With over 25 years of executive experience in multinational banks and consulting firms, Gökhan Yılmaz currently serves as a Partner at PwC Turkey, responsible for Forensic Services, Compliance, and Crisis Management.

Yılmaz has led numerous projects in ethics, compliance, fraud investigations, internal audit, internal control, data analytics, and risk management, spanning various regions and industries, with a primary focus on Turkey. Notably, he has directed high-profile investigations and complex dispute resolution projects in sectors such as banking, healthcare, energy, construction, and fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG), setting benchmarks both locally and internationally.

A Business Administration graduate with honors from Marmara University, Yılmaz completed his first master’s thesis on the use of computer-assisted audit tools at the same institution. He later earned a second master’s degree in Forensic Psychology and Behavioral Evidence from Üsküdar University’s Institute of Forensic Sciences, followed by a PhD with a dissertation on the detection of fraud through big data analytics.

Yılmaz regularly delivers trainings and seminars on Fraud Examination and Investigation, Interviewing and Interrogation Techniques, Ethics and Compliance, Internal Audit and Risk Management, and Deception Detection and Manipulation Techniques. He also serves on the boards of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) Turkey Chapter and the Ethics and Reputation Society.

In addition to authoring numerous books and scholarly articles, Yılmaz holds several prestigious international certifications, including CFE, CIA, CISA, SMMM, CCSA, and CRMA.