Serkan Elden

Bio

Mr Elden rejoined AIG Investments in 2007, responsible for private equity in Turkey and the Middle East. Prior to this, Mr Elden was CEO of Fintur Holdings (a JV between TeliaSonera and Turkcell), leading a multi-country mobile telecom operation in Eurasia with $1.2 billion in revenues. Previously, he founded and was Executive Chairman of an Istanbul-based investment advisory boutique that became a member of International M&A Partners. Mr Elden joined AIG in 1998, managing private equity investments of the AIG Silk Road Fund and AIG Blue Voyage Fund out of the Almaty, Baku, and Istanbul offices from 1998 to 2004. In the mid-90s, Mr Elden held a senior investment management position at the Central Asian-American Enterprise Fund. Mr Elden holds an MBA from the University of North Carolina and a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Hacettepe.