Burak Akdemir holds a Bachelor of Science in Finance from The American University, Washington D.C. Before joining Spot Shipping in 2002, he worked in the mass transportation industry, syndicating loan packages backed by international export credit agencies against Turkish Treasury guarantees.
At the time of his Mare Forum appearances he was a senior director of Spot Shipping & Trading Limited, specialising in sale and purchase, ship finance advisory and project chartering in Turkey, and also acted as Managing Partner of a sister ship management company operating a handysize bulk carrier fleet. He was also a member of the Assembly of the Turkish Chamber of Shipping and a Board of Trustee member of the Turkish Maritime Education Foundation.
He was a panellist at the 4th Mare Forum Istanbul in 2013 and the 5th Mare Forum Istanbul in 2014.