Board Member
Sema was born in Antalya in 1969, graduating from Bogazici University Istanbul with a bachelors degree in Economics. She started her banking career at T. Garanti Bankasi in 1992, where she held different positions in corporate marketing units until 1996. In 1996 she joined Societe Generale Istanbul as a senior manager responsible for corporate marketing.
At the beginning of 1998, she joined GarantiBank International (GBI) in Amsterdam to establish the Forfaiting Department. Until May 2007, she was the Head of Global Origination and Distribution at GBI, before becoming the Global Head of Financial Institutions EM at Rabobank International in July 2007. She was been elected to the Board of IFA NERC in 2002 where she has been responsible for membership until 2005.