speaker 1
Additional Info
- First Name: Mehmet Sercan
- Last Name: Arslan
- Priority: Normal
- Job Title: Director General of the Banknote Printing Plant
- Company: Central Bank of Republic of Türkiye
- Country: Turkey
- Email: {hide}Email
- LinkedIn: {hide}LinkedIn
- Facebook: {hide}Facebook
- Twitter: {hide}Twitter
- Session Timeslot: Tuesday 13/10/2026 16:25-16:45
- Session Title: Currency High
- Link for Session Title: {hide}Link
- Session Track: Currency
- Session Location: Hall A1
- Role: Speaker
-
Bio:
Dr. Mehmet Sercan Arslan is Director General of the Banknote Printing Plant of the Republic of Türkiye. He has nearly 20 years of experience in public service and central banking, including senior leadership roles at the Central Bank of the Republic of Türkiye, most recently as Director General of Strategy and Corporate Governance.
He holds a Ph.D. in Economics, an MPP from the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy, an MBA from Middle East Technical University, and a BSc in Industrial Engineering. Earlier in his career, he worked in Türkiye’s defence and energy sectors in technical and managerial roles. An alumnus of the University of Oxford’s Strategic Leadership Programme, his expertise includes central banking, banknote production, strategic governance, and public sector transformation.
- Presentation Title: Driving resilience in banknote production: capacity development and innovation
- Presentation 2-Line Description: How can banknote printers strengthen resilience and rapidly expand capacity in times of crisis? Join Mehmet Sercan Arslan, as he shares how Türkiye's printworks responded to surging cash demand driven by economic volatility, the pandemic, and natural disasters such as the 2023 earthquakes. Drawing on real-world experience, this session explores the investments, workforce strategies, and productivity measures that enabled a major increase in banknote production despite significant operational constraints. Attendees will gain practical insights into building agile, resilient cash infrastructures for an increasingly uncertain world.
-
Photo 1:
-
Photo 2:
- Profile: Currency
- Instagram: {hide}Instagram
- YouTube: {hide}YouTube
- Vimeo: {hide}Vimeo
Published in
Speaker Profile CYH26
