cREATORS - Global Real Estate Institute
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CREATORS<br />
SELİM ÇAKIR<br />
chief economist<br />
TEB<br />
GLENN AARONSON<br />
chairman<br />
FORUM TURKEY FUND<br />
Banking<br />
Turk Ekonomi Bankası<br />
Developer/<br />
investor<br />
Shopping Center Fund<br />
Selim Çakır joined Turkish Economy Bank in 2008 as Chief Economist.<br />
Mr. Çakır is also responsible for the coverage of Turkey and GCC<br />
research for BNP Paribas Fixed-Income Group. During a tenure of 10<br />
years, Mr. Çakır held various positions at the International Monetary<br />
Fund where he worked on Middle East and transition economies in<br />
Central Asia. Mr. Çakır represented the government of Turkey in the<br />
Executive Board of the IMF between 1999 and 2003, and had an active<br />
role in the design of the government of Turkey’s economic program.<br />
Glenn is the Chairman of Forum Turkey Fund. He acted as the CEO<br />
of Multi Corporation between 2007 and 2011. Before that he was<br />
MD of Morgan Stanley <strong>Real</strong> <strong>Estate</strong>,where he headed European asset<br />
management and was directly responsible for Morgan Stanley’s<br />
investment in Multi Corporation.From 1998-2001 he completed<br />
the restructuring of Credit Suisse First Boston RE operations in<br />
Europe,overseeing the disposition of $2.0 bn portfolio of earlier<br />
investments.He started his professional RE career in 1978 acquiring<br />
and operating multifamily residential throughout the southeast U.S.<br />
He also spent a number of years working for the U.S. government in<br />
their effort to address RE coming out of the domestic savings and<br />
loan crisis in the early 1990’s.<br />
IMAD ABULABAN<br />
president & ceo<br />
CAPITALSTONE HOLDING<br />
DR. BAHRİ AKDAĞ<br />
ceo & chairman<br />
AKDAĞ TURİZM VE İNŞAAT<br />
<strong>Real</strong> <strong>Estate</strong><br />
Investor/general-partner in acquisition<br />
and development USD 2-Billion portfolio<br />
consisting mixed-use, technology and<br />
industrial in Gulf countries.<br />
RE Developer &<br />
Operator<br />
Investment, Development & Management<br />
of Serviced Offices, Hotel & Residential<br />
Projects in Istanbul: Windowist Tower<br />
and Princess Palace<br />
CapitalStone<br />
Imad is investment builder spearheading CapitalStone, A DIFC<br />
domiciled <strong>Real</strong> <strong>Estate</strong> Holding, in creating and expanding its holdings,<br />
products and capital-base including outsourcing equity, debt<br />
financing, startup capital and cultivating investor relations. Investing<br />
as general partner, he is leading group in sponsoring and controlling<br />
USD 2 Billion portfolio encompassing core and opportunistic<br />
investment vehicles for property acquisition and development.<br />
Today’s Portfolio consists of mixed-use, technology and industrial<br />
focused on owning, developing and operating 11 aesthetically<br />
distinctive and strong performing properties in 8 cities. Prior 2007, his<br />
two ventures accomplished record of legacy projects, USD 4.3 Billion.<br />
Akdağ Turizm ve Insaat developed and is operating the first all-in-one<br />
fully Serviced Office Building WINDOWIST TOWER in Turkey and is<br />
developing the luxury Princes Palace Resort & Spa on the Princess<br />
Island Büyükada. Dr. Akdağ has been entrepreneur in the cement<br />
industry and specialized on M&A, Hedge Funds and Corporate<br />
Finance. He was shareholder and General Director of Yibitas Holding’s<br />
foreign joint-ventures including Lafarge Cement and Dyckerhoff<br />
RMC in Turkey. He holds a BA, MBA specializing in Management<br />
& Organisation, PhD in Accounting& Finance and is the Acting<br />
Chairman of the philantropic Erdogan Akdag Educational Foundation.<br />
ALİ RIZA AKSÖYEK<br />
development & coordination group manager<br />
KORAY İNŞAAT<br />
KHALED AL MUHAIRY<br />
chief executive officer<br />
EVOLVENCE CAPITAL<br />
Developer,<br />
Contractor<br />
<strong>Real</strong> <strong>Estate</strong> Development, Residential,<br />
Commercial, Contracting, Building<br />
Management Systems, High Rise,<br />
Renovation and Restoration<br />
Leading innovators in developing alternative<br />
investment products in the region with a<br />
strong track record and fund portfolio.<br />
Ali Rıza Aksöyek is the <strong>Real</strong> <strong>Estate</strong> Development & Coordination<br />
Group Manager of Koray Construction Company, one of the leading<br />
construction and development companies of Turkey founded in<br />
1956. After joining Koray Group, in 2004, Aksöyek had opportunities<br />
to work in several key positions of the company. Currently, he is<br />
managing all development activities and coordinating the projects of<br />
the <strong>Real</strong> <strong>Estate</strong> Group. Aksöyek holds B.Sc. Degree in Civil Engineering<br />
and M.Sc. Degree in Construction Management from Istanbul<br />
Technical University and he is a member of Urban Land <strong>Institute</strong>.<br />
Khaled Al Muhairy is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of<br />
Evolvence Capital, a Dubai headquartered alternative investment<br />
company with assets of more than US$ one billion under<br />
management. He has overall management responsibility for all<br />
Evolvence Capital activities with a primary focus on strategic<br />
direction, business development, and investor and regulatory<br />
relations. He has extensive capital raising and investment experience<br />
and holds operational management and board mandates of various<br />
Evolvence Capital initiatives. Prior to founding Evolvence Capital in<br />
2000, he headed the North America department of the Abu Dhabi<br />
Investment Authority (ADIA). He holds a B.Sc in Finance from Saint<br />
Louis University, Missouri, USA.