Deputy Minister of Industry and Technology , Türkiye

Biography

Dr. Çetin Ali Dönmez was born in Istanbul in 1967. He is a graduate of Istanbul Pertevniyal High School. After completing his undergraduate education at Boğaziçi University, Department of Industrial Engineering in 1989, Dönmez received his master's degree in Business Administration from the same university in 1992 and his doctorate degree in 2006. He started his career in 1990 as an assistant specialist in the Stock Market Directorate of the Istanbul Stock Exchange (ISE). He actively worked in all processes during the transition of stock trading transactions to the electronic system. He worked as a business analyst, system designer and team manager in many projects, especially the Borsa Istanbul technological transformation project. After taking a short break from his job at the Stock Exchange as a market consultant, he worked as an analyst team manager in the establishment of a new market at Takasbank. After his duty at Takasbank, he returned to the Stock Exchange. Çetin Ali Dönmez served as the technology project team leader and also as the manager responsible for market operations when the futures and options market was opened for the first time in Turkey's history in 2001. Çetin Ali Dönmez, who took an active role in market regulations and training of market professionals apart from technical studies, took part in the establishment of the ISE Risk Management Directorate after working as a derivative markets manager, and served as the risk management manager between 2006-2008. In April 2008, Dönmez served as the general manager and member of the board of directors of the Futures and Options Exchange and continued to serve until November 2012. He has published various articles on money and capital markets instruments, and has also given lectures and seminars at various universities. Çetin Ali Dönmez served as the Deputy General Manager at Borsa Istanbul between 2013 and 2016. After working at Borsa Istanbul, Dönmez worked as a management consultant for a while and worked as a lecturer at Ibn Haldun University, Faculty of Management, Department of Business Administration between April 2017 and July 2018. Dönmez, who was appointed as the Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Industry and Technology in the Official Gazette dated 31.7.2018 and numbered 30495, is married and has two daughters. On June 22, 2023, he was appointed as the Deputy Minister of Industry and Technology.