Burak Gürbüz
IAB Member
Core Professional Background
Entrepreneurship & Hospitality Management: Successfully founded and operated a hospitality business in Istanbul for nearly 15 years, steering it through high-competition urban tourism markets and the global pandemic period.
Commodities Trading & Supply: Serves as a Trade Broker for ASTON Dış Ticaret, specializing in international commodity transactions—such as steel scrap and granular sulfur—between Turkish suppliers and emerging markets in Africa and Asia, handling sourcing, negotiations, and logistics.
Strategic Advisory & Business Development: Founder of Ayasofya Danışmanlık, delivering business development, trade brokerage, and strategic advisory services for enterprises expanding into international markets.
Global & Administrative Coordination: Provides high-level administrative, coordination, and communications support to academics and diplomats active in international leadership networks.
Supply Chain & Fuel Distribution: Managed fuel supply, procurement, vendor relations, and on-site logistics for construction operations in Chisinau, Moldova.
Digital Media & Education: Launched and produces educational content through Quantum English 963, building an engaged digital audience focused on practical conversational English.
Civic Leadership & Community Service
Disaster Relief & Emergency Coordination: Volunteered following the devastating February 2023 Hatay earthquake and serves as the District President for Fatih under the Turkuaz Search & Rescue Association (TUAK), leading community preparedness and emergency response coordination.
Education & Credentials
Associate Degree in Foreign Trade: Anadolu Üniversitesi.
Higher Education Coursework in Economics: Eskişehir Osmangazi Üniversitesi.
Vocational Education: Foreign Trade Office Services, M. Ali Büyükhanlı Ticaret Mesleki ve Teknik Anadolu Lisesi.
Languages & Proficiency: Native Turkish speaker with upper-intermediate English proficiency.
