Mehmet Sami is the Founding Partner of Pretium Corporate Advisory in Istanbul, Turkey. Mr. Sami has more than 34 years of experience in corporate finance, private equity advisory (including raising the first fund for Turkey) and capital markets. Within 34 years, worked in Investment Banks, a Brokerage Firm, Big 4 Corporate Finance Division and his own Boutique Consulting firm, to establish international - local client base and presence (New York, Dubai & Tokyo Rep Offices), while undertaken various Turkish privatization, IPOs, cross-border M&A and large international joint ventures in Turkey.

After starting at Finansbank and later at Euroturk Bank (JV of ABN Amro, Indosuez, Generale Bank) initiated and founded the Investment Banking, Research and Institutional Cash Equity Trading divisions of Ata Invest, which became one of the largest independent firms in Turkey. After nearly 19 years at Ata Invest, he became the Lead M&A and Debt Advisory Partner in 2012 and served on the Deloitte Global M&A Executive Council. Since 2015, under his own firm, has been consulting foreign banks and multinationals on portfolio review & monitoring services, macro-micro risks and possible impacts, while consulting on corporate finance alternatives.

As an Independent Board Member, restructured and set corporate governance standards in Turkish firms (both listed and private). Besides serving on the Board of Turkish Corporate Governance Association, has become the Founding Member of Board Directors Association of Turkey (BDA) – which is a member of Global Network of Director Institutes (GNDI) and later became BDA Chairman in 2020. Mehmet Sami’s recent Non-Executive Director roles include; Enerjisa Enerji (Sabanci Holding/E.ON JV), Akcansa Cement (Sabanci Holding/Heidelberg Cement JV), Kordsa Global and Türk Traktör (Koç Holding/CNH Industrial JV) and served as the Chairman of some of their Corporate Governance, Audit and Early Risk Detection Committees.