations to the committees and to the Board of Directors (Presentations via Prezi or PowerPoint).• Created the Bank’s first verified “project finance” loan agreement (protocol) template and used it for over 30 various real estate development projects (projects value up to GBP13.5M.-) funding.• Manage the “project finance” portfolio of the Bank. Monitor each project's cash flows and unit sales, and regularly review and report the project firms' credit risk rates. Show less

  • Assistant Manager - Corporate Banking

    Oct 2022 - Feb 2023

  • Senior Commercial Credit Analyst

    Jul 2020 - Oct 2022

  • Commercial Credit Analyst

    Oct 2016 - Jul 2020
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  Elsevier

  Jun 2020 - Nov 2021

  Research paper reviewer

  • The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance.• Reviewed 3 research papers since June 2020.• Achieved "Elsevier Reviewer Recognition" certificate (awarded in November 2021).(The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance is a journal published for the Bureau of Economic and Business Research, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Publisher: Elsevier)

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  Euro-mediterranean investment company ltd

  Nov 2020 - Feb 2023

  Investment committee member

  • Founded in 2015 by Creditwest Bank and other partners.• Assess investment performance and financial operations in the quarterly IC meetings. Discuss and make decisions on existing and future business plans and investment strategies presented by the CEO.• 2-term elected supervisory board representative at EMIC on the behalf of Creditwest Bank.

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  Emeraldpublishing

  Jul 2021 - Jul 2021

  Research paper reviewer

  • International Journal of Emerging Markets.• 1-month review process is performed for a research paper which was about the effect of credit rating announcements on stock market return.(International Journal of Emerging Markets is a journal indexed by SSCI).

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  European university of lefke (eul)

  May 2023 - now

  • Head of International Business and Commerce Department

    Oct 2023 - now

  • Board Member of the Economics Department

    Oct 2023 - now

  • Assistant Professor in Economics

    Sept 2023 - now

  • Lecturer in Business and Economics

    May 2023 - Aug 2023
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  Future business journal

  Feb 2024 - May 2024

  Research paper reviewer

  Reviewed, as a referee, articles about international finance and economics.