Burak Kocer
International Associate
Address: Eski Buyukdere Cad. No:9/78, Istanbul, 34398
Phone: +90 212 367 9840
Fax: +90 212 366 5802
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Website: www.kocerconsult.com
Burak is the Managing Director of Koçer Consult, a boutique consultancy firm exclusively focusing on corporate governance and governance services for families in business. He works with family business owners in developing strategies, structures and policies to transform their business and assets to serve the Shared Vision of the family.
Between 2012 and 2018, Burak has served as an independent board member at Bosch Fren, a Robert Bosch Group subsidiary in Turkey and Federal-Mogul Izmit, a Turkish American Joint Venture, both listed on Borsa Istanbul.
Between 2016 and 2019 he undertook the Local Corporate Governance Expert role under an international consortium to serve the Capital Markets Board, the regulatory authority in Turkey, in designing the corporate governance reporting and monitoring framework in the country.
He authored two books and various articles on corporate governance and family business subjects. His first book “Boards of Directors as an Internal Governance Mechanism” was published in 2005 by the Capital Markets Board in Ankara and his second book “Bridge of Wealth: Transfer of Wealth to Next Generations” was published in 2012 in Istanbul.
Since 2019, he is serving as a board member at the Corporate Governance Association of Turkey, responsible for the family business working group.
Graduated from Istanbul University, Faculty of Business Administration in 1998, Burak completed his MBA at Ball State University Miller College of Business, Indiana in 2000. He received his PhD from Istanbul University in 2005 in the field of organizational theory.