Personal Details and Contact Information ARZU ŞAHİN Curriculum Vitae Address: Adana Science and Technology University Faculty of Business, Department of Management Information System Kurtuluş Mah. Sabuncu Bulv. MNS Plaza no:50, 01130, Seyhan / Adana / Turkey Office Phone :+90 322 455 00 00 (22 24) E-Mail : asahin@adanabtu.edu.tr Personel : Born 1980, Married, A child (2005) Educational Information Ph.D. Candidate for Finance, (2010- Present ), Cukurova University, Institute of Social Sciences, (degree not completed, gpa: 3,89/4.00) Management Science, Finance Discipline (Adana, Turkey) Dissertation is about international portfolio management under supervision of the Prof. Dr. Hatice Doğukanlı Visiting Scholar on the topic "Home Bias and Determinants in Turkey" by Accounting and Finance subject Group from 15 June until 15 September 2014 / Hull University Business School Ph.D Project: Measuring the value effects of bank mergers M.B.A. in Business Administration (2008), Cukurova University, Institute of Social Sciences, Management Science, Accounting and Finance Discipline (Adana, Turkey) Graduation Project : Basel II implementation and effects on SME in Turkey B.Sc. in Business Administration (2002), Hacettepe University, Faculty of Economis and Administrative Sciences (Ankara, Turkey) Academic Experience
Research Assistant (Jan 2013 Present), Adana Science and Technology University Faculty of Business, Department of Management Information System (Adana, Turkey) Instructor (Sept 2012 - Jan 2013), Toros University Faculty of Economic, Administrative and Social Sciences, Management Department (Mersin, Turkey) Instruct 2rd year college students on Accounting, aimed at introduction to accounting concepts and procedures; analyzing and recording business and year-end adjustments, preparation of trial balance, balance sheet and income statement; opening and closing the accounts. Other Work Experience Credit Underwriting Sprecialist (2006-2011), Yapı Kredi Bank, SME Credit Underwriting Department District Office (Adana,Turkey) Evaluating credit worthiness, analyzing business and financial risk of firms depending on their morality, repayment capability, financial structure, economic and sectoral conditions. Generating research reports including credit opinion about credit lines suggested bycredit propasals. Monitoring the company and the sectoral developments. Commercial Banking Portfolio Manager (2003 2006), Yapi Kredi Bank, Adana Commercial Branch ( Adana,Turkey) Management of a portfolio consisting of commercial and SME firms. Utilizing and managing knowledge of banking and finance practices; project finance, customer relations, cash management, trade finance, derivatives, cash-non cash credits, credit pricing, credit analyzing, credit risk monitoring and actively marketing the banking system products for clients banking needs. Publications - Şahin Arzu, Doğukanlı Hatice, The Effect of Bank Merger and Acquisition Announcement on Stock Prices of Target Banks, 2013, Proceedings of the Kyrgyzstan-Turkish Manas University and Ege University International Congress on Economic Finance and Banking,
ISBN: 978-9967-27-068-8, p.912-935, Conference Series No: 26, Kırgizistan Turkey Manas University, Chyngyz Aytmatov Campus, Bishkek, Kyrgystan, 26-28 June 2013 - Şahin Arzu, Doğukanlı Hatice, The Determinants of Equity Home Bias: An Investigation For Turkey, 2013, Proceedings of the 17. National Finance Symposium, ISBN: 978-605- 4397-30-3, p.364-376, Muğla Sıtkı Kocaman University, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Bodrum, Muğla, Turkey, 23-26 October 2013 - Şahin Arzu, Doğukanlı Hatice, The Impact of Foreign Bank Entry on Bank Lending to Small and Medium Business Enterprises: An Investigation for Turkey, 2013, Proceedings of the International Turgut Ozal Congress on Business, Economics and Political Science,, ISBN: 978-605-87394-9-9, p. 567-582 Turgut Ozal University, Ankara, Turkey, 1-3 November 2013 Trainings and Seminars Financially Constrained Firms Offer Themselves For Sale Jana P. Fidrmuc, Warwick Business School, UK) / University of Hull Finance Research Group Seminar, 25 June 2014 Transition Beyond Sustainability: Breaking With the Paradigm to Reach Economic Growth Through the Resilience of Natural Resources ( Prof.Dr. Carlos Scheel-Mayenberger, EGADE Graduate Business School, Monterrey Institude of Technology, Mexico) / University of Hull Research Seminar, 13 August 2014 An International Study of the Impact of B2C Logistics Service Quality on Shopper Satisfaction and Loyalty (Dr.Bernd Philipp, ESCE International School, Paris, France) / University of Hull Research Seminar, 2 September 2014 The Value Co-Creation Process and a Value Orchestration Platform from a Service Systems Science Perspective (Prof. Kyoichi Jim Kijima, Tokyo Institude of Technology, Japan) / University of Hull Research Seminar, 3 September 2014 Participatory Narrative Inquiry (PNI) to Support Systemic Intervention (Harold van Garderen,Top-Innisense Wageningen, Netherlands; Keith Fortowsky, University of Regina, Canada; Ron Donalson, Ecology of Knowledge Ltd., Peterborough, UK) / University of Hull Research Seminar, 10 September 2014
Strategy, Policy and Complexity : Lessons from the Study of National Security Systems (Sheila R. Ronis, Walsh College and University of Chicago, USA) / University of Hull Research Seminar, 11 September 2014 Panel Data Ekonometrics I- II / Spatial Econometrics, Pamukkale Üniversity, EYS, 2013 European Union 63. Certification Program / 1. Lojistics Symposium, Toros Üniversity, 2012 Panel of new YOK (Higher Education Council) law, Toros Üniversity, 2012 E-Views and Stata Applied Ekonometrics I and II, Pamukkale Üniversity, 2011 Risk Management and Basel II, Yapı Kredi Bank, 2010 Evaluating of Investment Projects and Cash Flows, Yapı Kredi Bank, 2009 Advanced Financial Analysis / Credits, Yapı Kredi Bank, 2008 Limit, Risk, Collateral Controls, Yapı Kredi Bank, 2008 Fundamental Financial Analysis, Yapı Kredi Bank, 2007 International Financial Reporting Standarts, Yapı Kredi Bank, 2007 Financial Analysis for Credits / Credit Process, Yapı Kredi Bank, 2006 Developments in Economics, Banks Association of Turkey (TBB), 2005 Commercial Pricing, Yapı Kredi Bank, 2004 Financial Mathematics / Profitability Management System / Pricing, Yapı Kredi Bank, 2003 Cash Management / Financial Accounting and Analysis, Yapı Kredi Bank, 2003 Foreign Exchange Credits / Export and Import Implications, Yapı Kredi Bank, 2003
Capital Markets and Investment Banking / Fundamental Law, Yapı Kredi Bank, 2003 Money Markets / Fundamental Accounting, Yapı Kredi Bank, 2003 Financial System and Banking Sector, Yapı Kredi Bank, 2003 Finance Internship at Turkish Petroleum Corporation (TPAO), 2001 Banking Internship at Turkey Halk Bank -Adana Branch, 2001 Fields of Interest Finance and banking Languages Fluent in English Computer Skill Familiarity with statistical and econometric analysis programs: EViews, STATA Microsoft Office: MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access Personel NLP and Effective Communication Programme, Jun 2011 Leadership and Training Programme, December 2012 I completed several training programmes of organization culture, leadership skills, customer relationships, sales pyschology and persuation skills at Yapı Kredi Bank.