Ozan Özerk

Dr. Ozan Özerk (left) at the NextGen Payments Forum 2017, Malta

Dr. Ozan Özerk (born 1979, Nicosia, Cyprus) is a Norwegian medical doctor and entrepreneur of Turkish Cypriot descent. His father, Kamil Özerk, is a professor at the University of Oslo's Department of Education.[1] His mother, Meral R. Özerk, is a senior advisor at Statped specializing in children with learning disabilities.[2] She is also the author of several children's books.[3]

Dr. Ozan Özerk studied medicine at the University of Oslo between 2002 and 2008. Upon graduation, Dr. Özerk worked at UNN Narvik from 2010 to 2011.[4] During his time at UNN Narvik, Dr. Özerk co-authored an article on the reduction of non-communicable diseases for the World Health Organization.[5][6][7]

In 2002, Dr. Özerk co-founded Norsk Ideutvikling, an online media company which created the social networking site Biip.no in 2005.[8] In 2008, Biip.no was acquired by Egmont and Nettavisen for an estimated valuation of 100+ million krone.[9][10][11][12]

Shifting his focus to the FinTech industry, Dr. Özerk founded:

Clearsettle,[13] a London-based white-label B2B payment platform provider authorized by the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) as a licensed payment institution, in 2015.

He is also the founder and director of Ozan.com,[14] a digital wallet for online payments and money transfers (authorized by the FCA as an E-Money Institution);

Giftbull.com,[15] a gift card marketplace (authorized by the FCA as an E-Money Agent);

SettleGo,[16] a cross-border payments and settlement platform (authorized by the FCA as an E-Money Institution);

Instrawise,[17] which provides payment initiation and account information services.

Dr. Özerk is also the founder of Codespace, a software development company serving the FinTech industry, with offices in Turkey, the United Kingdom, Malta, and Bulgaria.[18]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.uv.uio.no/iped/personer/vit/kamiloe/index.html
  2. ↑ http://www.statped.no/tjenester/kurs-og-konferanser/konferanser/arlige-konferanser/statpedkonferansen/Statped-konferansen/statpedkonferansen-2016/Presentasjoner-og-forelesere-/meral-r.-ozerk/
  3. ↑ https://bokelskere.no/folk/meral-r-oezerk/5588728/
  4. ↑ https://www.fremover.no/lokale-nyheter/narvik-lege-tjente-godt-pa-nettsamfunn/s/1-55-5355090
  5. ↑ http://docplayer.me/2393217-Is-0373-reduksjon-i-ikke-smittsomme-sykdommer-nasjonal-oppfolging-av-whos-mal.html
  6. ↑ https://uit.no/nyheter/artikkel?p_document_id=313701
  7. ↑ "Vil fordyre nei-mat med fedmelov".
  8. ↑ http://www.dn.no/tekno/media/2008/04/03/ga-en-krone-kan-fa-100-mill
  9. ↑ "Betalte én krone, kan få 100 mill". Dagens Næringsliv. Archived from the original on 17 April 2010. Retrieved 9 November 2010.
  10. ↑ "Gründere ser milliongevinst". Dagens Næringsliv. Archived from the original on 20 August 2010. Retrieved 9 November 2010.
  11. ↑ Næsje, Terje (21 October 2010). "Narvik-lege tjente godt på nettsamfunn". Dagens Næringsliv. Retrieved 9 November 2010.
  12. ↑ Ernes, Ann Kristin Bentzen (16 November 2007). "Norsk nettverk rir på Facebook-bølgen". Dagens Næringsliv. Retrieved 9 November 2010.
  13. ↑ "The Financial Services Register - Bureau Solutions Limited".
  14. ↑ "The Financial Services Register - Ozan Limited".
  15. ↑ "The Financial Services Register - Giftbull UK Limited".
  16. ↑ "Companies House - SettleGo Limited".
  17. ↑ "Companies House - Instra Limited".
  18. ↑ https://www.eftsoftware.com/contact.html


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