OUR PORTFOLIO MANAGERS

Mr. Atikler, is the General Manager of Aktif Asset Management since April 2023.

He was born in 1978,Balıkesir. Atikler holds a diploma in Economics from İzmir Dokuz Eylül University and a master's degree from Bahçeşehir University.

He started his business life at DenizBank in 2004 and worked in various positions in DenizBank Private Banking and Investment Services departments for 13 years.

In 2019, he started working as the Department Head of Private Banking and Investment Services at Aktif Yatırım Bank.

He speaks English and holds Capital Market Activities Level-3 and Derivative Instruments licenses.

Ali Kıvanç Manzakoğlu has been working as Executive Vice President of Fund Management at Aktif Portfolio Management as of July 2023.

Born in 1978 in Istanbul, Manzakoğlu graduated from Istanbul University, Faculty of Economics, Department of Business Administration, after Kabataş High School.

He started his career at Istanbul Holding in 1999 and worked as the manager for fund/portfolio management of institutions such as Allianz, Eureko Insurance, DASK and AEGON. Most recently, he worked as the Fund Management Director at Viennalife.

He speaks English and holds Capital Market Activities Level-3 licenses.

Sinan Soyalp serves as Fund Management Director at Mukafat Portfoy Yonetimi.

Born in 1984 in Istanbul, Mr. Soyalp obtained his diploma in science field from Istanbul Robert College, his bachelor's degree from Department of Mathematics, Earlham College, and his postgraduate diploma from Department of Quantitative Finance, Istanbul Bilgi University. He holds Capital Market Activities Level III License and Derivative Instruments License.

He started his professional life at various positions as an intern at Ata Yatirim Ortakligi, Economic Research Department of ING Bank and Strategic Planning Department of Sabanci Holding, respectively. Subsequently, he maintained his professional life as fund manager at SRT Capital.

After starting to serve as analyst at Alkhair Portfoy in 2011, he was promoted to the position of portfolio manager in 2015 and maintained his position, under which he was in charge of Islamic mutual funds, until the mid-2016.

Mehmet Alp Ertekin currently works a Director in the fund management team of Aktif Asset Management.

Born in 1989, Mr. Ertekin graduated from Bursa Anatolian High School, and obtained its BS degree in Economics at Bogazici University. He is fluent in English and holds the Capital Markets Board Level 3 and Derivate Instrument license.

He started his professional career as a part-time analyst in research department at Erste Securities Istanbul. He continued as a full time analyst in corporate finance service having an advisory role in M&As at EY (formerly known as Ernst & Young). After he worked as a sell-side analyst serving both domestic and international corporate clients with investment reports and recommendations, he moved to a buy-side analyst role conducting analysis with the major focus on equities and market strategies in Research & Strategy department at Garanti Asset Management. Thereafter, he worked as a Senior Fund Manager responsible for various multi-asset funds managed with different performance & risk criteria at Absolute Return Products desk of the same company, until joining Aktif Asset Management.

Deniz Erkoç serves as Real Estate Development and Application Director in Aktif Bank and is a Board Member of 19 Solar Power Plant (SPP) companies. After being graduated from Department of Construction Engineering in Istanbul Technical University in 1991, Deniz Erkoç had taken part in several public and private International Construction Projects within his career. Mr. Erkoç has worked as Coordinator of Planning and Cost Control Manager in Baytur Construction Comp. between years 1997-2012. By February 2013 Deniz Erkoç has started working in Aktif Bank. Deniz Erkoç is having the Capital Markets Board License of Real Estate Valuation.

Ercan Taşkesen serves as Head of Subsidiary Management at Aktif Bank and Board Member at Aktif Asset Management. He has more than 15 years of experience in the fields of finance. Before holding office at Aktif Bank, he had worked in Audit Department at Deloitte.

Born in Kayseri, Mr. Taşkesen graduated from the department of International Relations, Marmara University and he completed his master’s degree in finance at Marmara University. He holds (CPA) License, Capital Market Activities Level III License and Derivative Instruments License.

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