Mr. Yayan got B.A. degrees from Faculty of Political Sciences of Ankara University in 1977 and Faculty of Law of the Istanbul University in 1987. Then he got his PhD degree from the Istanbul University Faculty of Economics in 1997. Mr. Yayan has diplomas from University of Michigan on Economy of Development and Population; from the University of Sussex on Labor Market Information System and Japan Int. Coop. Agency on Development and improvement of Employment. Mr. Veysel Yayan started his career as Reporter at the Republic of Turkey, Ministry of Trade in 1976. Then he worked at State Planning Organization, as Expert and Undersecretariat of Defense Industries, as Head of Department, Deputy Undersecretary and Acting Undersecretary until he retired in 1998. After serving 22 years for government from expert to Undersecretary levels between 1976-1998, he was appointed as Secretary General to the Turkish Steel Producers Association in 1998. On 25 September 2017, Dr. Yayan was appointed as Undersecretary to Ministry of Science, Industry and Technology. In August 2018, Yayan retired from government and returned to his position as Secretary General of Turkish Steel Producers Association. In addition to this position, Dr. Yayan has been the President of TOBB Ferrous and Nonferrous Metals Assembly since 2007.
After his graduation from the statistics department of the Faculty of Science and Letters of Mimar Sinan University in Istanbul in 1995, Mert Yılmaz began his business career in the insurance sector, switching in the same year to the financial markets where he has served for almost 25 years in mid-level and senior executive positions in the research and marketing/sales departments of leading Turkish financial companies. Having worked for NoorCM Menkul Değerler A.Ş in previous years, Mert Yılmaz is currently serving as assistant general manager at Info Yatırım Menkul Değerler A.Ş. He also gives lectures on economics and finance at Nişantaşı University and Bilgi University. Besides making regular appearances on several TV and radio channels, Yılmaz also conducts seminars about the global economy, the Turkish economy, the financial markets, personality development and awareness in different cities in Turkey via invitations from non-governmental organizations and universities. Yılmaz is also co-founder of the company “my Eğitim Danışmanlık”.
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