Mehmet is a managing partner at Afendis Capital Management.

Prior to co-founding Afendis, Mehmet was Head of TPG Growth in Turkey. Before joining TPG, he was a banker at EBRD after holding senior positions in London, Istanbul, and Kazakhstan offices.

Mehmet is the Chairman of the Board of Sanovel and Gelato d’Italia and is a board member of Cerealto, Tiryaki Agro, Evercare Hospital Lahore, and Islamabad Diagnostic Center.

Mehmet has a BA in Economics and Foreign Affairs from the University of Virginia, an MBA from Georgetown University, and an LLM from Leiden University.