Yusuf Ozdalga
Head of UK & Europe at QED Investors
London, England
Overview
Work Experience
Partner, Head of UK & Europe
2017 - Current
Board member at Payhawk, Wayflyer, RemoFirst, Shop Circle, Carmoola, Swap Commerce, Weavr, GetGround, Fidel API, and RestLess. Board observer and founding partner at Wagestream. Former board member at GAIN Credit, Future Finance, Capitalise. Leading QED’s investments in the UK & Europe. Primary vertical focus on fintech and proptech.
QED Investors is an investment firm that supports high-growth companies and businesses.
Investment Director
2011 - 2017
Head of private equity and member of the investment committee at Eastgate Capital Group, the Dubai based private equity arm of NCB Capital. Set up and led the fund's Turkish office and served as board & executive committee member of portfolio companies across several countries. Promoted to head office in Dubai to lead and restructure the global private equity team.
Director, Private Equity
2010 - 2011
Headed up Unicorn's Turkish Private Equity team with responsibility for sourcing and executing growth focused private equity deals. Originated and closed one of the fund's largest and highest IRR deals.
Co-Founder & Managing Director
2009 - 2010
Cofounder and General Manager of Frukton, an agri-business logistics company focused on trading, real estate, and cold chain storage in the agri-food industry. Took the business to operational profitability in first year of operations, establishing a presence in five international markets. Successful exit to partners in second year of operations.
Director, Principal Finance
2006 - 2008
Executed investments in financial institutions across the capital spectrum including equity, mezzanine debt, senior debt, and warehouse facilities with a focus on the specialty finance and NPL industries. Deals include investing in and funding the largest non conforming online mortgage originator in Sweden as well as the set up of a de novo mortgage bank in the Netherlands.
Associate, Mergers & Acquisitions
2003 - 2006
M&A advisory with the Financial Institutions Group, primarily covering specialty finance companies such as credit card originators, mortgage banks, NPL servicers, as well as regional banks. Based in New York and London.
J.P. Morgan Ventures Energy Corporation provides commodity risk management solutions in both the physical .
Business Manager
1997 - 2001
Redesigned the credit policy for the sub-prime credit card portfolio; extended $3 billion in unsecured credit lines, resulting in an incremental $100 million P&L contribution. Responsible for credit policy, retention, and risk based pricing programs.
Capital One is a diversified banking company that offers early and later stage venture, and debt financing investments.
Raised $954,000,000.00 from Berkshire Hathaway.