Turkish Bankers Association and served for six years in the board. In August 1992, he was awarded the "Accountant and Financial Consultant Practicing Certificate". Şenver left Pamukbank in July 1993 to establish a bank in Northern Cyprus called Denizbank Ltd. He acted as the chairman of the board of directors and managing director of the bank until he sold his shares in September 1998. He is acting as financial advisor and strategic consultant to various companies, banks and other financial institutions. Awards The Turkish Press Institution elected Bülent Şenver as the "Man of the Year" in 1987 and gave him the "Hakkı Tarık Uz Man of the Year Award". The prominent economic and financial monthly magazine Kapital, named Bülent Şenver as the "Banker of the Year 1990". During the same year, he was also elected as the "Man of the Year 1990" by another magazine called Cosmopolitan Turkey. Cosmopolitan Turkey gave this award to him due to his "creativeness, innovations and his ability to develop new banking products and services". In its traditional yearly inquiry, the Kapital magazine's grand jury that was composed of 47 leading businessmen, executive managers, bankers and economists of Turkey, elected Bülent Şenver again for the second time as the "Banker of the Year 1991". Associations He became a member of the "Turkish Accountants Association" in 1985 and acted as "Discipline Committee Member" of the association. In August 1992, Şenver was awarded the "Accountant and Financial Consultant Practicing Certificate" (SMMM). Şenver served as the chairman of the board of directors of Turkish American Business Association (TABA-AmCham) and as a board member of the European Council of American Chambers of Commerce (ECACC) and a member of the Executive Committee of ECACC and the Treasurer of ECACC for five years from 1994 to 2000. Şenver is a member of the Turkish Industrialists' and Businessmen's Association (TUSIAD). He is an active member of TUSIAD Banking Committee and Economic and Financial Affairs Committee. He is a founding member of "Turkish Ethics Values Center Foundation " (TEDMER). He is acting as financial advisor and consultant to various companies and financial institutions. Bülent Şenver is the founder of “Turklider Merkezi” (Turk Leader Center), a special platform established to develop and improve the leadership skills of young Turks. He is also the founder of "Books for Everone" foundation, established to improve love of books in the country. He is also the founder of