Advisors
Shan Liu is a recent MBA graduate from the Asia School of Business in collaboration with MIT Sloan. She has a background in Human Resource Management and English from China Women's University, where she was a team leader for a national-winning team in a Google innovation competition. She also holds an MSc in Strategic Management from Tilburg University and has completed exchange studies in Economics at Université Catholique de Louvain. Liu has experience in the tech and retail industries, having worked for companies such as Walmart, Apple, and Capgemini. She was recently Head of the Incubator and HR Director for the MENA region at XT.com. She speaks Mandarin, English, and French/Dutch.
Shan believes innovation is a key driver to social economic progress. She is especially interested in process innovation and the firm's value creation. Shan started her career as a supply chain professional at Apple, and from there she transitioned to Walmart eCommerce, where she scaled the last-mile delivery operations in Greater China. She has led multiple digital transformation projects as a management consultant, creating cost synergies for Fortune 500 clients. In her spare time, she advised tech startups and NGOs, helping organizations to realize exponential growth.
Assistant Professor of Finance
Otluoğlu majored in BA at Istanbul University in 2006 and graduated Master in Finance Program in 2009 with his dissertation about behavioral finance. While continuing his doctoral studies at Istanbul University, Otluoğlu was a visiting scholar at Northern Illinois University in 2012. He graduated with Ph.D. in Finance Program in 2015. In 2017, his doctoral thesis on the effect of asymmetric information on capital structure decisions won the Unal Aysal Thesis Competition organized by the Economic Research Foundation.
Dr. Otluoglu continues his academic studies as an Assist. Prof. in Finance at Istanbul University, School of Business, Finance Department. He lectures such as Business Finance, Financial Management, International Finance, Portfolio Management in undergraduate and graduate programs. In addition, he gives classes and workshops at Istanbul Bilgi University and various institutions in corporate finance, portfolio management, and international finance.
Dr. Otluoglu played rowing in the Galatasaray Sports Club Rowing Team during high school. He is a member of Galatasaray Sports Club, Galatasaray Athletes Association, Galatasaray Thought Association, Ali Sami Yen 1905 Association, and Galatasaray Sports Club Solidarity and Aid Fund. Dr. Emir Otluoğlu was elected and served as a member of the Supervisory Board of Galatasaray Sports Club between January 2018 - May 2018 and May 2018 - June 2021.
Dr. Emir Otluoglu’s academic studies can be accessed from the link below.
https://scholar.google.com.tr/citations?hl=tr&user=-W_5LasAAAAJ
He was born in Muğla in 1982. After completing secondary school in Milas Anatolian High School, he completed his high school education in Bursa Science High School and graduated from Koç University Business Administration Department in 2006. He completed his master's degree in Marketing Communication at Bilgi University.
After starting his career at Koçsistem, he continued his career in digital marketing with Havas - Project House and took part in digital communication projects for many domestic and foreign brands. He has been in the game industry since 2009 and has completed many game projects with his own initiative Gamester and Gamester Kids.
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