Dr. Altay Atlı is the managing director of Atlı Global, a boutique advisory firm providing services on global affairs and international markets, and a lecturer at Koç University and the Asian Studies program of Boğaziçi University. He has a B.A. degree in Economics (Boğaziçi University), an M.A. degree in International Business (Deakin University, Melbourne) and a Ph.D. in Political Science and International Relations (Boğaziçi University). Dr. Atlı was affiliated with Sabancı University Istanbul Policy Center, and worked as research coordinator at Türkiye’s Foreign Economic Relations Board (DEİK). He is an expert member at the China Network of Turkish Industry and Business Association (TÜSİAD).