Meet the FinLeap-Team: Selcuk Kuram, Director of Group Development

By Dara Lazarova | November 25th, 2016
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  • Selcuk Kuram holds the position of Director of Group Development at FinLeap. He joined the company builder in September 2016.

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    Having previously worked in management consulting and asset management, Selcuk was pleasantly surprised by FinLeap’s international and dynamic environment.

    Selcuk joined FinLeap in September 2016 as the new Director of Group Development. As such, he is fine-tuning the company builder’s strategy, streamlining its customer relationship efforts, and of course gathering a team of experts for his team. Selcuk found out about FinLeap through one of the employees. Before joining FinLeap, he has worked in management consulting and asset management and served major financial institutions throughout Europe. Today, we interviewed Selcuk about his job and his previous experiences.

    FinLeap.com: With so many different companies in the FinLeap family, how do you make sure each of the ventures’ needs is fulfilled?

    Selcuk: The best way is to communicate and understand exactly what their needs are. At the end of the day, FinLeap is here to help the ventures succeed, so we try to identify possible synergies between them and possible business models that they can cooperate on.

    FinLeap.com: What is the most interesting thing about your role?

    Selcuk: It’s a strategy job that’s unlike any other strategy position, say in banking, because you have more degrees of freedom and can determine the strategic direction of the company on a more fundamental level.

    FinLeap.com: What is the aim of group development for the near future?

    Selcuk: Our aims are to have a solid sales/customer relationship management across the group and to have detailed out our company builder strategy. We also want to be able to effectively communicate that strategy across the board. Overall, it’s all about taking FinLeap to the next level by making our processes and structures more efficient. That can happen through improvements to our strategic account planning, design of a systematically thought-through knowledge agenda, and development of streamlined sales pitches and communications.

    FinLeap.com: How does FinLeap differ from your previous experiences?

    Selcuk: I have experience in consulting and asset management. Previously, I worked for companies that were bigger, more complex and were more rigid both process-wise and organizationally. I knew exactly what my role was and had to keep my tasks inside of it. At FinLeap, roles and processes are not as clear-cut which allows work to be challenging, but very interesting. It gives you an opportunity to shape your role and career.

    Apart from working at FinLeap, Selcuk enjoys hiking (he has been to Nepal and Tibet) and going out with friends. He was a semi-professional classical guitarist before he started his finance career and would like to restart playing the guitar.

    Dara Lazarova