Turk Eximbank
Berk Bilici is an experienced professional in economic research and analysis, currently serving as the Economic and Strategic Research Assistant Manager at Turk Eximbank since September 2023. Prior to this role, Berk held various senior positions at the Development Bank of Turkey from June 2020 to August 2023, including Vice President and Assistant Vice President, where responsibilities included macroeconomic forecasting, report writing, and the development of econometric models. Additional experience includes serving as a Senior Economic Analyst at ICBC Turkey, an Academic Instructor at Turkish-German University, and an Economist at the T.R. Ministry of Development. Berk has also interned at Garanti Bank and worked briefly with the International Monetary Fund. Academic qualifications encompass a Master of Science in Empirical and Theoretical Economics from both Paris School of Economics and University of Paris I: Panthéon-Sorbonne, alongside a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from Galatasaray University.
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Turk Eximbank
Türk Eximbank is a fully state-owned bank acting as the Turkish government’s major export incentive instrument in Turkey’s sustainable export strategy. As Turkey’s official export credit agency, Türk Eximbank has been mandated to support foreign trade and Turkish contractors/investors operating overseas. Türk Eximbank’s main objectives are promoting Turkey’s exports through diversification of exported goods and services by increasing the share of Turkish exporters in international trade, finding new markets for traditional and non-traditional export goods and providing exporters and overseas contractors with support to increase their competitiveness and to ensure a risk-free environment in international markets. As a means of aiding export development, Türk Eximbank offers specialized financial services through a variety of credit, insurance and guarantee programs. Most developed countries have an export credit agency (ECA) like Türk Eximbank to promote exports. An export financing system should in theory represent a joint effort between official ECAs on the one side, offering insurance and guarantee programs to facilitate exports (in preference to direct credits), and commercial banks on the other side, responsible for financing export operations. This is the way export finance is achieved in many developed countries. Türk Eximbank is different, in that it is one of the few ECAs in the world, which engages in direct lending activities as well as implementing insurance and guarantee schemes within the same institution.