Mehmet Dalman

Mehmet Dalman (born in Paphos, Cyprus^[1]) is a British-Turkish Cypriot investment banker. He is a Partner and Executive Vice Chairman at Toscafund Asset Management LLP and serves as an Independent Director at the Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation.^[2][3] Prior to this, he founded the WMG Group in 2004. Between 1997 and 2004, Dalaman was the first non-German to sit on the board of the German bank Commerzbank.^[2] Before joining Commerzbank, Dalman served as a Managing Director at Deutsche Morgan Grenfell Capital Markets Limited, and Head of Japanese Equities and Equity Derivatives for Asia Pacific. Furthermore, from 1990 to 1995, he served as the Head of European and Japanese Equities at Credit Lyonnais Securities and Head of Quantitative Marketing at The Nikko Securities Europe.^[2][4]

Personal life

Dalam was born in Paphos, Cyprus.^[5] As of Turkish Cypriot tradition, he was born as Mehmet Şükrü, taking his father's first name as his own last name. His brother, Djevtet, has retained the surname.^[6] He moved with his family to London in 1968.^[5] Dalman is married and has a son and a daughter.^[2]

References

1. ^ The Telegraph. "Profile: Sir Paul Judge and Mehmet Dalman". http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/epic/enrc/8566952/Profile-Sir-Paul-Judge-and-Mehmet-Dalman.html. Retrieved 2011-10-12. 
2. ^ ^{a b c d} The Guardian. "Interview:Mehmet Dalman, founder of WMG". http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2004/oct/02/7. Retrieved 2011-10-12. 
3. ^ The Independent. "The Business On... Mehmet Dalman, Senior independent director, ENRC". http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/the-business-on-mehmet-dalman-senior-independent-director-enrc-2363286.html. Retrieved 2011-10-12. 
4. ^ Bloomberg. "Mehmet Dalman". http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=1471756&privcapId=30322509&previousCapId=4481460&previousTitle=The%20National%20Bank%20of%20New%20Zealand%20Limited. Retrieved 2011-10-12. 
5. ^ ^{a b} Star Gazete. "Londra’da bir ‘Harika Türk’". http://www.stargazete.com/pazar/londra-da-bir-harika-turk--95205.htm. Retrieved 2011-10-12. 
6. ^ eFinancialCareers. "News analysis: How Commerzbank’s Dalman built his empire". http://news.efinancialcareers.co.uk/News_ITEM/newsItemId-2876. Retrieved 2011-10-12.