Hüseyin Erkan

Who is Hüseyin Erkan?

Hüseyin Erkan is the CEO of the World Federation of Exchanges. He was the Chairman and CEO of the Istanbul Stock Exchange from 2007 until 2012.

After graduating from high school in Konya Mr. Erkan completed a certificate program at the English Language Center in Brighton, England. He received an Associate in Science degree from Orange County Community College in New York in 1979, then graduated from New York University Stern Business School with a B.S degree in Economics and an MBA in the fields of International Business and Finance with a thesis project on currency risk management at the United Nations Development Program.

Early in his career, Mr. Erkan had extensive experience in the transportation, petroleum and manufacturing sectors. He entered the capital markets in 1989 as a Research Analyst working with foreign institutional investors. Subsequently, he worked as a Research Analyst on a retainer basis for Bankers Trust following various sectors in the capital markets of Turkey between 1992 and 1993. He became a partner and Deputy Chairman to Tezal Securities in Istanbul for two years and left the company prior to joining the Istanbul Stock Exchange in 1994.