Founder
“We have developed professional, effective, and rapidly implementable special solutions for corporate investigations by combining the advanced investigation methods we acquired at the FBI National Academy with our many years of experience in Turkish intelligence and Financial Crimes.”
Professional Work History
He held high-level critical positions at the rank of Police Chief in the Intelligence (İDB), Anti-Smuggling and Organized Crime (KOM) Departments within the General Directorate of Security, where he joined in 1992; In 2002, he joined the permanent staff of the United Nations.
His successes in Criminal Intelligence, Qualified Fraud and Anti-Money Laundering operations have been appreciated both nationally and globally, and he has been awarded many medals, awards and certificates of achievement.
In 2006, while at the rank of Police Chief, he voluntarily left his civil service duties and joined British Petroleum (BP), and since then, he has worked professionally for many years at the group director level in the fields of corporate risk analysis and crisis management, as well as internal fraud investigations in global companies.
In 2014, he founded Prosecure Danışmanlık A.Ş. in Istanbul. He leads corporate investigations and strategic risk management projects within Prosecure; directs the company’s strategic focus areas.
He has studied at leading international institutions such as the Police Intelligence Academy, the FBI National Academy, and the United Nations Asia and Far East Institute (UNAFEI) under UNODC. He holds a master’s degree in International Relations from Gazi University Institute of Social Sciences and has also taken graduate courses at the University of Virginia. He was accepted to the doctoral program at the University of Westminster.
He speaks advanced English, beginner level Japanese and Russian.
Career Path
General Directorate of Police
Intelligence (ISI); Anti-Smuggling and Organized Crime (KOM); and critical senior positions in the Presidency, Prime Ministry and Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
United Nations (UNDSS)
Intelligence and risk analysis, crisis management and country management team membership for Turkey and the nearby region.
Global Companies
Director level roles in risk analysis, crisis management and/or internal investigations and country management team membership at BP, BTC Pipeline Co., Vestas and SOCAR.
Prosecure
Corporate intelligence, internal fraud investigation, prevention and compliance, investigative due diligence, third party risk management, AML, key personnel background investigations. Founder and Managing Director.*
Education
- Police Academy
- FBI National Academy (Quantico)
- University of Virginia Master's Program
- Master's Degree in International Relations (Gazi University)
Specialized Trainings
- Turkish Police Criminal Intelligence Academy (ISAK) - Term 1;
- Tursih Police Anti-Smuggling and Organized Crime Academy (TADOC);
- United Nations International Specialist Civil Service Programs (UNDSS); Jordan, Lebanon
- United Nations Programme on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (UNAFEI) - Tokyo
- BP Group Leadership, Risk Management and Internal Investigation Programs; London, Baku, Madrid, Texas, Tbilisi
- IMD SOCAR Leadership Program
Awards
● Certificates of Appreciation, Thank You Letters and Special Gifts given by the Presidency and Prime Ministry of the Republic of Turkey.
● Numerous Appreciation and Thank You Letters given by the General Directorate of Security.
● Appreciation and Thank You e-mails given by United Nations Assistant Secretary-General (UNDSS) Tom Miyad.
● Thank You Letter given by First Lady Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton.
● ‘State Distinguished Service Medal in the International Fight Against Financial Crimes’ given by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine.
● Certificate of Appreciation and a personally signed book ‘My FBI’ given by FBI Director Louis Joseph Freeh.
Foreign Language
- English - Advanced
- Japanese - Beginner
- Russian - Beginner
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