Murat Gülkan

Strategy & Product Development Managing Director at ÜNLÜ & Co

Murat Gülkan is the Strategy & Product Development Managing Director at ÜNLÜ & Co. Prior to his current position, he was the Managing Director at ÜNLÜ Porföy Management, He joined the company in mid-2012 and led its transformation into a leading independent asset management firm. Prior to ÜNLÜ Portföy Management, he was a Managing Partner at Arma Capital in Istanbul from 2009 to 2012. Murat joined Bender Securities in Istanbul as a founding partner in 1996 and played a number of roles until the firm’s acquisition by Deutsche Bank in 2005.  He established the research department and acted as country strategist until 2008, set up the firm’s equity derivatives business and was involved in originating and placing numerous ECM deals. After Bender’s acquisition Murat worked for Deutsche Bank in London as Co -Head of European Emerging Markets.  Murat Gülkan holds a BSc in Industrial Engineering from Middle East Technical University (METU) and an MBA from Tulane University in New Orleans. He also holds Level 3 (advanced) and Equity Derivatives Licenses from Capital Markets Board (CMB) of Turkey.