Mahmut Levent Ünlü

CHAIRMAN

Mahmut L. Ünlü graduated from the Mechanical Engineering Department of Georgia Institute of Technology in 1989 and received an MBA degree from Rice University, Houston in 1991. He started his career in İktisat Bankası, a Turkish merchant bank in Corporate Finance in 1991. He then moved to Yatırım Bank, Turkey’s first investment bank, and set up the Bank’s Corporate Finance, Research and International Capital Markets businesses subsequently serving as Assistant General Manager between 1992 and 1995. In 1996, he left Yatırım Bank to co-found Dundas ÜNLÜ, a pioneer in M&A advisory. Mr. Ünlü served as Managing Partner and latterly as the CEO and built Dundas ÜNLÜ into the leading investment advisory and asset management group in Turkey. He formed a strategic partnership with Standard Bank Group London Holdings in 2007, called “Standard ÜNLÜ” and served as the Deputy Chairman and CEO. He was also a member of the International Executive Committee of Standard Bank between 2008 and 2012. In 2012, he formed ÜNLÜ & Co’ to acquire 75% stake of Standard ÜNLÜ as well as to control stakes in various asset management businesses and is currently serving as the Chairman and CEO.