Sinan Ozcan

Senior Executive Officer & Board Director, DP World Trade Finance

Sinan has 21 years of experience working in executive roles across various industries, focusing on several areas of banking, financial services and logistics i.e. trade and structured finance solutions, supply chain finance, new ventures and business development. Sinan joined DP World in April 2021 and set up DP World Trade Finance where he continues to serve as Senior Executive Officer and Board Director, and globally leads DP World’s Trade Finance business, DP World’s global trade finance initiative.

In March 2017, he set up Maersk Trade Finance business in the UAE, obtained regulatory license, rapidly grew the business, and served as Senior Executive Officer, Board Director and Regional Trade Finance Head for the Indian sub-continent, Middle East and Africa region until 2021. Previously, Sinan was Regional Director of UK Export Finance (UKEF), a British Government department and the official Export Credit Agency of the UK, for the European, MENA and Central Asian regions, established UKEF’s overseas presence and originated trade and project finance deals. Prior to UKEF, he headed the Trade Finance/Financial Services unit of CNH Industrial for Africa-Middle East and Asia-Pacific regions. Before CNH, Sinan held the position as Auditor at VakifBank and covered many areas of banking and financial services.

Sinan holds a MBA degree from Philadelphia University and a Master’s Degree in Banking and Entrepreneurship from the joint programme of Venice and Udine universities in Italy. Sinan speaks English, Italian, Turkish, French and German and has lived and worked in Turkey, USA, Italy, Singapore, Thailand and the UAE.