Nazan Somer Özelgin studied business administration at Bogazici University after graduating from Robert College. She began her career in 1988 at Arthur Andersen working as an independent accountant and financial advisor. In 1999, she became an Associate Partner for Finance at Arthur Andersen. In 2000, she joined Yapi Kredi as Vice President of Private Banking and continued her career at Yapi Kredi as Vice President of Credit and Consumer Loans between 2006-2009. Since January 2009, Özelgin has assumed the position of Vice President of Retail Banking at Yapi Kredi. Özelgin sits on the executive board of Yapi Kredi Turkey, Yapi Kredi Azerbaijan, and Tani Pazarlama A.S. She has represented Turkey at Visa Europe for many years and still serves as the Chairman of the Executive Board of Visa Turkey. She also oversees the Audit Committee and sits on the executive board of 441 Trust Co. Throughout her career, Somer has partaken leadership positions for the executive boards of KKB and BKM. In February 2017, Somer was appointed to the executive board of Unicredit Bank Romania. Starting from January 2018, she will leave her position at Yapi Kredi to continue her career in Romania and several other Unicredit bank locations. She also plans to partake leadership positions for companies in several other industries in various cities in the world.