Gani Simsek

Gani Simsek is a seasoned data engineering professional with extensive experience across various industries, currently serving as a Principal Data Engineer at Qatar Investment Authority since September 2025. Previously, Gani worked at Irish Life from February 2021 to September 2025 as a Staff Data Engineer, leading key projects involving the management of Snowflake objects and the development of a Customer Data Platform through data transfer from on-prem databases. Other notable positions include Senior Data Engineer at Bank of America, Data Engineer at TripAdvisor, Data Engineer at Telesure Sigorta ve Reasürans Brokerliği A.Ş., and Data Analyst roles at Yandex and Botego. Gani holds a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering from Bilkent University and a Master's degree in Data Analytics from University College Dublin.