Career - Cengiz Foan

Cengiz Foan

Entrepreneur & Investor

During his career, he participated in many national and international seminars and conferences related to the real estate sector, entrepreneurship, investment capital, technology, software, blockchain and cryptocurrencies, and worked on real estate financing and investments abroad.

Yapı Kredi Koray REIT

  • He started his career at Yapı Kredi Koray REIT in 2002.
  • He worked at various levels in YKGYO affiliated to Çukurova Group for 4 years.
  • In this process, he established and managed the “Product Development” unit.

Fortis Bank

  • Joining Fortis in June 2006, Foan established and managed the real estate finance unit within Commercial and Private Banking.
  • He led the Real Estate Finance team in the Corporate and Private Banking segment, which was formed as a result of the merger of Corporate and Commercial-Private Banking.

Ata Group

  • He transferred to Ata Group at the end of 2007 and managed the real estate department in the investment banking department within the group for a short time.
  • Later on, He was appointed for the management of in-group real estate assets and non-group real estate and business development projects in Ata Real Estate Development Inc.
  • He also served as Director and General Manager.
  • In this process, he managed and completed the development processes of projects with a total investment value of 1 billion USD.
  • In 2012, he managed the formation process of Ata REIT to create a retail-oriented and rental income real estate investment fund in accordance with the intra-group structuring and assumed the General Manager position.

Manga venture and investment platform

  • After quadrupling the total asset value of the company during his 7-year term at Ata REIT, he resigned at the beginning of 2020 for his own entrepreneurship and investment plans and founded Manga Venture and Investment Platform.