Advisory Council

Ibrahim BETIL: Ibrahim is a businessman who has worked in the industrial and financial sectors in Turkey for 35 years as a high-level manager, executive officer, board director, and consultant. He currently chairs the Community Volunteers Foundation (Toplum Gonulluleri Vakfi) in Turkey.

Ibrahim graduated from Robert College in Istanbul with an Associate Degree in Business Administration in 1968. He first started his career as a project specialist at Turkish Industrial Development Bank (TSKB) and worked as an industrialist until 1981. He then shifted into banking sector and held CEO positions for Pamukbank, Iktisat Bankasi, and Garanti Bankasi. He was also the co-founder and Board president of Korfezbank, United Garanti Bank, and Bank Ekspress.

He joined the ranks of “Yeni Demokrasi Hareketi” (New Democracy Movement) as a co-founder and was actively involved in politics for a year in 1994.

Ibrahim has always been closely involved in educational purposes and community activities. He has been devoting all of his time and energy for nonprofit organizations for the last eleven years. He has helped establish and has chaired several foundations and school boards including Turkish Education Volunteers Foundation (TEGV), Community Volunteers Foundation (TOG) and ENKA Schools in Istanbul and Adapazari. He also taught classes in nonprofit management at universities.

He has been working as a columnist in daily newspapers where he writes on economics, social life, and education. He also produces radio and TV programs on children songs and economics, respectively. He is also the author of a bestseller book “Hafiften Bankacilik”.