New era in CMB: Audit experience and market knowledge at the same table

With the Presidential Decree published in today's issue of the Official Gazette, Tax Audit Board Chairman Muhsin Atcı was appointed as the Chairman of the CMB, Financial Crimes Investigation Board (MASAK) Deputy Chairman Ersin Başar Ekmekci was appointed as the Deputy Chairman, and Yasemin Girici was appointed as the Board Member.

The new management gathers three basic areas of surveillance and supervision in the capital market at the same table: financial supervision and examination, fight against financial crimes, macroeconomics and financial market information.

This structure is expected to strengthen the CMB's supervisory capacity in terms of protecting market integrity and strengthening investor confidence.

The new President of CMB, Muhsin Atcı, started his 23-year career as an assistant tax auditor in 2003. After serving as revenue controller and tax inspector, Atcı served as Ankara Large-Scale Taxpayers Group President and Vice President of the Tax Inspection Board, and has been heading the Tax Inspection Board since October 2023.

Born in Konya Ereğli in 1979, Atcı graduated from Istanbul University, Faculty of Political Sciences, Department of Public Administration. Atcı, who has a master's degree in development policy at Duke University in the USA, continues his doctoral studies in finance at Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli University.

Ersin Başar Ekmekci, who was appointed as Deputy Chairman, worked for many years in the fields of tax audit and fight against financial crimes. Ekmekci served as department head and vice president at MASAK.

Ekmekci's institutional knowledge in suspicious transaction analysis and the fight against financial crimes is expected to strengthen the CMB's hand against market distortion activities. Ekmekci graduated from Ankara University, Faculty of Political Sciences, Department of Public Administration in 2000, and completed his postgraduate education on Financial Economics at Boston University.

Board Member Yasemin Girici has more than 20 years of experience in macroeconomics, financial markets and development finance. Girici graduated from the Department of Economics at Middle East Technical University (METU) in 2001, and completed his Master's degree in Economics in the fields of macroeconomics and development economics at Rutgers University in the USA in 2004.

Source: TRT Haber Ekonomi RSS (Open Press / Translated Full Text)