Ceyla Pazarbasioglu took office in July 2001 as the Vice President of the Banking Regulatory and Supervisory Agency of Turkey. Prior to her current position she worked as Chief Economist and Head of Strategy and Economics Department with ABN AMRO, U.K, where she was responsible for coverage of fixed income and equity business in Eastern Europe, Russia, Turkey and Middle East and North Africa. Between 1992 and 1998 Ms. Pazarbasioglu worked as an Economist at the International Monetary Fund, providing technical assistance to countries such as Czech Republic, Poland, Turkey, Ghana, Korea, Thailand, Russia, and former Soviet Union States. Ms. Pazarbasi received her B.S. in Economics from the Bosphorus University in Istanbul and she holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Georgetown University and a Ph.D. in Finance from Princeton University.