Former Swedish Prime Minister
Fredrik Reinfeldt has been active in Swedish and international politics for over 25 years. As Party leader and Swedish Prime Minister, Mr Reinfeldt reinvented the Moderate Party (centre-right) and formed a four-party alliance that won two successive elections.
Today Mr Reinfeldt is active giving lectures on geopolitical situation, leadership, economy and European and Nordic politics.
In May 2022 Mr Reinfeldt was appointed chair of Visita. Visita represents approximately 8.000 hotels, restaurants and other enterprises in the Swedish hospitality sector.
Since May 2021 Mr Reinfeldt is chair of Drivkraft Sverige. The Swedish Industry Organisation for Sustainable and Innovative Mobility (Drivkraft Sverige) is a national industry organisation for fuel and biofuel producers and marketing companies its members. Drivkraft Sverige works actively with the change to a carbon neutral society by 2045.
In August 2019 he was appointed chair of the newly formed Centrum för AMP. Centrum för AMP is a centre of excellence in the field of activating public spaces. It´s a Swedish model of the BID-concept (Business improvement district) that successfully has been used in for example New York and London.
During the years 2016-2019 Mr Reinfeldt held the post as chair to the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI). The EITI is an international coalition of stakeholders working together to promote open and accountable management of natural resources.
Between 2016-2020 Mr Fredrik Reinfeldt was appointed as Senior Advisor to Bank of America Merrill Lynch. Since 2016 he is also Political Advisor to Nordic Capital, a leading Northern Europe private equity investor.
Economist , Former Minister of Finance of Greece
Yanis Varoufakis is a member of Greece’s Parliament and parliamentary leader of MeRA25, the Greek political party belonging to DiEM25 – Europe’s first transnational paneuropean movement.
In his own words, Varoufakis was “thrust onto the public scene by Europe’s inane handling of an inevitable crisis”. In January 2015 he was elected to Greece’s Parliament with the largest majority in the country and served as Greece’s Finance Minister between January and early July of 2015. During those tumultuous six months he faced down the authoritarian ineptitude of the world’s most powerful institutions – the International Monetary Fund, the European Commission, and the European Central Bank; three institutions determined to impose upon the poorest of Greeks the harshest austerity in history. Varoufakis resigned the finance ministry when he refused to sign a loan agreement that perpetuated Greece’s debt-deflationary cycle.
A year later, Varoufakis co-founded DiEM25 (the Democracy in Europe Movement) and, two years hence, in 2018, he launched its Greek electoral wing (MeRA25). Also in 2018, together with US Senator Bernie Sanders, he established the Progressive International – a global movement whose affiliated members exceed 200 million persons from across the world. In addition to these organisational endeavours, he has travelled extensively giving talks and participating in various activist events and projects.
Yanis Varoufakis read mathematics and economics at the Universities of Essex and Birmingham and subsequently taught economics at the Universities of East Anglia, Cambridge, Sydney, Glasgow, Texas and Athens where he still holds a Chair in Political Economy and Economic Theory. He is also Honorary Professor of Political Economy at the University of Sydney, Honoris Causa Professor of Law, Economics and Finance at the University of Torino, Visiting Professor of Political Economy at King’s College, London, and Doctor of the University Honoris Causa at University of Sussex.
Currently completing a new book entitled Technofeudalism: Capitalism’s stealthy successor (to be published by Penguin in the UK), he is the author of a number of best-selling books, including Another Now: A novel (Penguin UK & Melville House US), Adults in the Room: My struggle against Europe’s Deep Establishment (London: Bodley Head, 2017); Talking to My Daughter About the Economy: A brief history of capitalism (London: Bodley Head, 2017), And the Weak Suffer What They Must? Europe, Austerity and the Threat to Global Stability (London: Bodley Head and NY: Nation Books, 2016); and The Global Minotaur: America, Europe and the Future of the World Economy (London: Zed Books, 2011,2015). His academic books include Economic Indeterminacy (London: Routledge, 2014); Game Theory: An introductory Text (London: Routledge, 2003), Foundations of Economics (London: Routledge, 1998); and Rational Conflict (Oxford: Blackwell, 1991).
