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Roundtable with Dr Can Paker

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The Centre for Turkey Studies (CEFTUS) will be holding a roundtable event with Dr Can Paker, Chairman of the Board at Inovent, a Board Member at Akbank, and a founding member and chair of  PODEM (Center for Public Policy and Democracy Studies) on 30th March 2017.

Please see speaker biography below.

This event will be kindly hosted and chaired by Lord Sheikh.

The event will take place between 1-2:30 PM on Thursday, 30 March 2017 in Committee Room 2, House of Lords.

Please note that security checks are required to enter House of Lords, we kindly ask you to arrive at 12:45 PM, allowing the event to start and end promptly on time.

Please note that this event is Invitation Only and places are limited. 

Dr Can Paker, former chairman of TESEV and founding member of PODEM, both influential Turkish think tanks, will speak on recent political developments in Turkey while also analysing the country’s political history in relation to the upcoming referendum on the proposed changes to Turkey’s constitution and its  implications for the future.

 

Speaker Biography

Can Paker was born in İstanbul in 1942. He received his master’s degree from Berlin Technical University and his PhD from Yildiz Technical University in mechanical engineering. He went to receive an MBA from Columbia University in 1973. Starting his professional career at Turk Henkel in 1971, he held various senior positions in the company, and served as the general manager from 1984 and president of the Board of Directors until 2004. He still serves as an executive at B.O.Y. Consulting which he founded in 2004.

Paker held positions on the boards of several private companies and civil society organizations such as the Sabanci Holding, Sabanci University, Dedeman Holding, Goldern Horn Ventures, Turkish Industrialists’ and Businessmen’s Association (TÜSİAD), İstanbul Culture and Arts Foundation (İKSV), The Open Society Foundation in Turkey and Robert College. He served as the Chairman of TESEV (Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation) between 1997 and 2015.

Currently he is the Chairman of the Board at Inovent A.Ş., a Board Member at Akbank, and a founding member of PODEM (Center for Public Policy and Democracy Studies), an İstanbul based think tank established in 2015.

 

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