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Managing Director, Head of Infrastructure
UniCredit S.p.A, Vienna Branch

Peter has more than 19 years experience working on a variety of infrastructure projects. Within the Project Finance team of UniCredit Corporate & Investment Banking he started in 1995 with a focus on PFI and infrastructure projects in Europe. He has been responsible for the structuring and arranging of several landmark transportation projects mainly in the railway sector as well as for financial advisory mandates for private and public clients. Starting in 1999 but more actively since 2003 he developed the project finance business in Turkey for UniCredit Group and built up a broad network to Turkish customers and authorities. He was in charge for the structuring and arranging of the privatizations of Istanbul Airport, Ankara Airport and Antalya Airport among others. As the most recent deal highlights in 2013 Peter closed his Financial Advisory mandate for the Eurasia Road Tunnel Crossing in Istanbul, a landmark USD 1.2bn financing involving Multilaterals, ECAs, intl. and Turkish commercial banks. Furthermore Peter closed the refinancing of Mersin Port using for the first time a corporate bond issue for an infrastructure concession based asset in Turkey. Since 2010 Peter is heading UniCredit’s cross border Infrastructure Turkey Team based in Istanbul and Munich. Beginning with 2014 the Munich part of the Infrastructure Turkey team has moved to the CEE Division of UniCredit Group headquartered in UniCredit Bank Austria AG, Vienna. Peter's main focus is now on the upcoming large Privatizations and Hospital PPPs in Turkey. The first of its kind, the Mersin PPP Hospital has been signed on 21 November 2014. He is a graduate of the Ludwig-Maximilians University in Munich with a degree in Business Administration.

Former Finance Secretary
Govt. Of India

Arvind Mayaram has a PhD in Finance and is a Certified PPP Specialist. He was earlier the Finance Secretary of India. He has been the Alternate Governor of India on the Board of World Bank, ADB and African Development Bank. He was India's finance deputy in G20 and BRICS. He was also on the Board of the Reserve Bank of India and the Securities Exchanges Board of India. He was India's chief negotiator for BRICS New Development Bank and co-chair of the Framework Working Group of G-20. In the Indian State of Rajasthan he worked, in addition to several other assignments, as Investment Commissioner, Secretary Industries & Commerce and Tourism Secretary. He has also had experience of senior management positions in several public sector enterprises. He has been instrumental in several major initiatives in the area of investment, infrastructure development, Public Private Partnerships and institution building. He spearheaded the establishment of the framework for mainstreaming PPPs in India and accelerated the process of including newer areas for PPPs. He has worked extensively in the field of infrastructure finance. He also designed the first PPP module for delivering infrastructure in the rural areas deftly combining infrastructure asset creation and delivery of services with private investment in economic activities and skill development for the poor and an integrated education and skill certification programme for school dropouts. He was Vice President of the World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies (WAIPA), formed under the aegis of UNCTAD, UNIDO, FIAS and MIGA for two terms in early 2000. He has been an investment promotion expert with the UNCTAD for several years and his expertise in the area of PPPs is internationally acknowledged. He has undertaken a large number of missions for the UN agencies in several developing countries such as Sudan, South Africa, Fiji, Ecuador, Uzbekistan, South Africa, Cambodia etc. and has led several foreign economic negotiations on behalf of the Government of India at sub-cabinet level strategic economic dialogues with countries such as the USA, China, the UK, Japan and South Korea. He is an institution builder. He was one of the founder members of the World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies (WAIPA), a multilateral organisation. In addition to many other important initiatives in building institutions, he conceived of the unique public private partnership structure for Project Development Company of Rajasthan (PDCOR) and National Skill Development Corporation and the National Skill Development Trust, the foundation stones of the National Skill Development Mission in India.

