Meral Şengöz is the partner of T3i Partner Network and advises corporates, finance industry and fintechs in trade financing and digitalization.
She is the Vice-Chair of the Banking and Finance Working Group at Blockchain Turkey Platform, which focuses on digitalization, DLT and tokenization, particularly from a supply chain and trade finance perspective.
Prior to role, she spent more than 25 years of experience in commercial banking, fintech, Marco Polo Network, Contour, and the public sector. She spent 21 years at Işbank, most recently as the Head of the Trade Finance Product Unit. Her responsibilities included managing cross-border trade and supply chain finance solutions.
Meral has been deeply engaged in the digitalization of trade finance in recent years. In 2024, she led the project ‘Business Case Development for Aligning Turkish Legislation with the MLETR’ on behalf of T3i, in collaboration with the EBRD and the Ministry of Trade.