Güven Sak holds a Ph.D. degree in Economics from the Middle East Technical University and M.A. degree from University of East Anglia. He worked as a senior researcher at the Capital Markets Board of Turkey, as a faculty member of the Department of Public Finance at the Faculty of Political Sciences, Ankara University and as an external founding member of the Monetary Policy Council of the Central Bank of Turkey. He became Professor of Public Economics in 2003. In 2006, he was transferred to the newly established TOBB University of Economics and Technology (TOBB ETÜ).
He was the Founding Managing Director of Economic Policy Research Foundation of Turkey (TEPAV) in 2004 which is the first and only economic policy think tank in Turkey. Area Studies Program of TEPAV has been active in private sector development projects, entrepreneurship and SME support programs in the Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia. Güven Sak co-chaired the Migration Task Force of Think 20 (T20) during the German, Japanese, Argentinian and Saudi Arabian Presidencies of the G20.
Güven Sak writes on economic issues for Nasıl Bir Ekonomi. He is currently Director of Area Studies Program at TEPAV and President/CEO of TEPAV Global, Washington, DC, USA.
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