Chief Executive
Turkish Medical Tourism Development Association

At the time of Ms. İstiroti’s first entry into the Health Industry in 1990, healthcare management was not recognised as a profession. She became one of the first healthcare executives to apply professional hospital management practices in Turkey. İstiroti, who has helped the training of raising numerous managers in the healthcare sector, received her master’s degree on Health and Hospital Management at İstanbul University and Bahçesehir Univertsity after receiving her bachelors degree in Psychology at Boğaziçi University. İstiroti started her career in health services management at International Hospital, a model institution in terms of hospital management. She started as a public relations manager, then carried on as a administrative coordinator during her 8.5 years of service at this hospital. Afterwards, she worked as the marketing manager at the American Hospital at 2003 . She also pioneered to start the first, largest, and an examplary elderly living center with a rehabilitation hospital within the complex, ”Yaşamkent” under Bayındır Holding as the general manager of that project. She, as the Deputy General Manager of the group, undertook the duty of opening new hospitals under Acıbadem Healthcare Group and contributed to the development of this healthcare network model with the operational and marketing focus . The institution currently had 9 hospitals and 24 branches, a Health Insurance Company, a University, a project company focusing on turn-key hospital activities and several group companies focusing on health care at her departure.v In the beginning of 90′s, İstiroti observed a lot of patients in Turkey traveling abroad especially to USA, UK, Germany or Israel in order to receive essential and high risk medical services. In charge of the institution’s International Marketing, especially after 2005 by orchestrating activities for patients from abroad incoming to group hospitals,İstiroti turned Acıbadem into a well-recognized, reputable brand in the international arena. She took the role for marketing b2b services of Bozlu Holding and starting up a cancer center called Neolife. She also supported Dünyagöz Group’s development and the opening of the new facilities and enlarging the chain and overtook the marketing activities as the Deputy General Manager. By mid 2012, Ms İstiroti worked as the general manager for Liv Hospital undertaking the role of creating the brand ‘Liv Hospital’ as well as the implementationof all the Hospital management processes, creation of the medical and administrative team. Liv Hospital İtsnabul openned at 2013 and Liv Hospital Ankara openned at 2015 . She continues the development of the Group as Group Coordinator. Meri İstiroti also took role as Chairwoman to TÜSİAD (Turkish Industrialists’ and Businessmen’s Association) Medical Tourism Sub-Committee, and served as the Chairwoman of DEİK (Foreign Economic Relations Board) Healthcare Committee amongst Turkey’s most estimable Non-governmental Organization (NGO)’s on international business. Persently , she acts as the Chief Executive Of Turkish Medical Tourism Development Association. She has published three books : 'Last Word by physicians' & 'letters to my 30 th age self' and 'Pusula 1'( compass ) on integrated marketing in healthcare services . She raises 2 children. She has been rewarded as the 'year's Health manager' on 2002 by the industry. She has been honored by 'honor reward' at her carreer by two Rotary Clubs on 2014 and 2015. On March 2015, she received ‘Innovative Approaches in Health & Contributions to Health Tourism’ award from Greek Ministry of Health and Health Tourism Commission in behalf of Liv Hospitals. She has been part of many social reponsibility projects . Presently she works on the contest about the best health management Project that will motivate the health management students for their future.

Economic expert, Dubai Economy
Dubai, UAE

Dr. Irfan Al Hasani is currently a senior economist at Dubai Competitiveness Office, Dubai’s Department of Economic Development (DED), Government of Dubai, UAE. Before joining the DED, he had been working as a senior economist at the Dubai Economic Council (DEC), the think tank of the Government of Dubai/ UAE in the economic-decision making. He conducted dozens of working/ policy papers and surveys in various economic issues. He has also developed a number of critical initiatives and policy recommendations and some of them have been put in place. Al Hasani has also worked as an economic editor-in-chief at the DEC. Before being an economic researcher, Al Hasani worked as an academic in a number of universities. He has also collaborated as a trainer. Al Hasani has partaken as a speaker, panellist and moderator in a number of high-profile local, regional and international conferences in various issues particularly Public-Private Partnership (PPP): UK, Australia, Spain, India, Morocco, and Dubai. Al Hasani published several papers in referred and non-referred journals, and one book entitled “International Finance”. His research interests cover a wide range of topics, importantly: PPP, international economic relations, economic development, and oil markets. Al Hasani has published hundreds of articles in various issues of MENA in local newspapers. Additionally, he has been frequently invited as an economic expert in a number of business TV interviews. Al Hasani collaborated as a referee for various research and academic institutions, such as the International Journal for Administrative Sciences/ Institute of Administrative Development-Dubai; an editor-in-chief of “Finance & Business” Journal issued by the Federation of UAE Chambers of Commerce, Dubai; Al Owais Creativity Award, and most recently Rashid Bin Humaid Award for Culture and Science, among others. Al Hasani is a member in many societies and research hubs, among others Canadian Economics Association (ECA). Al Hasani received numerous awards and certificates. In 2008, he was the “Third Prize Winner of the Dubai Economic Research Award (DERA), the most prestigious research under the patronage of the UAE Ministry of Finance. The winning paper entitled “PPP Policies and Their Applicability to Dubai”. In 2002, he has been selected as ‘the best research project’ from the Arab Society for Economic Research at Cairo (Egypt) to conduct a study on “The Political Economy of International financial crises and their Implications to GCC Markets”. Al Hasani has been also awarded many certificates of thanks and appreciation from several local and foreign educational and research institutions, e.g., Georgia University, Al Khaleej newspaper, conferences, etc. Al Hasani holds PhD degree in economics/ PPP from the University of Derby (UK). He also holds master and bachelor degrees both in Economics.

