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Advisory
Our consultancy services are consisted of Management Consultancy and Transaction Advisory in related industries
Digital
Volitan Digital supports our clients as their digital transformation and ecosystem partner to solve challenges of Healthcare industry
Ventures
Volitan Ventures supports, invests and searches for new startups in medtech, healthtech and biotech industries around the world
Trading
Volitan Trading has the distributorship rights or representation rights of major medtech, biotech, healthtech and services companies
Events
Volitan Events brings together stakeholders, decision makers from private and public entities, start-ups in Health, Life Sciences and Technology industries
How we bring value to our cLIENTS
Deep Expertise in Health & LIFE SCIENCES
Global Network & Market Knowledge
Innovation SERVICES
Product, Business and Market Development Expertise
Globalization
Strong Infrastructure and network in venture capital and angel group investments
Access to the talent pool
How we bring value to our cLIENTS
Deep Expertise in Health & LIFE SCIENCES
Global Network & Market Knowledge
Innovation SERVICES
Product, Business and Market Development Expertise
GLOBALIZATION
STRONG INFRASTRUCTURE AND NETWORK IN VENTURE CAPITAL AND ANGEL GROUP INVESTMENTS
ACCESS TO THE TALENT POOL
GLOBAL ORGANIZATION

Volitan Global operates globally in 3 continents and 8 countries; and provides services in Healthcare and Life Sciences domains with its 3 companies and 5 branch offices along with vast network of global alliances and partners such as:
Universities
Accelerators
Corporations
NGO
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GLOBAL FUNDS
Universities
Accelerators
Corporations
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GLOBAL FUNDS
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TEAM

Founding Partner & CEO
Türkay Ufuk EREN
Ufuk Eren as the founding partner and CEO of Volitan Global also has leading roles as Healthcare and Life Sciences Sectors Leader for Turkey and Healthcare Sector Senior Consultant for Central, East and Southeast Europe, Russia&CAS Regions at EY (Ernst&Young) since July 2014. Eren is also Senior Advisor in Healthcare and Life Sciences Sectors for the company Vodafone since October 2017.
From April 2014 to May 2017, he was also Senior Advisor to RASIT (Royal Academy of Science International Trust). Eren has been as a partner and CEO of the UK-based UN Innovation Development (UNID) company, which was active in the areas of innovation and development. Ufuk Eren led an active role in “Women’s Health and Development Forum” organization; under the sponsorship of the United Nations, with UNID and RASIT in February 2015 at UN HQ at NewYork, USA.
Eren also has been in senior positions in Healthcare and Life Sciences industries throughout his career. Prior from his long Siemens years, he had managing roles as at International Hospital in Istanbul, Turkey and Canton Hospital St. Gallen (KSSG) in Switzerland. Throughout his 20 years Siemens career, he held roles as CEO of Clinical Products Division for the regions Central and Eastern Europe and Russia&CAS and also Managing Director of Siemens Healthcare Turkey. Before he founded Volitan he was the member of Executive Board of Acıbadem Healthcare Group-IHH.
Eren is partner and member of executive board in various Healthcare and Life Sciences companies. He is also member and member of board in different NGOs and Think Tanks. Ufuk Eren is an Angel Investor.
Website:http://www.ufukeren.com/

Country Partner - UK
Chris Butters
A corporate development and strategy director with strong M&A credentials, entrepreneurial with transformation expertise in UK and emerging markets, PE/VC/family office and public/private environments, start-ups, driving organic growth, leading/originating/negotiating/executing M&A and debt deals, strategic planning, team succession/mentoring, stakeholder communications and Board-level governance.

Country Partner - India
Anil Khandelwal
Fellow member of Institute of Chartered Accountant of India and Associate member of Certified Internal Auditors from Institute of Internal Auditors Inc.; overall 35 + years of experience.
Currently Managing Partner with Lantoms Advisors LLP. Prior to this engagement, worked for a large investment banking firm as President- Investment Banking – uniquely focused on providing the best advice on capital syndication and M&A, strategic and business advisory across sectors, risk assessment & mitigation through innovation and creativity, create solutions that are tailored, uncompromised and responsible, mentoring & coaching startups.
Key expertise – driving sustainable and profitable growth, innovative concepts and solutions and implementation, driving value creation across all business processes, M&A and integration, cost leadership, develop strategy for growth – organic / inorganic, management of efficient and effective capital allocation and developing performance matrix & monitoring, user friendly management system, corporate governance and setting benchmark to be the best in the industry.

