Mahmut Onur BICER

I have been working as founder and senior advisor of Gladvice which enables consultancy to financial institutions regarding their legislations and operations since February 2022.

I was senior bank examiner and head of audit group at Banking Regulation and Supervision Agency (BRSA) in Turkey until February 2022. With respect to more than 16 years of experience in the supervision of banks and non-bank financial institutions, my areas of expertise include the following topics: Banking, corporate finance, financial reporting and planning, credit rating agencies, banking legislation, financial regulation, risk management techniques, non-bank financial institutions, capital and liquidity management, policy and procedure development, financial restructuring, mergers, acquisitions, liquidations, bank accounting, audit and investigation techniques, issues relating to anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism.

• Member of the Charity of Bank Examiners
• Member of the Mulkiyeliler Union Charity (I was finance and legislation auditor in the Charity between 2012 and 2014)

• Articles:
• BICER, Mahmut Onur, Re-Factoring Transactions and the Situation of These Transactions against Regulations, Active Banking and Finance Magazine, January-April 2012, pp 42-46
• Books:
• BICER, Mahmut Onur, Credits in Financing Trade, Dissertation, Classified Publication, Banking Regulation and Supervision Agency, May 2009
• BICER, Mahmut Onur, Commentary of Financial Leasing, Factoring and Financing Companies Law, The Banks Association of Turkey, March 2021

• ‘Advanced Measurement Approaches in Operational Risk Management’, The Banks Association of Turkey, 3 days seminar, November 2006
• ‘Payment Methods in International Trade’, The Banks Association of Turkey, 4 days seminar, February 2007
• ‘Accounting and Bank Accounting’, The Banks Association of Turkey, 3 days seminar, March 2008
• ‘Turkish Accounting Standards’, Deloitte Academy Turkey, 10 days seminar, October 2008
• ‘Expert Mission on Effective Supervision of Assessment of Financial Instruments of Banks’, European Commission General Directorate for Enlargement, 2 days seminar, December 2009
• ‘Empowering Macro and Micro Supervision’, European Central Bank, 2 days seminar, March 2011
• ‘Analyzing of Basic Indicators and Financial Reports’, The Banks Association of Turkey, 2 days seminar, December 2011
• ‘Turkish Accounting Standards’, Deloitte Academy Turkey, 5 days seminar, March 2012
• ‘Credit Risk Analysis’, Federal Reserve Board, 5 days seminar, July 2012
• ‘Strategic Planning and Management’, The Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey, 2 days seminar, September 2012
• ‘Financing International Receivables’, BCR Publishing, 2 days seminar, March 2013
• ‘Hedge Accounting and International Financial Reporting Standards’, Ernst&Young Turkey, 4 days seminar, December 2013
• ‘Factoring Operations’, Association of Financial Institutions, 1 day seminar, October 2015
• ‘Financing Receivables in Factoring’, Association of Financial Institutions, 1 day seminar, November 2015
• ‘Financial Receivables and Supply Chain Finance’, Factoring Chain International, 3 days seminar, June 2016