Abdullah Akyuz joined TUSIAD in 1999, as the President of TUSIAD-US Inc., TUSIAD's Washington Representative Office. Between 1983-1990, he served on the Capital Markets Board, the Turkish equivalent of the SEC, as an economist. In June 1990, he became the Director of the newly established Bonds and Bills Market of the Istanbul Stock Exchange (ISE). In May 1994, Mr. Akyuz became the Executive Vice-Chairman of the ISE, overseeing the operations of several departments until his departure from the ISE at the conclusion of 1998. Mr. Akyuz has also served as a Board Member of the ISE-Settlement and Custody Bank, Inc., as well as a member of Treasury's "Domestic Borrowing Advisory Board". Mr. Abdullah Akyuz received his B.A. degree in Economics and Finance from the Faculty of Political Science at the University of Ankara (1983), his M.A. degree in Economics from the University of California-Davis (1986), and graduated from Wharton School's Advanced Management Program (1996).