Benli, who completed his undergraduate and graduate education in the field of Banking and Finance at the University of Zurich between 1986 and 1994, completed his PhD study at the University of Zurich between 2001 and 2008 while continuing his professional career in the Banking and Finance sector.
In his professional business life, he served as KOÇBANK System Development Officer between 1994-1995, INTERBANK Strategic Planning Officer between 1995-1996, ABN AMRO BANK AVP Corporate Banking between 1996-1998, WestLB Corporate and Financial Institutions Manager between 1998-1999, ABN 1999-2001. AMRO BANK Leasing Asset Based Structured Finance – Credit Marketing Manager, Halkbank Deputy General Manager Responsible for Financial Institutions between 2003-2006, Bank Executive Committee Member, Haliç Kiralama General Manager between 2006-2007, Kiler Holding Group CFO between 2008-2011, 2011 -He served as Yapı Merkezi General Coordinator between 2012 and as Ziraat Bank Kazakhstan Independent Director/Board Member Responsible for Risk Management between 2020-2022.
Dr. In addition to his studies at Istanbul Commerce University Faculty of Business Administration, Vahit Ferhan Benli teaches a master class every year on Real Estate Finance in the Department of Banking and Finance at the University of Zurich as a guest lecturer. He has presented numerous papers at various conferences and symposiums, including articles published in national and international peer-reviewed journals, book writing, book chapter writing and editing. Benli, who has directed many master's and doctoral theses in the field of banking and finance, speaks English and German.
Dr. has held senior positions in many national and international institutions in the fields of structuring trade and project finance agreements, syndicated loans and corporate banking, rating and credit risk management. Vahit Ferhan Benli has financing structuring experience, which is rare in Turkey, in the field of classical and structured commodity finance.