{"id":3735,"date":"2020-06-24T13:32:21","date_gmt":"2020-06-24T13:32:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.istanbulafrica.com\/?page_id=3735"},"modified":"2020-10-05T13:12:47","modified_gmt":"2020-10-05T13:12:47","slug":"burak-unal","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.istanbulafrica.com\/burak-unal\/","title":{"rendered":"Burak Unal"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"3735\" class=\"elementor elementor-3735\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-17cf488 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"17cf488\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5b6d83a\" data-id=\"5b6d83a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-c1beed1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c1beed1\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-9869100\" data-id=\"9869100\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5fca9da elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5fca9da\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.istanbulafrica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/Burak-Unal-Sales-Director-Photo-e1592125772720-oqzz1bgscfki2gcegyqpxskh0g8mwkbh0xksqegiqo.jpg\" title=\"Burak Unal Sales Director Photo\" alt=\"Burak Unal Sales Director Photo\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-281534e\" data-id=\"281534e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a55d382 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a55d382\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Burak Unal<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aeca2ca elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"aeca2ca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Director of African Markets\n<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e895c63 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e895c63\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Burak Unal is the Director of African Markets and Relations of Istanbul Africa Trade Company. In this role, he is responsible for leading the company\u2019s global trade initiatives and client relations. Burak is responsible for managing relations with national business councils and businessmen.<\/p><p>Prior to Istanbul Africa Trade Company, Burak Unal worked at Oliver Wyman, New York based management consulting firm, as a Financial Services Consultant. In his career at Oliver Wyman, he had several banking projects in Turkey, Italy and Greece. He also took part in business development activities in the Middle East region, including the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Lebanon.<\/p><p>Burak holds a master\u2019s degree in finance from London School of Economics, a bachelor\u2019s degree in management from Bogazici University. 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