Program

CFO SUMMIT | 2026 PROGRAM

Hour	Activity
08:30 – 09:20	REGISTRATION & OPENING
09:20 – 09:40	Financial Management in a High Uncertainty Environment; 2026 and Beyond Prof. Dr. Erhan Aslanoğlu
09:40 – 10:00	AI, Decision Velocity and the Future CFO Jan Kemper – McKinsey & Company, Senior Advisor
10:00 – 11:00	New Value Areas: Creating Global Power from Turkey Moderator: Cenk Ulu – PwC Turkey, Country Senior Partner Adnan Dalgakıran – Chairman of the Board of Dalgakıran Compressor Ali Sabancı – Chairman of the Board of ESAS Ece Tonbul – Chairman & CEO of Paloma Hotels Korhan Kurdoğlu – TFI Holding / Ata Group, Founding Partner
11:00 – 11:45	COFFEE BREAK
12:00 – 12:15	The New Formula for Balance: Technology, People, and Sustainable Growth Arda Ermut – Turkey Wealth Fund, General Manager & Board Member
12:15 – 13:15	Growth and Trends in Strategic Sectors Moderator: Eren Kurşun – Esin Law Firm, Managing Partner Attorney Can Çaka – IC Holding, CEO Can Yücel – Şişecam, General Manager İdil Gürsel - EBRD, Regional Head of Infrastructure Ümit N. Yıldız – CEO of Alarko Group of Companies
13:15 – 14:45	LUNCH
14:45 – 15:00	The Balance Between Profitability, Growth, and Goal - Cem Cansu – Board Member, Bacacı Investment Holding
15:00 – 16:00	The New Dynamics of Growth: Experience, Agility, and Transformation Moderator: Altuğ Dayıoğlu – General Manager, RePie Portfolio Firuzan İşcan – General Manager, HDI Insurance Levent Kömür - CEO of Uludağ İçecek Türk Selahattin Bilgen – CEO of IGA Istanbul Airport Selda Oknas Tanbay – Co-CEO of Aon Türkiye
16:00 – 16:45	COFFEE BREAK
16:45 – 17:45	The New Role of the CFO: Capital Allocation, Efficiency and Strategy Moderator: Önder Erdem – Chairman of the Board, Hedef Filo Burcu Batı – Sahibinden.com, CFO Dr. Derya Deniz Yılmaz – CFO of Ağaoğlu Companies Group Huseyin Okur – Hayat, CFO Mert Yaycıoğlu – Enerjisa Production, CFO
17:45 – 19:00	TOP 50 MOST INFLUENTIAL CFO AWARDS CEREMONY
19:00 – 22:00	COCKTAIL & WELCOME TO SUMMER PARTY