Chairman of the Board of Directors of SANKO Holding
Adil Sani Konukoğlu, the Chairman of the Board of Directors of SANKO Holding, was born in 1961 in Gaziantep. He completed his high school education in Gaziantep in 1980 and his English language education at the University of Denver in the U.S.A. in 1984.
In 1987, he started his professional career at the spinning mills within the organization of Sanko Textile between 1992 and 2006, he served as the CFO within the organization of SANKO Holding. He has served as the head of the group, covering the Schools, Hospitals, Cement-Concrete and Yarn-Towels, within the organization of SANKO Holding, since 2006. In addition to the positions he has held as the group head, he held office as the Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors of SANKO Holding between 2014 and 2020. In 2020, he became the Chairman of the Board of Directors of SANKO Holding. Adil Sani Konukoğlu is married and is the father of three children.
Social and professional organizations that he currently takes office in:
• Chairman of the Board of Directors of SANKO Holding
• Chairman of the Assembly of the Gaziantep Chamber of Industry
• Chairman of the Assembly of the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB) Turkey Textile Industry
• Council Member of TOBB Chambers of Industry
• Member of TOBB High Board of Strategy Development
• Chairman of the Arbitration Council of TOBB
• Vice-Chairman of the Board of the Entrepreneurs in the Organized Industrial Zone in Gaziantep
• Member of the Board of Directors of the Gaziantep Development Foundation
• Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors of Turkish Cement Manufacturers’ Association
• Chairman of the Board of Directors of Cement Industry Employers’ Association
Social and professional organizations that he previously took office in:
• Founding Chairman of Gaziantep Young Businessmen Association
• Chairman of the Southeastern Anatolia Association of Exporters of Textiles and Raw Materials
• Chairman of the Board of Directors of Gaziantep Employers’ Association of Textile Industry
• Chairman of the Gaziantep Chamber of Industry
• Member of the Board of Arbitration of TOBB
• Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Jerusalem Arbitration Center of TOBB
• Member of the B20 Turkish Business Leaders Forum
• Vice-Chairman of the City Council of Gaziantep
• Chairman of the Board of Directors of Gazisehir Gaziantep Football Club
• Chairman of the Board of Directors of Sankospor Sports Club
• Member of the Board of Directors of Gaziantepspor (Gaziantep Sports Club)
• Member of the Board of Directors of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation Arbitration Center
Bülent Öztürk
ArsaVev Chairman Of The Board Of Directors
Sedef Seçkin Büyük
Capital & Economist Magazines Publication Director
Anabel Díaz
Vice President, RGM EMEA Mobility of Uber
Mehmet Şimşek
Minister of Treasury and Finance
MODERATOR :
Erol Bilecik
Index Grup Chairman / Former President of TUSIAD
SPEAKERS
Derya Matraş
President - UK, Northern Europe, Middle East & Africa of Meta
Engin Aksoy
CEO of Vodafone Turkey
Levent Özbilgin
General Manager of Microsoft Turkey
Neyran Bahadırlı
General Manager of Uber Turkey
MODERATOR :
Hakan Ateş
CEO of DenizBank Financial Services Group
SPEAKERS
Ahmet Faralyalı
Co-Founder of Mediterra Capital Management Limited
Erdoğan Çoban
Şölen’s Chief Executive Office
Hayrettin Çaycı
Chairman of Sarkuysan A.Ş.
