Suzan Sabancı Dinçer

Suzan Sabancı Dinçer (born 1965), a member of the Sabancı family in third generation, is a Turkish businesswoman. She is currently the chairperson and managing director of Akbank, the most valuable and most profitable private bank in Turkey.

Suzan Sabancı Dinçer was elected as Akbank’s chairperson on March 28, 2008. Prior to this position, she has served on the Board of Directors of the same bank as managing director for eleven years. She has more than 20 years of banking experience. She was appointed as the division head of Akbank's Treasury Department in 1989 and was promoted to Executive Vice President in charge of Treasury in 1994. She was elected to the Board of Directors as the Managing Director responsible for Asset Liability Management and Correspondent Relations in 1997.

Suzan Sabancı Dinçer holds a B.A. degree majoring in Finance and International Marketing from Richmond, The American International University in London, UK and an MBA degree from Boston University, USA.

Suzan Sabancı Dinçer is Luxembourg's Honorary Consul of Istanbul and a member of Citigroup International Advisory Board.

She is married to Haluk Dinçer, and they have two children.

Suzan Sabancı Dinçer is described by the Financial Times as possibly the most powerful businesswoman in Turkey, [cite news |title=Leaders in business, finance and politics |url=http://media.ft.com/cms/1b4dca4c-9783-11dc-9e08-0000779fd2ac.pdf |work=Financial Times |date=2007-11-21 |page=4 |accessdate=2008-06-30 ] and by Newsweek as one of the country's "top tycoons". [cite news |title= 'A Good Anchor' |url=http://www.mywire.com/pubs/Newsweek/2008/02/18/5618382?extID=10051 |work=Newsweek |date=2008-02-18 |accessdate=2008-06-30 ]

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