Tunc Akyurt, Managing Partner

Tunc Akyurt

Managing Partner

Peppers & Rogers Group

Location
Türkiye
Education
High school or equivalent, Building Business
Experience
20 years, 2 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :20 years, 2 Months

Managing Partner at Peppers & Rogers Group
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • January 2014 to July 2016

Managing top management relationship building across key banks and insurance companies

Executive Vice President at Akbank
  • Türkiye
  • February 2010 to December 2013

Strategy, CRM, Product & Channel Development, Economic Research and Bancassurance
• Responsible for the Strategy, CRM, Product & Channel Development, Economic Research and Bancassurance functions
• Responsible for identifying, developing, prioritizing and implementing the right business strategies at

Group Head at International Business Development
  • Türkiye
  • July 2008 to February 2010

Responsible for the performance of retail banking business line in the whole NBG International region covering Romania,

Group Head at Retail Banking
  • United Arab Emirates
  • February 2005 to June 2008

Responsible for strategy development and all marketing activities of retail banking business line at Finansbank
• Responsible for managing all retail banking products across all customer segments such as mass, upper-mass and affluent
• Responsible for managing credit card business and increased outstanding balance market share from 6% to 10% in 2 years
• Managed all consumer finance business covering mortgages, consumer loans, overdrafts and auto loans
• Managed all investment products and developed a new loyalty program called “Clubfinans” for affluent segment
• Coordinated all efforts to set-up small business banking
• Managed an annual marketing communication budget of 30 mio usd representing more than 50% of banks total
• Responsible for retail banking P&L generating a net profit of more than 100 mio usd per year
• Responsible for a team of 40+ managers and specialists at Headquarter
Group Head of Retail

  • May 2003 to January 2005

Lead and coordinated all efforts to set-up the right retail banking organization and infrastructure at Finansbank
• Developed and implemented the retail banking strategy as the only group head in the team
• Managed all sales & marketing activities across all product and segment groups at retail banking
• Managed a marketing communication budget of more than 20 mio usd per year
• Responsible for retail banking P&L generating a net profit of more than 70 mio usd per year

Senior Management Consultant at McKinsey&Company
  • Türkiye
  • November 2000 to April 2003
Senior Business Analyst at Fortune
  • United States
  • July 1999 to October 2000

S&P 500 and

Product manager
  • United Arab Emirates
  • July 1998 to June 1999

and leading business analyst for Capital One’s bundled “credit card &cellular phone” program with more
than $10mio annual marketing budget
• Developed and implemented a structured cross-sell marketing program across various channels
• Product manager and lead analyst for marketing “additional line” programs on existing customer base
• Developed and implemented a proactive retention strategy to decrease attrition rates
Marketing & Analysis Department

Data Analyst
  • June 1996 to June 1998

Created and maintained statistical forecasting models to forecast customer behavior and key performance indicators like
account attrition, customer risk, and response rates to different marketing programs in US credit card business line
• Gathered and analyzed data to support key decisions on profitability improvements within areas like customer service,
collections, integrated call centers, account acquisition and account management
• Analyzed Capital One’s revenue generating policies regarding fee waivers, cross-sell activities, and balance transfers, and
supported senior management to make key decisions on profitability improvement and expense management strategies
• Analyzed main reasons behind incoming customer service calls and implemented a strategy to mitigate calls

Education

High school or equivalent, Building Business
  • at The Wharton Business School, University of Pennsylvani
  • June 1999
Master's degree, Management Systems Engineering
  • at Virginia Tech
  • December 1995

courses and projects: Information Based Marketing Management; Management of Change, Innovation, and Technology; Information Based Financial Management; Performance and Quality Measurement; Management of Information Systems; Advanced Corporate Finance; Advanced Engineering Economy; Decision Support Systems

Bachelor's degree, Industrial Engineering
  • at Boğaziçi University
  • June 1994

courses and projects: Operations Research, Engineering Economy, Mathematical Modeling and Applied Statistics, Feasibility Analysis, Corporate Finance and Accounting, Production Planning

Specialties & Skills

Languages

English
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German
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