Ozgur Kutay

Country Head, Turkey, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia
UK Export Finance

Biography

Ozgur Kutay is the Country Manager for Turkey, Eastern Europe and Central Asia at UK Export Finance (UKEF). In this role, Ozgur manages the UKEF relationships for a number of project sponsors, contractors, governments and financial institutions in the region along with supporting UK exporters to win contracts backed by the UKEF financing offer.

Prior to this position, Kutay served in Citigroup for over two decades with a variety of responsibilities. His roles included running Citibank in Kuwait as the chief executive, managing credit and risk for a region including Turkey, Israel, Caucasus, Central Asia, and leading Citibank’s corporate, financial institutions, and public sector relationships for the same region.

Speaker at these events:

Bonds, Loans & ESG Capital Markets CEE & CIS & Türkiye 2023

• Driving growth and building resilience: A closer look at the role of DFIs and ECAs in the development landscape across CEE, CIS and Türkiye

Bonds, Loans & Sukuk Turkey 2021

• Commercial banks, DFIs and ECAs: Who is driving Turkey’s syndicated loan market?

Bonds, Loans & Sukuk Turkey 2021 Virtual Conference

• Underwriting and syndicating loans in Turkey: Who is lending, at what price and on what terms?