Inpotus is an Istanbul-based consulting company. Our prior successes on management consultancy, training, strategy formulation and execution, change management in many different functions are the main drivers for our services. Due diligence, M&A and post-M&A integration processes are also in our expertise area. We use our professional background to move our customers towards being more corporate while keeping entrepreneurial spirit. We create plans that are not only theoretical, but also practical and down-to-earth. Then we help in executing them.
Our name describes our values: Integritas – Potentia – Profectus / Integrity – Power – Progress
Born in Istanbul, Yakup Ceki Besleyen graduated from Saint-Joseph French High School, Istanbul University and received his Master’s –MBA- degree from Sabanci University.
He started his career in Philip Morris International in 1998 in Operations Finance department being responsible of standard costing, deviation reporting, new project feasibilities and inventory control. In Budget & Reporting, he managed Philip Morris Turkey budget process and extensively worked on pricing, sales and profitability simulations as well as long-term budget modeling.
Starting from 2004, he worked on developing Philip Morris 5-year strategies in Business Development & Planning. He was also heavily involved in potential M&A and Special Consumption Tax (SCT) projects. Ceki also led Marketing Services being responsible for consumer research and market analysis and became the bridge between Marketing and Sales functions on field support area. During this period, he also contributed in several in-house company-wide change management projects.
From 2007 till 2010, he managed Strategic Planning and Analysis Department where he took care of South East Europe cluster companies. He led several efficiency projects in these factories and created models analyzing factory capacity, investment opportunities and risks.
In 2011, he joined Polimer Kaucuk – Sel Hoses as CFO. He led the due diligence process of this company until the M&A took place in 2012. After Eaton Co. took over Polimer Kaucuk, he continued leading the finance and managed many integration processes. He also made the company SOX-compliant and implemented many systems including finance module of ERP.
Ceki, who also provides training on Strategy and Competition, extensively works on company performance improvements. His expertise areas include reorganization, costing, budgeting, finance, investment analysis, institutionalization, valuation and due diligence, post-M&A integration process management, competition analysis and sales.
1993-1994 Started his career in TYT Bank International & Corporate Investment Division managing the Bank’s correspondent relationships in all European countries and Russia.
1995- 2006 Continued in Koç Tüketici Finansmanı ve Kart Hizmetleri A.Ş. -member of Koc Group- starting in the Marketing Division and after 5 years of active marketing, continued in the same group with the Credit Services Division as Risk Management and Assessment Technology Project Manager. He finalized the long term project of rebuilding Loan Processing System by enhancing the loan procedures of the consumer finance company.
2007- Joined Garanti Bank Retail Loans Division as Risk Analysis Manager, member of Dogus Group, as project leader in the project of redesigning Consumer Loan Processing Workflow and System of the Bank. While re-modeling the workflows and processes of consumer credits through renewals of decision trees, he was additionally managing the Consumer Credit Politics team. During his post in Garanti he then became Manager of the Credit Analytics team prior the set-up of the division.
2013 – Joined TURKCELL Treasury & Risk Management team as lead consultant, responsible for the re-organization of the Risk Division, implemented systems, score cards and also strategies for limit and collection management.
2014 onwards, he continues his consultancy career under allriskpartners. Ayhan helps organizations to solve and support issues such as strategy, structure, risk management, collections and operations, create value through analytical marketing, improve the business performance of clients. He recommends cost effective solutions by assessing strengths and weaknesses and recommending.
H. Ayhan Akay has a master degree in International Business Administration. Hıs specialties are Consumer Portfolio Risk Management, Credit Scoring & Decision Systems & Underwriting, Credit & Business Analytics, Project & Campaign Management, Basel II, Mortgage, Telecom, Business Process Improvement and Collection Strategy.