EEMEA round-up: Blackstone adds weight in Turkey

June 06, 2008

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Blackstone Group has hired Kemal Kaya as a senior adviser for its Turkish operations.

Kaya was formerly chief executive of Yapi Kredi Bank, where he oversaw the merger of Yapi Kredi and Koçbank. Commenting on the new hire, David Blitzer, senior managing director at Blackstone in London, says: "Kemal is a highly experienced, well-connected professional who also brings a broad external perspective to the firm."

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Dominic O’Neill

EMEA editor

Dominic O’Neill is EMEA editor. He joined Euromoney in 2007 to cover emerging markets, focusing on central and eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa, and later on Latin America. Based in London, he has covered developed market banking since 2015.