Bora Aktan
Dr. Bora Aktan is an Assistant Professor of Finance and Deputy Chair of International Trade and Finance Department at Yasar University, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences and Visiting Fellow at Middle East Technical University, Department of Business Administration in NC. Prior to joining the University, Dr. Aktan worked as both Corporate Strategy and Business Development Directors in international firms largely active in Mexico, England and Turkey. He serves as a board member of Economics and Financial Affairs Committee for the Aegean Region Chamber of Industry. Dr. Aktan's current research activity focuses on emerging capital markets, banking and global investing. He has published in different refereed journals such as International Journal of Forecasting, International Journal of Business, Journal of Property Investment and Finance. His teaching specialties include, Corporate Finance, Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management, Financial Markets and Institutions. He is member of some professional bodies such as The International Institute of Forecasters (IIF), The American Finance Association (AFA) The Financial Management Association (FMA), and The Society for Financial Econometrics (SOFIE). Dr Aktan is also on the editorial boards of several international scholarly journals such as Qualitative Research in Financial Markets, Actual Problems of Economics, Investment Management and Financial Innovation and Asian Journal of Mathematics and Statistics.
