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Selected work, and its results.

A selection of work our partners have led across real estate, industry, finance and banking. Each piece names who led it.

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Real estate · Commercial leadership

≈90%

sold by the time he left the role

Yedimavi

Levent Deveci

Marketing and sales leadership for a housing project whose market perception had turned negative.

Project value≈ US$550m

Sold≈ 90%

Role
Led marketing and sales across retail, corporate and intermediary channels.
Key contribution
Market perception and the sales process were managed at the same time.

Industry · Investment and exit

US$158m

full exit

Quartz manufacturing investment

Levent Deveci

A manufacturing investment built from scratch: bank financing, capacity expansion and sale.

Average EBITDA≈ 35%

Role
Started the investment and financed it entirely with bank credit.
Key contribution
To fund a capacity increase, a 27.5% stake was sold to an internationally known fund; later the whole investment was exited.

Finance · Restructuring

≈7×

new contracts per dollar of debt restructured

Oil & gas contractor

Levent Deveci · 2007–2010

A contractor and oil-field investor carrying debt and short of working capital.

Debt restructured≈ US$100m

New contracts≈ US$700m

Role
General manager. Financial restructuring, banks and international clients.
Key contribution
Bank credit lines were extended to keep operations running.

Executive leadership · Growth

≈5×

total net worth in three years

Holding company

Levent Deveci

Three years running a holding company.

When he took over≈ US$25m

Three years later≈ US$130m

Role
Holding leadership and business development.

Public sector · Banking

20+

banks in whose intervention and resolution he took part

Banking crisis and resolution

Levent Deveci · 1993–2004

Treasury, BRSA and SDIF roles during Türkiye’s banking crisis.

Role
Supervision, enforcement, bank mergers, asset separation and inter-agency coordination.
Key contribution
Took leading roles in the restructuring and rehabilitation of public and private-sector banks.

Finance leadership · Systems

≈US$30bn

balance sheet under his finance and accounting remit

SDIF finance management

Levent Deveci · 2003–2004

Financial management of a balance sheet that grew and diversified with the seized banks.

Accounting system transition6 months

Role
Head of Finance. Fund management, borrowing, accounting and reporting.
Key contribution
Led the move to a banking-style accounting system.

Amounts and ratios are approximate and relate to the period of each role; they are not KDM’s current revenue or a promise of future results.

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