CFO SUMMIT | 2025 PROGRAM

Hour	Activity
12.50 – 14.15	LUNCH
14.15 - 14.30	Ready to Surf Your Board? The Journey of Finance on the Digital Wave Engin Turhan – QNB Turkey – Deputy General Manager of OBI and Commercial Banking
14.30 - 14.45	Financial Strategies for Value Creating Growth Felix Wenger – McKinsey & Company, Senior Partner
15.45 – 16.30	COFFEE BREAK
09:00 – 09:30	REGISTRATION & OPENING
09:30 – 09:45	Geopolitical Risks, Digital and Green Transformation: A New Industrial Visi - Seyit Ardıç – Chairman of the Board, Ankara Chamber of Industry
09:45 – 10:15	Global Leadership and Financial Resilience Moderator: Cenk Ulu – PwC, Country Senior Partner Sani Şener – Founding Partner of TAV Airports Holding & Chairman of the Board of TAV Construction Servet Yıldırım – Editor-in-Chief of CNBC-e
10:15 – 11:15	International Competitiveness / Corporate Competitiveness - Short-Term and Moderator: Cenk Ulu – PwC, Country Senior Partner Ayşegül Orhan – ORAU Automotive, Chairperson of the Board Barış Tunçsiper – Chief Investment Officer, Manufacturing, Agriculture and Services, International Finance Corporation. Fatih Karaca – Chairman of the Board of Karaca Group
11:15 – 11:50	COFFEE BREAK
11:50 – 12:50	The New World Order: Geopolitical Risks and Economic Uncertainties Moderator: Eren Kurşun – Esin Law Firm, Managing Partner Altuğ Dayıoğlu – General Manager, RePie Portfolio Ercan Öz – CEO of ETİ Türkiye Haluk Kayabaşı – CEO of Kibar Holding A.Ş.
14:45 – 15:45	Financial Sustainability: The New Paradigm of the Global Economy / Green Ec Moderator: Önder Erdem – Hedef Filo, General Manager Burcu Batı – CFO of sahibinden.com Furkan Ünal – CFO of TFI Group & Board Member of TAB Gıda and Atakey İlknur Uzunoğlu – Finrota, GM & Param, Executive Board Member Mert Yaycıoğlu – Enerjisa Production, CFO
16:30 – 17:30	Transformation of the Economy in the Smart Age Moderator: Yasin Altunkaya – DataExpert, Managing Partner Hakan Ilgar – Securitas, CFO Murat Süzer – Türkiye Sigorta, CFO Seçkin Köseoğlu – Head of Finance Group, Hepsiburada Sevengül Karadağ – CarrefourSA, CFO
17:30 – 17:45	Global Economy and Financial Markets in an Environment of Uncertainty Prof. Dr. Erhan Aslanoğlu – Faculty Member, Department of Economics, Istanbul Bilgi University
17:45 – 18:00	The Growing Role of the CFO and the Importance of CFO Awards for Effective - Adnan Nas – Chairman of the Board and Executive Committee of STFA Holding
18:00 – 19:00	TOP 50 MOST INFLUENTIAL CFO AWARDS CEREMONY
19:00 – 22:00	COCKTAIL & WELCOME TO SUMMER PARTY

CFO SUMMIT | 2024 PROGRAM

Hour	Activity
08:30 – 09:30	Registration & Opening
09:45 – 10:00	Outlook for the World and Turkish Economy Prof. Dr. Erhan Arslanoğlu
10:00 – 10:15	Succeeding in the Digital World Okay Yıldırım, General Manager of QNB eFinans, Managing Director of Digital Bridge and Service Banking at QNB Finansbank
10:15 – 10:30	Unveiling the Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Financial Leadership and Murat Akşam, Member of the Board of Directors and General Manager of Türkiye Finans.
10:30 – 11:30	PANEL - Growth, Innovation and Sustainable Finance Cenk Ulu, PwC, Senior Partner (Moderator) Izzet Garih, Chairman of the Board of Alarko Holding Yüksel Yıldırım, Chairman of the Board of Yıldırım Holding Murad Bayar, CEO of IC Holding
11:30 – 12:00	Coffee Break
12:00 – 12:25	Innovation and Leadership: Achieving Financial Transformation in the Turkis Ahmet Korkmaz, drjve Türkiye, CCH® Tagetik, Partner Mahmut Kayacık, CFO of the Turkish Sovereign Wealth Fund
12:25 – 13:30	PANEL - Risk Management and Investment Planning in a Volatile Economy Coşan Yeğenoğlu, Deputy General Manager of Treasury at Gedik Investment (Moderator) Hasan Pehlivan, CEO of VitrA Tiles İhsan Erbil Bayçöl, CEO of Enerjisa Production Hüseyin Okur, Vice President of Finance at Hayat Kimya Hale Özsoy Bıyıklı, Partner at Turkven Private Equity
13:30 – 15:00	Lunch
15:00 – 16:20	PANEL - Risks and Opportunities in Initial Public Offerings and Mergers Eren Kurşun, Esin Law Firm, Managing Partner (Moderator) Burcu Geriş, Executive Vice President and CFO of TAV Airports Holding. Değer Şahbaz, Pragma, Co-Founder and CEO Derya Deniz Yılmaz, CFO of Ağaoğlu Companies Group and Tatlıpınar Energy. Özgür Çetinkaya, Co-CEO of TAB Gıda
16:20 – 16:50	Coffee Break
16:50 – 17:50	PANEL - Digital, Artificial Intelligence, Digital Finance Önder Erdem, Chairman of the Board of Hedef Filo (Moderator) Fırat Aytaş, Figopara, CFO Mete Önol, CFO of Tam Finans Ahmet Kocamaz, Founder of Crede Data Services Hana Jalel, Vice President of Finance, Vodafone Türkiye. İlknur Uzunoğlu, Param Executive Board Member Responsible for Sales, Finrota General Manager
17:50 – 18:00	Closing Remarks - The Growing Role of the CFO in Effective Company Manageme Adnan Nas, Chairman and CEO of STFA Holding.
18:10 – 19:10	TOP 50 MOST EFFECTIVE CFOS 2024 AWARDS CEREMONY
19:10 – 22:00	COCKTAIL

