Murat Demirel

Mr. Demirel’s experience encapsulates a broad range of international engagements and a proven track record of transforming various businesses within the financial services industry.

Before joining Ata in 2011, he was a Managing Director – Global Head of Commercial Operations at Barclays with responsibility for driving the expansion of its International Wealth Management business through the development and delivery of commercial strategies for the EMEA region. He led the overall sales, business development, and client relationship activities as well as product development efforts. Before his departure, he was responsible for all of the London-based International business.

Before joining Barclays, Mr. Demirel was the General Manager of Citibank (Switzerland) during 2006 and 2008, the second-largest foreign bank in Switzerland with over $30 bln of assets under management covering global clients.

Between 2001 and 2006 he was with UBS in London. As an Executive Director of the Investment Bank, he worked directly under the leadership of the CEO of UBS Warburg in his Strategy & Business Development team responsible for covering the bank’s corporate advisory, institutional equities, fixed income, and private equity businesses.

Prior to that, he spent six years with Goldman Sachs in New York, where he started his career in investment banking focusing on covering financial institutions and working on M&A transactions. Mr. Demirel has served in various locations throughout his career including New York, London, Geneva, Hong Kong, and Tokyo.

In 2007, while heading Citi Switzerland, Mr. Demirel was selected as one of Market Magazine’s “50 Most Influential Bankers”.Mr. Demirel has a post-graduate degree in Quantitative Economics from Queens College and holds several Honors and Distinguished Service Awards. He completed his secondary school education in Bern, Switzerland.

He speaks fluent English, German, French and Turkish