KDM Consultancy
Founder and managing partner.
Levent Deveci: a senior executive, investor and adviser for more than thirty years.
Founder and managing partner of KDM.
He has worked with many companies across the finance, real estate, construction, energy and industrial sectors.
He began in bank supervision at the Turkish Treasury, worked inside the banking crisis at the BRSA and SDIF, and went on IMF country missions. He then moved to the private sector and ran growth, financing and restructuring himself as CEO, general manager, investor and board chair.
He has chaired or sat on the boards of more than thirty companies and led organisations of over three thousand people.
Career
From public service to the private sector, from supervision to execution.
Some roles overlapped.
Public sector · Treasury, BRSA, SDIF
IMF country missions
Executive · CEO, GM, Chair
KDM · advisory and management
Mars Real Estate
General manager and partner. Full P&L responsibility for marketing, sales, fundraising and development.
Propline Technology
Chairman and founder. A real estate technology venture.
Metraco Textiles
Executive and board member; finance, real estate development and international relations.
KDM and private-sector roles
Financial advisory and business development in 2005–2011 and 2015–2024, alongside CEO, chair and board roles at several companies.
Peker Group of Companies
CEO. Engineering, construction, renewable energy, energy trading and industrial investments.
Attila Doğan Construction
General manager. Oil and gas contracting, financial restructuring, international clients.
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Banking supervision and restructuring expert. Missions to Nigeria, Uganda, Eswatini, Ukraine and Ghana.
Turkish Treasury, BRSA and SDIF
Bank supervision, enforcement and resolution. Head of Finance and Adviser to the President at SDIF.
Education
METU and Maastricht University.
Management School of Maastricht
Executive Programme · 1996
Middle East Technical University
BSc Business Administration · 1992
TED Ankara College
High school · 1987
Turkish and English
Works in both languages.
Common questions
Short answers about Levent Deveci.
Who is Levent Deveci?
Levent Deveci is the founder and managing partner of KDM Yönetim & Gayrimenkul Danışmanlığı. For more than thirty years he has worked across the finance, real estate, construction, energy and industrial sectors as a senior executive, investor and adviser. He began in bank supervision at the Turkish Treasury, served at the BRSA and SDIF, joined IMF country missions, and has been CEO, general manager and board chair in the private sector.
Where has he served as a senior executive?
He was CEO of the Peker Group of Companies and general manager of Attila Doğan Construction and Mars Real Estate, and he founded and chaired Propline Technology. He has chaired or sat on the boards of more than thirty companies and led organisations of over three thousand people.
What is his experience in real estate project management?
As general manager and partner at Mars Real Estate he carried full P&L responsibility for marketing, sales, fundraising and development. He led marketing and sales at Yedimavi; when he left the role, about 90% of the project had been sold. The projects whose sales and marketing he led are worth about US$1.5bn in total.
What does KDM advise on?
Four areas: real estate development, sales and marketing, strategy and executive leadership, and finance and restructuring. KDM works with real estate developers, investors, business owners and boards, and steps into the executive role when needed.
How can I contact Levent Deveci?
By email, phone or WhatsApp: levent.deveci@kdmdanismanlik.com, +90 532 361 5755. Two lines on the project or the decision in front of you are enough.
Let’s talk about your project.
Describe the project, the investment or the decision in front of you in two lines; we’ll cover the rest in conversation.