CFO SUMMIT | 2023 PROGRAM

Hour	Activity
09:30 – 10:00	Registration & Opening
10:00 – 10:15	The Effects of Increasing Global and Local Economic Stress on the Business Dr. Şeref Oğuz, Chairman of the Editorial Board of "What Kind of ECONOMY?"
10:15 – 10:30	Being Resilient in the Face of Uncertainty Engin Turhan, Deputy General Manager of SME and Commercial Banking at QNB Finansbank.
10:30 – 11:30	Economic Perspectives and Corporate Agendas in the Centennial Year Adnan Nas, Chairman of the Board of Directors of STFA Holding (Moderator) Ahmet Öksüz is the Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Kipaş Holding and the Chairman of the Board of Directors of İTHİB. Ahmet Türkoğlu, General Manager of EPİAŞ Emre Turanlı, Shell & Turcas, CEO Mete Buyurgan, CEO of Ülker Biscuits Uğur Genç, CEO of Memorial Healthcare Group
11:30 – 12:00	Coffee Break
12:00 – 13:00	The Leadership Journey from CFO to CEO Prof. Dr. Volkan Demir, Dean of the Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Galatasaray University (Moderator) Arda Altınok, Co-CEO of Arzum Dr. A. Bülent Sabuncu, CEO of Koton Kagan Gündüz, CEO of MNG Cargo
13:00 – 14:30	Lunch
14:30 – 15:30	Cost Management and Investment Planning in a Volatile Economy Abdulkadir Hacıalioğlu, McKinsey & Company, Partner (Moderator) Burcu Geriş, Executive Vice President & CFO of TAV Airports Holding Onur Çevikel, CFO of Anadolu Group Orhun Köstem, CFO of Sabancı Holding Seyfettin Sarıçam, CFO of Eczacıbaşı Group
15:30 – 16:00	Coffee Break
16:00 – 17:30	Risks and Opportunities in Initial Public Offerings and Mergers Cenk Ulu, PwC Türkiye, Senior Partner (Moderator) Hakan Ilgar, CFO of Securitas Korhan Öz, CFO of Hepsiburada Attorney Muhsin Keskin, Esin Law Firm, Partner Attorney Tuba Karataş Arıcan, Head of Financial Affairs, AXA Insurance. Yeliz Kalafat, Insider, CFO
17:30 – 19:00	Top 50 Most Effective CFOs Award Ceremony & Cocktail Reception

