Board Member
Semih Ozkan
Executive Director, EMEA Energy, Power, Renewables, Metals and Mining at J.P. Morgan Payments.
Semih has 20 years of experience in treasury services and trade solutions for corporate, public sector and financial institutions in Europe, Middle East and Africa.
Most recently, Semih was structured & trade finance sales head at SMBC Group. In his role, he is responsible for marketing structured export finance and structured commodity finance solutions in the Middle East and Africa region. Previously, Semih was corporate trade finance and cash management sales director at Deutsche Bank in the Middle East. At the same time, Semih also worked as a short-term consultant at the IFC Mongolia Mission to support developing financial infrastructure. Prior to that Semih was at Standard Chartered Bank FI trade finance and cash management sales in the region.
Semih was also chairperson the ITFA Middle East Regional Committee for the International Trade and Forfaiting Association (ITFA). Additionally, he is Honorary Treasurer and Board Member of Dubai Offshore Sailing Club un UAE.
Semih holds Master of Science degree in Financial Management from Robert Gordon University in the UK and Bachelor of Arts degree in the International Relations from Istanbul University in Turkey.