Dr. Tarik Akin

Tarık Akın (PhD.) currently serves as the Head of Finance Department at Investment and Finance Office of the Presidency of the Republic of Türkiye. The Department has four main units, namely, participation finance, fintech, financial investments, and financial markets. Dr. Akın was the Head of the Department of Participation Finance at Finance Office of the Presidency of the Republic of Türkiye between 2021 and 2025. Dr. Akın also worked at the Undersecretariat of Treasury, Islamic Financial Services Board (IFSB), World Bank, UNDP, Silatech-Qatar, and Center for International Development (CID) at Harvard University. He was SC–OCIS Visiting Fellow in Islamic Finance at University of Oxford for the academic year 2019-2020. He earned his bachelor’s degree from Bilkent University, master’s degree from Harvard University and PhD. degree from INCEIF University. His main areas of expertise include Islamic finance, capital markets, macro-financial linkages, and redistribution policies.