Partner
Ergün Avukatlık Bürosu

Dr. Çağdaş Evrim Ergün is a legal specialist in PPP, infrastructure projects and project finance. He represented sponsors and lenders in the development and financing of several major projects in the energy, transportation and health sectors. He is a recommended lawyer by the current edition of European Legal 500 in Project Finance/Projects and Dispute Resolution, Chambers and Partners in Projects & Energy and IFLR as a “Leading lawyer-highly regarded” in corporate and finance. He holds a Ph.D in administrative law and lectured on energy law, project finance and international arbitration at various universities and other institutions. Illustrative transactions include representation of: Lenders in the financing of Kayseri Health PPP Project, which was the first project tendered within the scope of the health PPP program of Turkey. This project was awarded the Best PPP Deal of the Year by EMEA Finance in 2016. Lenders in the financing of Adana Health PPP Project, which was the first health PPP project to reach financial close in Turkey. Adana PPP was awarded the Best PPP Deal of the Year and Best Social Development Deal of the Year by EMEA Finance in 2015. Lenders in the financing of Yozgat Health PPP Project. Lenders in the financing of İkitelli Health PPP Project. Lenders in the financing of Eskişehir Health PPP Project. Lender in the financing of Tekirdağ Health PPP Project. Lenders in the financing of Public Health Institution and Laboratory Health PPP Project. Lenders in the financing of Third İstanbul Airport Project. Sponsors in the financing of Northern Marmara Highway Project. Sponsors in the financing of İzmir and Kocaeli Health PPP Projects.

Chairman of PPP Committee
DEIK

Eyup Vural Aydin has completed his undergraduate degree in Political Science and Public Administration as well as his master degree in European Union Economy at Galatasaray University. In 2015 Dr. Aydin has started his doctorate studies at Marmara University in the field of Public-Private Partnership which has recently come in the foreground in Turkey. He has become entitled to obtain his doctorate degree in 2013 with his thesis titled “Application of Public-Private Partnership in Infrastructure Financing in Local Authorities”. Following his masterstudies, he worked on several programs such as economic impact of European Union accession process on candidate countries, democracy loopholes stemming from membership structure of European Parliament and grants, funds and development programs of the EU. His works on investment, development and growth have been compiled in a book titled as impact of Basel-2 banking system on Turkish SMEs. In a businessmen association in which he worked between 2006-2013. Dr. Aydin provided strategy courses and seminars by performing meetings with business world in many Turkish cities within the scope of the duties he undertook. Preparing many publications in Public Private Partnership model, which he started to work on in his doctorate degree, he examined his model especially in infrastructure investments as an alternative financing model. He continues his works on securitization of infrastructure investments by way of the forementioned model as an innovative financing means. His book, which is titled as “Alternative Financing Models in Local Authorities”, will be soon published by Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality. Dr. Aydin is the General Manager of PhD Consulting which he founded in 2013. PhD Consulting offers investment and management consulting services and consultancy in the field of Public Private Partnership. At the same time, he is the Chairman of “Istanbul Public Private Partnership Center of Excellence (Istanbul PPPCoE)” and of DEIK PPP Committee which was founded within the scope of Foreign Economic Relations Board (DEIK). He is also the Vice Chairman of DEIK Ivory Coast Business Council.

