Sezer Bozkus Kahyaoglu graduated from Bosporus University, Management, Istanbul, Turkey in 1993; received the Masters degree in Money Banking and Finance from Sheffield University, UK in 1997, and PhD degree in Econometrics from Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, Turkey in 2015. She has authored 15 articles, 2 books and 4 book chapters in Turkish and English.
Sezer started her career in Banking sector as Broker & Dealer, and later worked as an Inspector at Board of Inspectors before becoming the Financial Control Manager in a bank. Afterwards, Sezer worked as the head of Audit and Investigations Department at Turkish Derivatives Exchange. Sezer has also worked as the project leader of various national and international projects in Risk Consulting Services at KPMG and at Turk Telekom Internal Audit Department as Director responsible for Investigations and Regulations. Sezer currently works at SMM Technology ERP Risk Consulting Company as General Manager and Head of Risk Management Department.