Murat Köprülü is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Chief executive officer

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 of Multilateral Funding International (MFI), a New York based emerging markets

Emerging markets

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 investment firm and Partner of MFI Securities, L.P. Mr. Köprülü is also the Chairman of the American Turkish Society (ATS), America's oldest not-for-profit organization

Non-profit organization

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 seeking to enhance economic, political, and cultural ties between Turkey and the United States.

Mr. Köprülü worked at the World Bank

World Bank

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 from 1980 through 1983 at the Turkey Desk and the Egypt Desk. From 1983 to 1986, Mr. Köprülü was Managing Director of IntraLink, Ltd., an international trade

International trade

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 finance advisory firm. In 2004, MFI established the Turkey Opportunity Fund to invest in Turkish equities. Mr. Köprülü is a member of the US-Turkey Business Development Council, the Council on Foreign Relations

Council on Foreign Relations

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, and the Bretton Woods Committee.

Education and personal life

Mr. Köprülü holds Bachelor of Science degrees in Mathematics and Economics from the University of Maryland, a Masters degree in Economics from the London School of Economics

London School of Economics

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 and an M.Phil in International Trade and Finance from Columbia University

Columbia University

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. He was presented with an Award of Excellence in 2004 from the International Center in New York. He is proficient in Spanish and fluent in English, Turkish and French. He has two children and is married to Nina Lydia Joukowsky.

External links

• Murat Köprülü executive biography at the Multilateral Funding International's company web site
• Murat Köprülü executive biography at The American Turkish Society organizational web site