Dr. Can Pamir - Managing Partner
Can Pamir was born in 1972 in Ankara – Türkiye. He had his primary and secondary education in TED Ankara College. He received his BS degree from Middle East Technical University (METU) Management Department in 1995 with a full 4.00 CGPA - as the valedictorian of the class in the entire University. He got his Master of Science in Accounting degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1997 which he again finished as the valedictorian of the class with a full 4.00 CGPA. He earned his PhD in Marketing at the Istanbul Bilgi University in 2018 which he finished in less than 3.5 years and again as the valedictorian of the class with a full 4.00 CGPA.
In his professional career of more than 20 years, Mr. Pamir worked in four financial institutions – namely, Finansbank Group, International Finance Corporation (the IFC), İş Investment and Gedik Investment.
Mr. Pamir served as the major Investment Officer responsible from Croatian and Turkish Banks in International Finance Corporation (IFC) - the private sector arm of the World Bank Group. Between 1998-2006, he assumed various positions & responsibilities in different banks of the Finansbank Group in the fields of trade finance, corporate, investment and private banking. In 2006, he was employed by İş Investment (the investment house of İş Bankası) where he established the Marketing Department and assumed the Head of Marketing position responsible from development and coordination of the entire company’s marketing strategies and activities. During his entire office time as Head of Marketing, İş Investment achieved to be the market share leader in all of the investment products lines. After an extensive experience in the marketing of investment products & services in İş Investment, Mr. Pamir joined Gedik Investment –the largest investment house among the non-bank related financial intermediaries İn Türkiye– as the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) where he implemented the full rebranding of the entire company and established the all-encompassing marketing structure.
Can Pamir established his own management consulting company, Pamir Danışmanlık, in 2018 which provides management consulting and professional training services especially in the fields of strategy &business development, finance and marketing. Mr. Pamir has also assumed the honorary position at The Financial Commission Institution’s Dispute Resolution Committee since December 2020. He holds Turkish Capital Markets Board’s Advanced Level (Level III), Capital Markets Derivative Instruments, Corporate Governance Rating and Bronze Level Engage & Grow Business Coaching licenses.
Meantime, Mr. Pamir has published several articles in the international journals in the field of marketing and has been teaching various marketing and finance classes at the Bahçeşehir, Bilgi, Bilkent, Kadir Has and Middle East Technical Universities.
Mr. Pamir who is fluent in English and French is married to Ms. Burcu Pamir since 2006 and has daughter named Duru.