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Tel. | +90 212 334 57 00 |
Fax | +90 212 334 57 57 |
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Dr. Ekrem ARIKAN
Chief Executive Officer, Board Member
Mr. ARIKAN earned his bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering at Boğaziçi University and his MBA at Yeditepe University. He received his PhD degree from Istanbul Ticaret University in Business Administration with his thesis “Factors Affecting Corporate Governance Maturity Level and Analysis of Digital Maturity Level: A Research on Companies Traded in Borsa Istanbul”. He speaks advance level English and German, also beginner-level Arabic.
He started his career at Microsoft as a Support Engineer in 1998, and then he worked as a Program Specialist in 1999, and as a Program Manager in Windows International Product Development Group in 2000. Until 2006, he was responsible for the development of Windows operating systems in Turkey and for the “Turkish markets”.
Mr. ARIKAN worked at Ziraat Teknoloji A.Ş. which provides IT services for Ziraat Finance Group as IT Architecture Manager in 2007. He worked as a Project Management Office Manager in 2009, IT Security Manager in 2011, and was then appointed as Corporate Development Director in 2013. In 2014, he worked at “Ziraat Hayat ve Emeklilik A.Ş” as IT and Corporate Development Group Manager responsible for Information Technologies, Customer Services and Call Center, HR and Support Services.
In 2015, he started to work at the EPİAŞ (Energy Exchange - Enerji Piyasaları İşletme A.Ş.) as a Consultant to Chairman and then he was appointed to the Strategy Development Director role. He led establishment of the Transparency Platform, preparation of the first 5-year strategic plan and memberships and relations with the international associations such as EUROPEX.
In 2016, he started to work in Borsa Istanbul Group at Takasbank as the Executive Vice President for Information Technology. He led and actively took part in projects such as the BISTECH transition, the blockchain technology based digital assets project BiGA, establishment and structuring of the Takasbank R&D center, takeover of check clearing system from the Central Bank of the Republic of Türkiye, establishment of the EPİAŞ Natural Gas Market Clearing and Collateral Management services,opening of the SWAP market, and development of the TEFAS and BES mobile applications. He played a significant role in the implementation and management of various business development and infrastructure transformation projects.
Since April 2019, he has been working as the General Manager and Board Member at Merkezi Kayıt Kuruluşu, the Central Securities Depository of Türkiye. He pioneered the development of numerous new products and services such as; custody services provided to the Turkish Mercantile Exchange, establishment of the Omnibus Account structure and membership of Euroclear Bank and the Azerbaijan CSD (Milli Deposit Merkezi), founding of the Crowdfunding Platform, development of the Electronic Trade Repository, implementation of the Electronic General Meeting system in the Indonesian capital market and acquisition of the MKK GABİM company from the Turkish Association of Appraisers. Moreover, he led development and establishment of the Data Analysis Platform, Investor Information Center (e-YATIRIMCI) application, Bearer Shares Registry System, Investor Risk Monitoring System, Pusula and the GEFAS platform.
Istanbul Clearing, Settlement and Custody Bank Inc. |
64.9% |
Borsa Istanbul Inc. |
30.1% |
Turkish Capital Markets Association |
5% |
Institution |
Country |
Date |
Palestine Capital Market Authority (PCMA) |
Palestine |
December 2006 |
Central Securities Depository of Iran (CSDI) |
Iran |
March 2010 |
Korea Securities Depository (KSD) |
South Korea |
October 2010 |
SIX Securities Group |
Switzerland |
April 2012 |
Japan Securities Depository (JASDEC) |
Japan |
February 2013 |
Tunisian Depository & Clearing |
Tunisia |
March 2013 |
South Africa's Central Securities Depository (STRATE) |
South Africa |
January 2014 |
National Depository Center of the Republic of Azerbaijan (NDC) |
Azerbaijan |
September 2014 |
Central Depository Company of Pakistan (CDC) |
Pakistan |
September 2014 |
Central Securities Depository Ad Skopje (MCSD) |
Republic of Macedonia |
September 2014 |
National Settlement Depository (NSD) |
Russian Federation |
November 2014 |
China Central Depository & Clearing Co., Ltd. (CCDC) |
People's Republic of China |
June 2015 |
Kazakhstan's Central Securities Depository JSC (KACD) |
Kazakhstan |
September 2015 |
Indonesia Central Securities Depository (KSEI) |
Indonesia |
September 2017 |
Central Securities Depository of Uzbekistan |
Uzbekistan |
September 2018 |
Central Securities Depository Kyrgyzstan (CJSC) |
Kyrgyzstan |
September 2019 |
Qatar Central Securities Depository (QCSD) |
Qatar |
September 2020 |
Securities Depository Center Company (Edaa) of Saudi Arabia |
Saudi Arabia |
June 2023 |