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Ozan Akar, Director, Commodity Trade Finance

Ozan Akar

Director, Commodity Trade Finance·Falcon Trade Corporation

United Arab Emirates

Bachelor's degree, International Relations

Work experience

Total years of experience: 9 years, 6 months

Director, Commodity Trade Finance

January 2014 - June 2014

Falcon Trade Corporation

United Arab Emirates

January 2014 - June 2014

01/2014 - Falcon Trade Corporation (Falcon Group), Dubai /UAE

Director, Commodity Trade Finance
• Managing the European and Turkish trade and structured
finance portfolio while building up relations with new
customers - corporates and banks.

• Handling corporate finance transactions as well as bank
funding and distribution
Company industry:
Financial Services
Job role:
Other

Head of Global Sales & Trade Finance

March 2011 - December 2013

Isbank AG

March 2011 - December 2013

03/2011 - 12/2013 Isbank AG, Frankfurt / Germany

Head of Global Sales & Trade Finance
• Having set up EM Loan Trading desk for the bank and trading
mainly syndicated loans borrowed by banks and blue chips,
managing two desks - a team of four - under Marketing and
Sales Division: -Sales; where mostly corporate lending via branch network of the bank or primary funding of banks directly out of HQ in
Frankfurt take place.
-Trade Finance & Forfaiting, where all trade related assets ie.
PNs, LCs, bilaterals and bills of exchange are originated mainly from banks and corporate clients and distributed via a broad
network of banks and brokers worldwide.
• Attending management committee meetings within the bank
ie. Bank Management Committee, Information Systems
Committee; and Managers' Meetings.
• Representing the bank in most International Banking events and meetings
Job role:
Other

Account Manager / Trader

January 2010 - March 2011

Global Forfaiting & EM Loan Trading Dept

Netherlands

January 2010 - March 2011

01/2010 - 03 / 2011 Credit Europe Bank N.V. Amsterdam / The
Netherlands

Account Manager / Trader, Global Forfaiting & EM Loan Trading Dept.

• Managing trading book of the Bank together with team,
handling all secondary market activities
• Secondary distribution of trade assets throughout a wide
worldwide network, co-operating with Structured and
Commodity Finance division
• Trading mostly Emerging Market assets - mainly syndicated and bi-laterals - trade related notes and drafts
• Handling all bank-to-bank forfaiting activities of the Bank
together with team, covering client relationship
Job role:
Accounting and Auditing

Relationship Manager, Financial Institutions Department

January 2008 - January 2010

Credit Europe Bank N.V. Amsterdam / The Netherlands

Netherlands

January 2008 - January 2010

01/2008-01/2010 Credit Europe Bank N.V. Amsterdam / The Netherlands

Relationship Manager, Financial Institutions Department (FID)

• Relationship manager for banks located in Turkey, Italy,
Netherlands, Germany, Africa continent, South America,
Middle East and Asia, dealing mainly with lending loans via
export L/Cs, bilateral loans, syndicated loans and drafts.
• Intensively contributing to secondary market purchases carried out by Forfaiting department
• Attending correspondent bank meetings & communicating on daily transactions
• Active contribution to bank's borrowing activities
• Involving into all Compliance related issues on behalf of the FI
department
• Preparing financial and marketing reports to Senior
Management periodically
Job role:
Accounting and Auditing

member of Unicredit

May 2007 - November 2007

Kredi Bankası A.S

Türkiye

May 2007 - November 2007

05/2007-11/2007 Yapı ve Kredi Bankası A.S. (member of Unicredit
Group) Istanbul / Turkey

Assistant Regional Manager, Financial Institutions Department (FID)

• Regional manager for Italy, BeNeLux and Africa continent,
dealing with import & export transaction routing & credit lines
• Assistant Regional Manager within desk covering USA, UK & Far East
• Attending correspondent bank meetings & communicating on daily transactions
• Active contribution to bank's syndicated loan activities
Job role:
Other

December 2004 - May 2007

International Banking Department

Türkiye

December 2004 - May 2007

12/2004-05/2007 Anadolubank A.S. Istanbul / Turkey

Area Responsible, International Banking Department (IBD)

• Started within the bank by a MT programme (6 months, on- the-job)
• Regional responsible for Eastern European & Far Eastern
banks, dealing mostly with import transaction routing & credit
lines
• Account & Relationship Officer for all correspondent banks
• Attending correspondent bank meetings & communicating on daily transactions
• Traveling to pay visits to correspondent banks
Company industry:
Banking
Job role:
Other

Education

University of Istanbul, Faculty of Economics

July 2002

July 2002

Bachelor's degree, International Relations

Türkiye

Skills

ASCP
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BANKING
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BANKING
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CLIENTS
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CLIENTS
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CREDIT
CREDIT
FINANCE
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FINANCE
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LENDING
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LENDING
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LOANS
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LOANS
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MARKETING
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TRADE FINANCE
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TRADING
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Languages

English
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German
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Italian
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Turkish
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