CFO SUMMIT | 2022 PROGRAM

Hour	Activity
09:30 – 10:00	Registration & Opening
10:00 – 10:15	Opening Speech Erdal Bahçıvan, Chairman of the Board of Directors of ISO.
10:15 – 10:30	Are you ready to break down the barriers to digitalization? Okay Yıldırım, General Manager, QNB eFinans
10:30 – 10:45	The Future of Digital Finance: Active Intelligence Ömer Çıtak, BI Technology, Deputy General Manager responsible for Sales and Marketing.
10:45 – 11:00	Coffee Break
11:00 – 12:15	Challenges Facing Companies in an Environment of High Inflation and Global Adnan Nas (Moderator), Chairman of the Board of Directors of STFA Holding Baran Çelik, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Automotive Industry Exporters Association. Çağlar Göğüş, CEO of Doğan Holding Korhan Kurdoğlu, Founding Partner & CEO of TFI TAB Food Investments Holding
12:15 – 13:15	Lunch
13:15 – 13:30	The Unicorn World and Corporate Venture Investments Mehmet Ali Ergin, Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors, Re-Pie.
13:30 – 14:45	Risk Management and Investment Planning in a Volatile Economy Dr. İsmail G. Esin (Moderator), Esin Law Firm, Partner Attorney Can Çaka, Anadolu Efes, CEO & Beer Group President Erkan Ünal, General Manager of Oyak Investment Görkem Elverici, General Manager, Şişecam Murat Pınar, CEO of Enerjisa
14:45 – 15:00	Coffee Break
15:00 – 16:15	Financing and Currency Volatility Hedging Options for Large-Scale Investmen Prof. Dr. Erdem Başçı (Moderator), TED University, Former Governor of the Central Bank Dr. Evren Öztürk, Head of Finance & Board Member of Yıldırım Holding Kerim Kemahlı, CFO & Board Member of Nurol Holding Mustafa Koçar, CFO of Kalyon Holding Selahattin Bilgen, CFO of IGA Airport Operations
16:15 – 16:30	Coffee Break
16:30 – 18:00	Digitalization in Finance and Beyond Abdülkadir Hacıalioğlu (Moderator), McKinsey, Partner Barbara Hagen, Aras Cargo, CFO Korhan Öz, CFO of Hepsiburada Özlem Yeşildere, Mey\|Diageo, Director of Finance and Digital Transformation Serden Keçecioğlu, C2FO, Türkiye Director
18:00 – 19:30	Top 50 Most Effective CFOs Award Ceremony & Cocktail Reception

CFO SUMMIT | 2020 PROGRAM

Hour	Activity
09:30 – 09:45	Program Opening Şule Laleli, Editor-in-Chief of Fortune Turkey
09:45 – 10:00	Working Together in Times of Crisis Arvid Tuerkner, EBRD Türkiye Director
10:00 – 10:15	Connected Finance: New Normal in Banking and Banking the New Normal Melikşah Utku, General Manager of Albaraka Türk
10:15 – 10:30	Historic Opportunity at Tech-Fin! Murat Erkan, General Manager of Turkcell
10:30 – 12:00	The Turkish Economy and Companies Caught Between the Global Recession and t Adnan Nas (Moderator), Chairman of the Board of Directors of STFA Holding Ebru Özdemir, Chairperson of the Board of Directors of Limak Holding Murad Bayar, CEO of IC Holding Yüksel Yıldırım, CEO of Yıldırım Holding Zeynep Bodur Okyay, Chairperson and CEO of Kale Group.
12:00 – 12:45	Lunch
12:45 – 13:00	Global View to Strategic Risk Management and Being Ready for Crises Philip Sanderson, Shell, Global VP Finance
13:00 – 13:15	Taking Banking to the Next Level Xiangyang Gao, Chairman of the Board of ICBC Turkey
13:15 – 14:30	Covid-19 Sonrası Strateji ve Risk Yönetimi Metin Canoğulları (Moderator), EY Türkiye, Country Head Hakan Tiftik, CEO of Borusan Automotive Hüseyin Kadri Samsunlu, CEO of IGA Ümit Nuri Yıldız, General Manager of Alarko Holding Yalın Akmenek, Esin Law Firm, Partner
14:30 – 15:45	Increasing Endurance Ali Fuat Erbil (Moderator), Banker Didem Kaman, Opet, CFO Gökhan Gümüşlü, EY Türkiye, Consulting Leader Serden Keçecioğlu, C2FO, Türkiye Director Zeynep Sarsan, Assan Aluminum, CFO

