Okan Pekin

Okan is the Head of Securities Services within Citi Services. Okan oversees an integrated range of services that support the post-trade requirements of institutional clients covering Custody, Fund Services, Execution Services and Issuer Services. He is based in London. 

Since joining the firm in Türkiye in 1989, Okan has held various senior roles across the firm during his 35-year tenure. Most recently, Okan was the Global Co-Head of Equities & Securities Services, Global Head of Prime, Futures and Securities Services and the Global Head Investor Services. Prior to that, Okan was the Global Head of Institutional FX and Local Markets Sales and Head of CEEMEA Sales. Okan has also held various leadership roles in Structured Product Sales in Europe and led the Derivatives Marketing Team for European Investors.

Earlier in his Citi career, Okan led the Derivatives and Capital Markets Origination business with European Sovereigns and Frequent Issuers as well as the Derivatives coverage of Switzerland. Prior to Citi, Okan worked at Koç Holding in Türkiye on the strategy of the group’s automotive division.

 Okan is a board member at Capitolis, a FinTech company that focuses on capital optimization solutions for banks.

Okan holds a master’s in business administration, with a major in finance, and a bachelor’s in mechanical engineering from Bosphorus University in Istanbul.