Özgül Erkis Gozum TURKEY - Business Development and Partnerships Leader, Token Financial Technologies

Özgül is an experienced business developer and marketeer with a demonstrated history of working in payment services, cards, and financial technology industries. Currently, she is leading and developing business partnerships in the financial services (Banking) and payments ecosystem in Token Financial Technologies company. Prior to Token, she was managing a card program in a bank which is one of the top 3 major players in market share with 5 million customers in Turkey.

Özgül has more than 15 years of experience in strategic account management, product management and customer engagement. She has been in different commercial areas in the fields of B2B and B2C business development and marketing.

She is a passionate lifelong learner, energetic and enthusiastic team player. She is keen to connect the dots and discover uniqueness in life. She believes in embracing & respecting diversity and create value to make peoples’ lives grow and progress in a positive way. She thinks that payments and financial services are very related to the culture, economy, structure of society, and geographical conditions. She struggles to bring ecosystem partners together to build value with the aim of touching people’s lives.