CFO SUMMIT | 2019 PROGRAM

Hour	Activity
08:30 – 09:30	Registration & Opening
09:30 – 10:00	The Importance of the CFO in a World of Increasing Risks and Uncertainties Erdal Bahçıvan (Opening Speech), Chairman of the Board of Directors, Istanbul Chamber of Industry (İSO).
10:00 – 10:20	The Role of the CFO in Evolving Financial Management Melikşah Utku, General Manager of Albaraka Türk
10:20 – 10:40	Digitalization and Trust Ömür Tan, Deputy General Manager of Corporate and Commercial Banking, QNB Finansbank.
10:40 – 10:45	Digital Transformation in Financial Services Meltem Bakiler Şahin, Vice President of the Executive Board, Vodafone Türkiye
10:45 – 11:15	Coffee Break
11:15 – 12:15	Risk Management and Investment Planning in a Volatile Economy Adnan Nas (Moderator), Chairman of the Board of Directors of STFA Holding Ali Bilaloğlu, CEO and Chairman of the Board of Doğuş Otomotiv. Eren Kurşun, Partner Attorney at Esin Law Firm. Levent Yüksel, Senior Vice President and General Manager, PepsiCo Türkiye. Mehmet Ali Aydınlar, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Acıbadem Health Group. Nevra Özhatay, CEO of Özgörkey Holding
12:15 – 14:00	Lunch
14:00 – 14:45	The Future of Digital Finance: AI & Agility & Cybersecurity Cüneyt Toros (Moderator), Fortune Türkiye, Publishing Director H. Emre Aydın, FaturaLab, Partner Özgür Tokgöz Altun, Deputy CEO, Vodafone Türkiye Soner Cesur, Arvato CRM Türkiye, CEO & Board Member Tansu Yeğen, UiPath, Vice President Europe
14:45 – 15:30	Restructuring and Transformation Metin Canoğulları (Moderator), EY Türkiye, Country Head Banu Kısakürek, Managing Director, Goldman Sachs Çağdaş Demirağ, General Manager of Turkish Petroleum. Hilmi Güvenal, CEO of Hayat Varlık Murat Karabay, CEO of Globtec
15:30 – 16:00	Coffee Break
16:00 – 16:45	Competition and Growth in the International Trade Environment Gökhan Nalbantoğlu (Moderator), SAP Türkiye, Deputy General Manager Bülent Pehlivan, CFO of BSH Türkiye Cenk Alper, Head of Industrial Group, Sabancı Holding Görkem Elverici, Head of Finance at Şişecam. Haluk Dortluoğlu, Executive Board Member and CFO of BİM.
16:45 – 18:00	Top 50 Most Effective CFOs Award Ceremony & Closing Cocktail Reception