Founder and Chairman of the Board
Ceiba Tele ICU

Afsin Alp is the Founder and Chairman of the Board of Ceiba Tele ICU. Afsin has over 14 years of investment management experience. Prior to founding Ceiba Tele ICU and establishing Ceiba Capital Management LLC, Mr. Alp worked as a Portfolio Manager for Nomura Bank’s Principal Strategies group managing a Long/Short Equity Healthcare Fund with $500 million of assets under management (AUM). Afsin also worked for Millennium Partners for 2 years managing one of United States’ largest healthcare focused hedge funds with $1 billion in gross AUM (2010 – 2012). In early 2005, Afsin developed the proprietary equity valuation model which has become the core investment strategy of the hedge fund he co-founded “Meadowbrook Capital Management LLC.” (2003 – 2009). Prior to Meadowbrook, Afsin was part of a portfolio team at Raymond James Financial, where he performed quantitative and equity research analysis (2002 – 2003). Afsin has been quoted in several publications and has written academic articles on options pricing and volatility forecasting. Some recent articles include “Economic Dilution Effect of Employee Stock Options” and “Generalized Autoregressive Conditional Heteroscedasticity (1.1)- Model for Estimating Volatilities.” Afsin is one of the founders of the Stock Investors’ Society in Istanbul, Turkey, and is currently a member of the organization’s Board of Directors. A native of Istanbul, Turkey, Afsin earned a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Istanbul Technical University (1998). He holds an M.S. in Finance from Hofstra University-Frank G. Zarb School of Business, which he attended on full scholarship (2003). He received his MBA from Columbia Business School (2011).

Board Member
MÜSİAD

1977 Burhan Özdemir, born in Düzce - Akçakoca, completed his primary and secondary education in Akçakoca. Bachelor of Education Dumlupınar University, Department of Civil Engineering, completed his Master's degree in Structural Engineering at Manchester University of Technology in the UK. Through his master's studies, he published Technical Articles in the field of advanced building technologies in the UK. He developed a first tried method to increase the earthquake resistance on a special type of cement. This work was published at the 2002 International Conference on Reinforced Concrete Structures Repair and was awarded by the UK Institute of Structural Engineers. Between 2002-2005, Jacobs Engineering worked in the UK's Nuclear Energy Department from a number of US Technical Consulting firms. BNFL (British Nuclear Fuel Limited) was involved in the construction and commissioning of Nuclear Stations. In 2005-2006, the leading company of the UK's transport sector, Mouchel, managed the project work of the British Highways and Railways Public Institutions. He joined Campbell Reith Hill in 2006-2008, where he was involved in the management of Public-Private Partnership and Urban Transformation projects. At the beginning of 2008, he returned to Turkey and founded his own company. During this period, he managed the award-winning investment projects domestically and in foreign countries such as Algeria, Qatar and Azerbaijan. The largest private investment project in North Africa is the Algerian Trust Complex Buildings, the Doha World Trade Center and the Istanbul Trump Towers projects. In 2012, MÜSİAD Construction Sector Board Chairman and in 2013, Istanbul Chamber of Commerce Construction and Contracting Committee Presidency was elected. During his tenure, he organized and led international symposiums on Kanal Istanbul, New TOKI Vision, Overseas Contracting & Consulting, Public-Private Partnership Investments, Istanbul International Finance Center and Urban Transformation. He has developed a project on the development of the Overseas Contracting & Consulting Sector jointly with the Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Turkey and the UK Commercial Attaché (UKTI). This project took place in April 2013 in the Joint Economic and Trade Committee (JETCO) agreement signed by the Minister of Economy of the Republic of Turkey and the Minister of Trade of the UK in London. At the end of 2014, MÜSİAD wrote the report 'Turkey's Position in the Construction Sector and Future Projection Analysis in the Construction Sector' published as a Research Report. In the Housing Sector, there were written and visual publications on issues such as the Impact of the 17th & 25th December initiatives on the Housing Sector, the regulations for the Projecting and Building Inspection Firms, the need for State Contribution for the Overseas Contracting Sector 2023 targets and Tax Regulations on Property. Burhan Özdemir, who has been a member of the AK Party since 2002, has been a Candidate Candidate for the AK Party's Düzce in the 2011 General Elections. At the age of 38, Burhan Özdemir speaks English at a good level and is married with three children.