Hakan Akbas

Hakan Akbas is a founding partner at Global Dealings Group, which was founded in 2011.
He is currently a director at Galatasaray Spor Kulübü, Demir Saglik ve Hayat Sigorta AS, and a senior advisor at Albright Stonebridge Group LLC.
He is also a member of The American Marketing Association, Association for Corporate Growth, Inc., Association of Strategic Alliance Professionals, Turkish Industry & Business Association, and Türkiye Kurumsal Yönetim Dernegi.
Mr. Akbas previously held positions as deputy chairman at Aksigorta AS, chairman at Yunsa Yunlu Sanayi ve Ticaret AS, independent vice chairman at Arena Bilgisayar Sanayi ve Ticaret AS, marketing director at Accenture LLP, independent director at Akenerji Elektrik Üretim AS, independent director at Kent Gida Maddeleri Sanayii & Ticaret AS, and independent non-executive director at Mondi Turkey Oluklu Mukavva Kagit ve Ambalaj Sanayi AS.
He also worked at Xerox Corp.
as the head of business development & strategy from 2001 to 2006 and as the chief marketing officer at Document Sciences Corp.
Mr. Akbas holds an MBA from Rochester Christian University and an undergraduate degree from Bogazici University.