Vahap Küçük
Chairman of LC WAIKIKI Executive Board
Süleyman Tiryakioğlu
CEO of Tiryaki Agro
MODERATOR :
Selim Kervancı
CEO of HSBC Turkiye
SPEAKERS
Prof. Dr. Ali Hakan Kara
Professor of Central Banking and Financial Markets at Bilkent University, Economics Department
Janet Henry
HSBC Global Chief Economist
Prof. Max Gillman
Friedrich A. Hayek Professor of Economic History Department of Economics
MODERATOR :
Agah Uğur
Vice Chairperson of Dogan Holding
SPEAKERS
Begüm Doğan Faralyalı
Chairwoman of Doğan Holding
Zeynep Bodur Okyay
President and CEO of Kale Group
İpek Ilıcak Kayaalp
Rönesans Holding / Chair of the Board of Directors
MODERATOR :
Ali Emre Sever
Chief Executive Officer of Multinet Up
SPEAKERS
Adil Sani Konukoğlu
Chairman of the Board of Directors of SANKO Holding
Ebru Dildar Edin
High Advisory Council Chair of BCSD Türkiye Member of the Board of Directors, Fibabanka
Murat Bilgiç
TSKB Chairman of the Board, CEO
Osman Arıoğlu
Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors of Eksim Holding
Dr. Ömer Özgür Tort
Chief Executive Officer of Migros Group
MODERATOR :
Tankut Turnaoğlu
CEO/Senior Vice President of P&G Turkey & CCAR
SPEAKERS
Hasan Arat
BJK President and Vice President of Turkish National Olympic Committee
Dr. Att. Murat Aksu
President of National Paralympic Committee of Türkiye
Koral Berkin Kutlu
Turkish National Paralympic Swimmer
Salih Korkmaz
ArsaVev Yönetim Kurulu Başkanı
Ahmet Faralyalı
Co-Founder of Mediterra Capital Management Limited
‘NÜKHET DURU & BENGÜ BEKER LIVE PERFORMANCE’
EUROPE'S FUTURE AGENDA: SECURITY, DEFENSE AND ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION
Fredrik Reinfeldt
Former Swedish Prime Minister
MODERATOR :
Mehmet T. Nane
Chairperson of the Board of Directors of Pegasus Airline
SPEAKERS
Fulya Yalezan
Founder Director of the Test Education Centre
Prof. Dr. Metin Sitti
President of Koç University
Paul Georges
The Principal of the Istanbul Saint-Joseph High School
Prof. Dr. Selçuk Şirin
Researcher / Author-New York University
MODERATOR :
Mehmet Ali Akarca
General Manager of Koç Sistem
SPEAKERS
Alphan Göğüş
CEO of Bitexen
Burak Elgin
CEO and Board Member at Zip Türkiye
Emre Kenci
CEO at Papara
Galip Karagöz
General Manager and Board Member of Hayat Finans Katılım Bankası
Şenol Ortaç
General Manager of Hepiyi Sigorta
MODERATOR :
Neşecan Çekici
President of the Board of GYODER
SPEAKERS
Ahmet Akbalık
Co-Founder and Chairman of Özak Global Holding
F. Nusret Dur
CEO, Pasifik Holding
Ömer Kemal İsvan
The Founder, President and Managing Partner of Servotel
Selim Akın
Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors and CEO of Akfen Holding
Ahmet Arslan
Turkish Philosopher and Academician
Prof. Dr. A. M. Celâl Şengör
Academician, Scientist, Geologist and Writer
Fatih Altaylı
Journalist-Writer
MODERATOR :
Emre Karter
CEO & Board Member of Citi Türkiye
SPEAKERS
Ahu Serter
President of Fark Holding Founder of FARK LABS
Gökhan Sığın
Chairman of BSH Ev Aletleri
İhsan Gökşin Durusoy
CEO of Akkök Holdings
Mehmet Tütüncü
Vice Chair & CEO of Yıldız Holding
MODERATOR :
Emrah Silav
Chairman of United Payment
SPEAKERS
Bulut Arukel
Co-Founder of Figopara
Burak Ertaş
sahibinden.com-CEO
Daniel Doll Steinberg
Entrepreneur-Investor
Prof. Dr. Esra Hatipoğlu
President of Bahçeşehir University
Ozan Bayülgen
General Manager of HepsiPay
MODERATOR :
Barış Hocaoğlu
General Manager of İstanbul Portföy Yönetimi A.Ş
SPEAKERS
Mine Taşkaya
Founder and CEO of GTECH
Halit Gülbakanoğlu
CEO of NESİNE.COM
Nezih Sipahioğlu
Sipay Founder
Yahya Ülker
Emrah Lafçı
Economist
Kaan Sekban
Stand-Up Comedy Artist
The World of Business and Economics Meets in Sapanca on 25- 28 April 2024