Country Partner - Israel
Moris Reyna
He is an Israeli and Turkish businessman, has been and is operating in and between two countries, at the sectors ranging from project development and management, to international trading, real estate investment & development and promoting JVs in various areas between Israeli, Turkish and third country companies in and out of Turkey.
He is the founder (1993) and first Chairman of the “Israel-Turkey Business Council and Chamber of Commerce” (ITBC). Since its inception up to date, he is active in every level with further developing the bi-lateral trade and economic cooperation and currently is the “Honorary Chairman” of (ITBC). According to the sector and the project, he partners and collaborates with the prime associates, entities and/or individuals, who possess and brings a complementary added value for the success of the eventual business development and transaction/s, severally and jointly is referred as MRG.

Country Partner - Switzerland
Şafak Eren
Well qualified and results oriented banking professional with over 20 years of successful experience in positions of increasing responsibility and duties. High-profile negotiator with ability to achieve positive outcomes that benefit the company and contribute to ongoing client relationships. Top-performer with track record of consistently meeting or exceeding sales goals and customer expectations. Skilled at education of customers on banking products and recommending best options that meet their short-term and long-term needs. Known for leading with an optimistic, can-do attitude.
Highlights
- Private Banking
- 20+ years of experience in financial services
- Investment Banking/Brokerage
- Excellent Market Knowledge
- Strong mathematical aptitude
- Sharp problem solver
- People focused
- Negotiations expert
- Accurate forecasting
- Team building

Senior Advisor - Turkey
Özgür Kalan
Entrepreneur with experience in business development, marketing, strategy, international trade and communications. International networking ability; Interdisciplinary, analytical thinking and conceptual approach; strong IT knowledge; high problem solving abilities; fast and constructive decision maker; managing complexity and stress; implies success energy.

Analyst - Turkey
Elif Çelik
Elif Celik has a business administration bachelor degree from Middle East Technical University. Afterwards, she pursued a joint master degree on research and innovation in higher education that she found a chance to experience innovation and higher education systems of Austria, Finland, China and Germany on site. Her master’s thesis is on Institutional Level Practices for Successful University Technology Transfer which takes German universities as case study.
Upon graduation, she worked at Quality Development Department of Open and Distance Education Faculty, Istanbul University, and involved in the EFQM project. Meanwhile, she was marketing and strategy leader of an early stage start-up for a year. Currently, she is working as a business development specialist in Entrepreneurship and Innovation Center (İTU GİNOVA) and a PhD candidate in the department of management at Istanbul Technical University.
She focuses on techno entrepreneurship ecosystems as well as the stages of start-ups from early stage to growth and internationalization.

Content Expert - Turkey
Melih Çelik
Since 2000, he has worked as an editor, managing editor and chief editor for PC Magazine, PC Life, Tech Inside etc. corporate and end-user publications. Since 2011, it provides content consulting services for companies including large scale institutions such as Atos, HP, SAP, Siemens, Turkcell. Thanks to its competence in different sectors such as technology, health, public, energy, finance, industry, it produces content for companies that have consulted on issues such as inter-sectoral interaction, innovation and technology transfer.
Website:http://www.melihcelik.net/

USA
Aslı Mutlucan
Seasoned financial sector professional, competent leader and effective team builder with over 20 years of experience in senior positions, in multiple cultures and countries. Diverse background in corporate lending, financial management, regulatory compliance, corporate governance, and internal audit. In-depth knowledge in financial analysis, operations and strategic implementation of financial models for economic growth of startups as per business needs. Known for the ability to take ownership and lead projects to a conclusion in a structured and pragmatic approach.

