Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) announced today that it has hired Tevfik Aksoy as an Executive Director and Chief Economist for Turkey, the Middle East and North Africa.
Mr. Aksoy joins Morgan Stanley from Deutsche Bank where he worked since 2004, most recently holding a similar position as Chief Economist for Turkey. In this role he also covered a number of East European and African countries. Prior to his role at Deutsche Bank, Mr. Aksoy held a number of senior positions in both the financial services and academia in the UK, USA and Turkey.
Mr. Aksoy is based in Istanbul and reports to Joachim Fels, Co-head of Global Economics.
Commenting on the appointment, Mr Fels said “We are delighted to have someone of Tevfik’s experience joining the research team. Tevfik’s in-depth knowledge of Turkey and the Middle East and North Africa will be invaluable to our clients and will further enhance our macro coverage of this increasingly important region.”
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Tevfik Aksoy, Ph.D
- Feb 2004 - Mar 2008
Director / Chief Economist (Turkey), Deutsche Bank
- Dec 2002 - Jan 2004
Director of Research / Chief Strategist, Global Securities
- Sep 2001- Oct 2002
Chief Consultant & General manager Designate, Phoenix
- Jun 2000 - Sep 2001
Vice President / Senior Economist, Deutsche Bank
- Aug 1997- Jun 2000
Head of Research / Chief Economist, Bank Ekspres
- Dec 1995 - Aug 1997
Senior Economist, Korfezbank
- Aug 1995 - Dec 1995
Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Delaware
- Jun 1990 - Oct 1990
Financial Analyst, Prime Ministry, Public Participation Administartion
- Mar 1989 - Jun 1990
Production Planning Engineer, Aselan Military Electronics Inc
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