Mehmet Uvez was appointed to the position of Associate Director, Head of Ankara, Deputy Head of Turkey effective from January 2022 at EBRD. Mr. Uvez is based in Ankara, Turkey and reports directly to Managing Director for Turkey.

Mehmet Uvez has been with EBRD since 2015. Prior to his appointment as the Head of Ankara RO, he was the Lead of the Gender and Economic Inclusion Department within the Economics, Policy and Governance Department of the Bank. He reported to the Director for Gender and Economic Inclusion, delivering the country strategy and policy initiatives for young people, women, people living in less developed regions of Turkey for a wide variety of sectors including agribusiness, infrastructure, energy and natural resources sectors.

Mr. Uvez has over 20 years of experience working with Turkish Government, International Organizations and Financial Institutions. Before joining EBRD, Mehmet served as Deputy Chairman of the Board of Treasury Controllers at the Turkish Treasury and Deputy Head of Audit Authority responsible from the oversight of EU-Turkey Financial Cooperation under the Instrument for Pre-Accession.

Mehmet Uvez is a Turkish national with a MBA degree from University of Rochester, William E. Simon School of Business and /BSc in Business from Ankara University, Faculty of Political Sciences.