Galip Dizman

Experience

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  Bilkent University - Department of Economics

  Sept 2002 - Jan 2003

  Tutor

  Responsible for tutoring 13 first-year students in the Introduction to Economics course.

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  Yapı Kredi Bank

  Sept 2003 - Dec 2008

  Responsible for acquiring product management, development, budgeting, and P&L management with management a team of 1 member. Organized merchant campaigns and promotions within allocated marketing budgets. Enhanced sales channel productivity & efficiency by providing strategic and operational support. Analysed and monitored sales, pricing, budgets, income, cost related to acquiring.• Improved the POS fee system, resulting in an annual increase of USD 30m in POS fee revenues.• Developed an acquiring data warehouse and branch profitability system.• Initiated the first Merchant onboarding campaigns, tripling monthly sales figures. Show less

  • POS Product Management&Development Product Manager

    Apr 2006 - Dec 2008

  • Cash Management Specialist

    Sept 2003 - Apr 2006
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  Finansbank

  Dec 2008 - Nov 2012

  POS and Commercial Cards Business Development Manager

  Responsible for developing and launching innovative projects and products in acquiring and commercial cards, managing a team of 3 members. Developed and executed POS & commercial cards product strategy and positioning. Organized product launch campaigns and promotions according to marketing budget. Maximized the returns on various revenue lines and check cost leakages. Coordinated agreements and contracts with POS vendors and third parties.• Successfully launched over 50 projects within a span of 4 years..• Achieved an annual increase of USD 8 million in POS fee revenues.• Contributed to launch of "CardFinans Nakit" recognized as the world's first instalment debit card, winning the 'Best New Debit Card Product Launch' at the Cards International 2010 awards. Show less

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  HSBC

  Nov 2012 - Jun 2024

  Responsible for coordinating, overseeing, leading, and orchestrating Data Privacy, Governance, Sharing, and Quality Monitoring tasks across all business lines and functions. Manage the Data Governance team and serve as a subject matter expert in data risk management, process enhancement, operational and control effectiveness, operational planning, and target management. Dedicated to establishing a robust data governance framework throughout the Bank, which includes developing policies, procedures, end-to-end assessments, and processes to meet all data-related requirements.• Implemented group-wide data controls for the first time in the MENAT region, significantly reducing HSBC Turkey's data risk from high to neutral.• Led the completion of Data Disposition processes for over retained data across structured / unstructured environments, resulting in annual cost avoidance of $100K USD. Show less Responsible for leading Wealth & Personal Banking`s Cross Border Sales & Marketing including Wealth, Savings, Credit and Insurance products targeted at non-resident customers. Managed a team of 3 employees and led initiatives for both customer onboarding and existing customer monitoring, as well as business-as-usual Customer Due Diligence (CDD) processes. Specialized in process enhancement, operational effectiveness, operational planning, and target management.• Successfully cleaned up a 4-year accumulated Customer Due Diligence (CDD) backlog by enhancing operational processes within less than one year.• Addressed and resolved all high-risk issues, leading to the transition of the business from a high-risk environment to business-as-usual (BAU) operations. Show less Managed both POS acquiring & product management team of 4 employees and merchant due diligence team of 34 employees. HSBC Turkey`s delegation member of BKM (Turkish Interbank Cards Association) and TBB (The Banks Association of Turkey) committees. Responsible for coordinating, leading and orchestrating Acquiring & Issuing Product & Portfolio Management, Merchant, brand, and vendor relationship management and Business Development of acquiring, issuing and merchant relations. Additionally, leading Wealth & Personal Banking`s Cross Border Sales & Marketing including Wealth, Savings, Credit and Insurance products targeted at non-resident customers. • Increased acquiring business annual revenue by 3.6 times from 2014 to 2015.• Successfully transformed the acquiring business from a loss-making business to a profitable one.• Structured the acquiring business P&L and found USD 10m additional revenue to P&L.• Led and implemented M&A projects, resulting in the launch of the first-to-market POS network sharing project. Rebuilt the Advantage loyalty system without any impact on customer experience. Show less

  • Chief Data Officer | Data Governance Senior Manager - Data and Analytics Office

    Feb 2022 - Jun 2024

  • Business Performance - Senior Manager

    Jan 2019 - Jan 2022

  • Vice President of Acquiring, Merchant Relations and Issuing Product Management

    Nov 2012 - Oct 2019
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  Self-employed

  Jul 2024 - now

  Senior Consultant