Mehmet Dalman
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Mehmet Dalman is a British
-Turkish Cypriot investment banker. He is a Partner and Executive Vice Chairman at Toscafund Asset Management LLP and serves as an Independent Director at the Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation
. Prior to this, he founded the WMG Group in 2004. Between 1997 and 2004, Dalaman was the first non-German
to sit on the board of the German bank Commerzbank
. Before joining Commerzbank, Dalman served as a Managing Director at Deutsche Morgan Grenfell Capital Markets Limited, and Head of Japanese Equities and Equity Derivatives for Asia Pacific. Furthermore, from 1990 to 1995, he served as the Head of European and Japanese Equities at Credit Lyonnais
Securities and Head of Quantitative Marketing at The Nikko Securities Europe.
, Cyprus
. As of Turkish Cypriot tradition, he was born as Mehmet Şükrü, taking his father's first name as his own last name. His brother, Djevtet, has retained the surname. He moved with his family to London
in 1968. Dalman is married and has a son and a daughter.
United Kingdom
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-Turkish Cypriot investment banker. He is a Partner and Executive Vice Chairman at Toscafund Asset Management LLP and serves as an Independent Director at the Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation
Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation
Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation PLC is a diversified natural resources company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It has activities in mining, processing, energy, logistics and marketing....
. Prior to this, he founded the WMG Group in 2004. Between 1997 and 2004, Dalaman was the first non-German
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
to sit on the board of the German bank Commerzbank
Commerzbank
Commerzbank AG is the second-largest bank in Germany, after Deutsche Bank, headquartered in Frankfurt am Main.-Activities:Commerzbank is mainly active in commercial bank, retail banking and mortgaging. It suffered reversals in investment banking in early 2000s and scaled back its Securities unit...
. Before joining Commerzbank, Dalman served as a Managing Director at Deutsche Morgan Grenfell Capital Markets Limited, and Head of Japanese Equities and Equity Derivatives for Asia Pacific. Furthermore, from 1990 to 1995, he served as the Head of European and Japanese Equities at Credit Lyonnais
Crédit Lyonnais
Crédit Lyonnais is a historic French bank. In the early 1990s it was the largest French bank, majority state-owned at that point. Crédit Lyonnais was the subject of poor management during that period which almost led to its bankruptcy in 1993...
Securities and Head of Quantitative Marketing at The Nikko Securities Europe.
Personal life
Dalam was born in PaphosPaphos
Paphos , sometimes referred to as Pafos, is a coastal city in the southwest of Cyprus and the capital of Paphos District. In antiquity, two locations were called Paphos: Old Paphos and New Paphos. The currently inhabited city is New Paphos. It lies on the Mediterranean coast, about west of the...
, Cyprus
Cyprus
Cyprus , officially the Republic of Cyprus , is a Eurasian island country, member of the European Union, in the Eastern Mediterranean, east of Greece, south of Turkey, west of Syria and north of Egypt. It is the third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.The earliest known human activity on the...
. As of Turkish Cypriot tradition, he was born as Mehmet Şükrü, taking his father's first name as his own last name. His brother, Djevtet, has retained the surname. He moved with his family to London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
in 1968. Dalman is married and has a son and a daughter.