Ozan Cığızoğlu

Ozan Cığızoğlu is a Partner at Strategy& Turkey based in the Istanbul office. With more than 18 years of experience, Ozan is an advisor to executives in the financial services industry. He regularly advises clients on important strategic projects like growth and market entry strategies and large-scale transformation programs. He has supported banks, private equity funds, asset managers as well as insurance companies tackling their most important strategic and transformational challenges. Ozan has extensive knowledge and strong focus on fintech, digital banking and payments systems. He led successful projects across various geographies including US, Europe, Turkey, Middle East, Africa and Asia.

His recent client work has included:

• Led projects to define growth strategy and execution plans for deposit-taking, participation and Corporate and Investment Banks in Turkey
• Led projects to define the digital transformation roadmap for leading banks as well as insurance companies
• Supported leading private equity funds during the due diligence process for various fintech targets
• Developed growth strategies for various assets (e.g. digital wallet, payment scheme) in the payments value chain
• Developed market entry strategy for a digital and B2B2C focused non-life insurer
• Developed the country-wide NPL resolution program
• Developed pricing strategy for a leading fintech player in Turkey