Yusuf Ozdalga
About
Yusuf Ozdalga is from London, England, United Kingdom. Yusuf is currently Partner, Head of UK & Europe at QED Investors, located in London Area, United Kingdom. In Yusuf's previous role as a Investment Director at NCB Capital, Yusuf worked in Dubai & Istanbul until Jul 2017. Prior to joining NCB Capital, Yusuf was a Director, Private Equity at Unicorn Investment Bank and held the position of Director, Private Equity at Istanbul, Turkey. Prior to that, Yusuf was a Co-Founder & Managing Director at Frukton, based in Antalya, Turkey from Feb 2009 to Jun 2010. Yusuf started working as Director, Principal Finance at Lehman Brothers in London, United Kingdom in May 2006. From Jan 2003 to Jan 2006, Yusuf was Associate, Mergers & Acquisitions at J.P. Morgan Securities, Inc., based in New York City & London, United Kingdom. Prior to that, Yusuf was a Business Manager at Capital One, based in Washington D.C. Metro Area from Jan 1997 to Jan 2001.
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Yusuf Ozdalga's current jobs
Board member at Payhawk, Wayflyer, Swap Commerce, RemoFirst, Shop Circle, Carmoola, GetGround, and Weavr. Board observer at Stream and Midas. Former board member at GAIN Credit, Future Finance, Capitalise, Fidel API, RestLess, and S&C. Leading QED’s investments in the UK & Europe. Primary vertical focus on fintech, proptech, and e-commerce.
Yusuf Ozdalga's past jobs
Head of private equity and member of the investment committee at Eastgate Capital Group, the Dubai based private equity arm of NCB Capital. Set up and led the fund's Turkish office and served as board & executive committee member of portfolio companies across several countries. Promoted to head office in Dubai to lead and restructure the global private equity team.
Headed up Unicorn's Turkish Private Equity team with responsibility for sourcing and executing growth focused private equity deals. Originated and closed one of the fund's largest and highest IRR deals.
Cofounder and General Manager of Frukton, an agri-business logistics company focused on trading, real estate, and cold chain storage in the agri-food industry. Took the business to operational profitability in first year of operations, establishing a presence in five international markets. Successful exit to partners in second year of operations.
Executed investments in financial institutions across the capital spectrum including equity, mezzanine debt, senior debt, and warehouse facilities with a focus on the specialty finance and NPL industries. Deals include investing in and funding the largest non conforming online mortgage originator in Sweden as well as the set up of a de novo mortgage bank in the Netherlands.
M&A advisory with the Financial Institutions Group, primarily covering specialty finance companies such as credit card originators, mortgage banks, NPL servicers, as well as regional banks. Based in New York and London.
Redesigned the credit policy for the sub-prime credit card portfolio; extended $3 billion in unsecured credit lines, resulting in an incremental $100 million P&L contribution. Responsible for credit policy, retention, and risk based pricing programs.