Bahar Balcioglu

Bahar Balcioglu, CISA, is an IT Compliance Manager at Equinor, a position they assumed in 2025 after serving as a Principal IT Analyst since 2021. Prior to their tenure at Equinor, Bahar worked as an Internal Control - Management Statement & IT Controls Manager at QNB Finansbank, where they ensured compliance with SOX, BRSA, and COBIT standards from 2010 to 2021. Bahar's earlier experience includes roles at PricewaterhouseCoopers in Systems and Process Assurance, where they conducted audits on banking institutions, and at Unilever as a National Account Field Executive. They hold a Bachelor’s in Industrial Engineering and a Bachelor’s in Electrical Engineering from Yıldız Teknik Üniversitesi, along with multiple executive MBAs from Koç University and the University of California, Berkeley.