Switzerland
Doan Baykut
Dr. Doan Baykut is associate professor of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery. Following his board certification in General Surgery in 1991 and in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery in 1995, Dr. Baykut was Senior Consultant for cardio-thoracic surgery between 1995 and 2000 at the Duisburg Heart Center, Germany. In the years 1997-1998, Dr. Baykut performed research work in Texas Heart Center, Houston/Texas, USA. From 2000-2008, he worked at the University Hospital Basel, Switzerland as a Senior Consultant for cardio-thoracic surgery and as a lecturer in this field. In combination with his clinical assignment, Dr. Baykut’s activities were mainly in the field of the artificial circulation and mechanical circulatory support technology as illustrated by his internationally respected scientific work with publications, patents and congress organizations.
After his clinical career, Dr. Baykut worked as Business Development Manager for Lifebridge AG in Ampfing, Germany between 2008 and 2010 and as European Medical Advisor for Beijing Research Institute for Precise Mechatronics and Controls, China, between 2013 and 2016. Being a highly experienced cardiac surgeon and entrepreneur, Dr. Baykut is extensively linked with international key opinion leaders in cardiovascular medicine as well as with various companies in the med-tech field. Currently, Dr. Baykut also teaches Medical Physics at the University of Frankfurt/Main, Germany and Cardiovascular Technologies at Northwestern Switzerland University of Applied Sciences in Muttenz, Switzerland.

Country Partner - USA
Anıl Kaya
After graduating from Galatasaray High School and Bogazici University as an engineer, Anil received his MS in Industrial Engineering degree from Georgia Institute of Technology. Starting his career in Advanced Analytics Department of Coca-Cola, Anil transitioned to San Francisco and led digital transformation projects of international conglomerates and financial institutions as a Consultant, advising in areas such as Fintech, IoT, Industry 4.0, Analytics, Cloud Technologies and Startup Ecosystems. Being an angel investor, Anil has also been assisting Corporate VC arm of Zorlu Group in San Francisco since its foundation, contributing to deal sourcing, startup relations, due diligence and corporate development. Anil is now the founder and CEO of Datafruit, Data-Science-as-a-Service startup in San Francisco; while advising many overseas technology companies, startups and investors in Silicon Valley.

Intern
Irem Eren
Irem Eren is a second year student taking a degree in Biomedical Engineering at Acibadem University, Istanbul. As a Biomedical Engineering student, she has trained to be innovative and a problem solver. She completed her high school education in Deutsche Schule Istanbul and is fluent in both English and German. She is currently an intern at Volitan Global.

Intern
Aleyna Berber
Majoring in Medical Engineering at Acibadem University. Experienced in medical technologies. Particapted in ” Annual External Exhibition of eITT 2019 at Erlangen, Siemens Healthineers program to come up with innovative solutions in the healthcare sector. On this program she met with Volitan global.Worked on market research as well as the competitor analysis in the diamond industry. Researched the diamond usage in medical industry. Familiar with startup ecosystem that makes her fully engaged with technology scouting.

Balkans & Eastern Europe
Danijela Matovic
Danijela more than 10 years of experience in financial advisory services with strong credentials in M&A transactions, capital optimization, business and intangible assets valuation as well as in the area of innovations and technology transfer. She participated in some of the most complex technology transfer, M&A as well as restructuring transactions in Serbia and was engaged as an independent expert on EU Project EVLIA, aimed to develop unified methodology for financial and economic valuation of intangible assets of SMEs.
Prior to starting her own advisory company Parlok Consulting, where she is currently acting as Managing Partner, Danijela spent 4.5 years at EY Serbia acting most recently as the M&A team leader as well as 7 years at Economics Institute in Belgrade holding most recently position of Consulting Director.
Danijela is Partner at African Business Club in Serbia as well as an active member of Serbian Association of Managers. She has actively participated in numerous conferences and round tables in Serbia and abroad and is co-author of several scientific papers in the area of valuation and commercialization of intellectual property.
Danijela has graduated from the Faculty of Economics, University in Belgrade as one of the best students in class, where she also got her master degree. She passed CFA 1.
Our Testimonials
“We have a great relationship with Volitan Global; their support & insights from product development to global expansion planning of Borda were invaluable, and we see Volitan as long-term partners for our global success.”
AKIN ALTUNBAS
Borda – CEO
“The amount of know-how and experience that Volitan Global contributed to our business is outstanding and very valuable. Volitan Global helped us build and define a strategy to achieve success in many new markets.”
SOUHEIL HAKIM
Bıçakcılar – CEO
“Since we started working with Volitan to prepare our company for an M&A, we succeeded significant developments in organizational structure, finance and sales. So the vision we have built up with Volitan provides us sustainibility in our business model.”
R. Kaan ÖZTAŞKIN
Çapa Medikal – CFO
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Volitan Global LLC
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