He graduated from Middle East Technical University, Department of Economics and received his master's degree in Financial Economics from Boston University. Mr. Tahtakılıç started his professional career as an Assistant Specialist at the Capital Markets Board and after serving in various positions for 11 years, he started working as the Head of Capital Markets Department at Aktif Investment Bank. After more than 9 years of experience in investment banking, Mr. Tahtakılıç started to work as Executive Vice President in charge of Investment Banking Group in our Bank in September 2022.