Sabri Sipahi

I have 12 years of banking experience, predominantly focused on Corporate Banking and Structured Trade & Commodity Finance, stationed in Istanbul, Frankfurt, Amsterdam and Dubai all throughout my career.

I’ve held CFO and General Manager roles of 2 international trading companies having offices spread around the world (one of which was partly owned by a Singaporean stock listed company).

Beginning of 2017 I founded my own trading company in Dubai (Trade House DWC LLC), which still exists and I have already delegated day to day responsibilities to my business partners and colleagues. I’m just an investor at this stage.. Trade House%27s 2021 turnover stands at USD 137mio as of 26.11.2021.

I’m holding a statutory Director and Board Member role in a newly formed Holding company in Amsterdam, namely Yapi Merkezi Europe B.V., which is a wholly owned subsidiary of a Turkish conglomerate (www.ym.com.tr).

I have dual citizenship, Dutch and Turkish
My core competencies are;
- Finance & Banking
- International Trade (commodities in particular)
- Structuring Supply Chain (I’ve been involved in logistics component of trade also, where I traded and finance goods under cash&carry model in various places in Africa, Middle East, South&SouthEast Asia, CIS, Europe)
- Corporate Structures and management of companies with global footprint and diverse cultures
- Start-ups, corporate expansions & market penetration