CFO SUMMIT | 2018 PROGRAM

Hour	Activity
08:30 – 09:30	Registration & Opening
09:30 – 10:00	The Search for Reform and Stability in the World and Turkish Economies Erol Bilecik, Chairman of the Board of Directors of TÜSİAD (Turkish Business Association)
10:00 – 10:20	The Investment Environment in Türkiye in Light of Global Trends and Develop Massimo d'Eufemia, European Investment Bank, Türkiye Representative
10:20 – 10:40	Economy, Finance and Risk Management in the New Digital World Melikşah Utku, General Manager of Albaraka Türk
10:40 – 11:00	Being Agile in a Rapidly Changing World Ömür Tan, Deputy General Manager of Corporate and Commercial Banking, QNB Finansbank.
11:00 – 11:30	Coffee Break
11:30 – 12:30	The Role of the CFO from a Management Perspective Adnan Nas (Moderator), Board Member of Global Investment Holding Ahmet Faralyalı, Managing Partner, Mediterra Faruk Işık, CEO of Ata Holding H. Ersin Özince, Chairman of the Board of Directors of İş Bankası. Selim Şiper, CEO of Petrol Ofisi
12:30 – 14:00	Lunch
14:00 – 14:15	Payment Systems in a Digitalizing World Onur Altınbaş, Verifone, General Manager
14:15 – 15:00	The Role of the CFO in a Digitalizing World Cüneyt Toros (Moderator), Fortune Türkiye, Publishing Director Cem Sezgin, Partner at Deloitte Türkiye Ergin Öztürk, Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors, IFS Türkiye Kaan Aktan, Deputy General Manager of Finance, Türk Telekom
15:00 – 15:45	A New Era in Initial Public Offerings and Mergers: Risks and Opportunities Muhsin Keskin (Moderator), Esin Law Firm, Partner Engin Alioğlu, Partner at PwC Türkiye Hale Özsoy Bıyıklı, Turkven, Partner M. Türkay Tatar, Boyner Group, Group CFO Zeynep Yenel, Head of Goldman Sachs Türkiye
15:45 – 16:15	Coffee Break
16:15 – 17:00	Financial Management in an Environment of Uncertainty and Risk Murat Alsan (Moderator), Head of KPMG Türkiye Barış Kökoğlu, Borusan Holding, Group CFO Can Çaka, Head of Financial Affairs, Anadolu Group. Kasım Akdeniz, General Manager, Credit Registry Bureau Niv Garih, Alarko Holding, Board Member
17:00 – 18:00	Top 50 Most Effective CFOs Award Ceremony & Closing Cocktail Reception

CFO SUMMIT | 2017 PROGRAM

Hour	Activity
08:30 – 09:30	Registration & Opening
09:30 – 10:00	The New World Order and the Turkish Economy Erol Bilecik, Chairman of the Board of Directors of TÜSİAD (Turkish Business Association)
10:00 – 10:30	Economic Forecasts Towards 2023 Ibrahim Caglar, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Istanbul Chamber of Commerce (ITO).
10:30 – 10:45	A Change in Financial Perspective Melikşah Utku, General Manager of Albaraka Türk
10:45 – 11:00	Adapting to Change: The Key Rule to Sustainable Success Ömür Tan, Deputy General Manager of Corporate and Commercial Banking, QNB Finansbank.
11:00 – 11:30	Coffee Break
11:30 – 12:30	The Leadership Journey from CFO to CEO Cüneyt Başaran (Moderator), Editor-in-Chief of Bloomberg HT Berk Çağdaş, CEO of Renault Mais İbrahim Sinan Ak, CEO of Zorlu Energy Group Murat Alsan, KPMG, Head of Turkey Selim Ergün, CEO of IC Holding
12:30 – 14:00	Lunch
14:00 – 14:45	CFO as a Business Partner; Stakeholder Relations and Value Management Adnan Nas (Moderator), Board Member of Global Investment Holding Ali Özdin, CFO of Eren Holding M. Sabri Tütüncü, CFO of Kibar Holding Onur Çevikel, CFO of Anadolu Efes Onur Yücekal, CFO of GE Türkiye Sascha Bibert, Enerjisa, CFO
14:45 – 15:30	Critical Success Factors in Company Acquisitions, Mergers, Transfers, and D Cem Sezgin (Moderator), Deloitte Türkiye, Partner Burak Dalgın, Darby, Managing Director Burcu Geriş, CFO of TAV Eray Yatgın, Turkven, Principal İhsan Sancay, Head of Private Equity Funds at Global Capital Management Mustafa Tercan, CFO of Yıldız Holding
15:30 – 16:00	Coffee Break
16:00 – 16:45	Digital Transformation: The Multiplier Effect and the Role of the CFO Cüneyt Toros (Moderator), Fortune Türkiye, Publishing Director Güngör Kaymak, General Manager, HPE Türkiye Onur Altınbaş, Verifone, General Manager Yalım Eriştiren, General Manager, Intel Türkiye
16:45 – 18:00	Top 50 Most Effective CFOs Award Ceremony & Closing Cocktail Reception