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Anil Oncu

London

Summary

Accomplished executive leader with extensive experience in building and growing businesses. Proven expertise in digital product ownership and managing international teams. Adept at driving organisational success through strategic leadership and innovative solutions. Committed to fostering growth and excellence within dynamic environments.

Overview

28
28
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Group CEO

Q500
London
11.2024 - Current

Q500 is a respected licensed FinTech company with its headquarters in London. In my capacity, I oversee strategic planning, regulatory compliance, operational management, and business development. I am committed to ensuring that we meet financial and regulatory standards while fostering innovation and growth in the fintech sector.

Chief Executive Officer

SG Veteris
London, United Kingdom
01.2018 - 11.2024

SG Veteris enables its clients and partners to adopt cryptocurrencies and expand their place within the ecosystem securely and elegantly by providing client-driven services and products. SG Veteris mission is to create products and services that securely fasten and broaden financial services needs via cryptocurrency solutions.


  • Setting company strategy and direction
  • Expanding SG Veteris presence on a global scale
  • Building and leading SG Veteris executive team
  • Capital expenditure and operational budgeting
  • Performance tracking and risk management
  • Creating a high-performance company culture

Founder, Executive Digital Product Consultant

Digitizer Studio
London, United Kingdom
02.2016 - 10.2021

Digitizer Studio is an executive-level consultancy company focused on FinTech and Cryptocurrency Trading, based in London.


  • Worked on different FinTech projects such as Cryptocurrency Trading, eWallet, Fraud Monitoring, Payment Gateway, Pre-Paid Card and eVoucher
  • Being responsible for resource planning processes
  • Being responsible for high-level product planning
  • Coordinating the teams in various countries

Head of Product and Project Management, Ecommerce

Teknosa
Istanbul, Turkey
01.2014 - 02.2016

Teknosa is the largest consumer electronics retail company in Turkey (300 stores) which was ranked as 33rd among the 500 companies on the “Largest Companies in Turkey” list compiled in Fortune Turkey in 2014 while taking place as 43rd on the Capital 500 list.


  • Being responsible for product and project management of desktop and mobile websites, mobile applications and in-store kiosks
  • Actively managing and coaching different teams
  • As the Product Owner, leading the assessment of enhancement opportunities, continually reprioritising the backlog based on business value, driving full stakeholder engagement in changes that are being evaluated and implemented and conducting the necessary communication/change management across the organisation
  • Leading projects such as Mobile Applications, New Interface Development, Click&Collect, Loyalty System, Outlet Products, Promotions, Gift Vouchers, Recommendation Engine, Payment Gateway, etc.

Webmaster

Self-Employed
Istanbul, Turkey
07.1997 - 02.2016

I have met the internet via IRC in 1997 and created my first website in 1999 by using Php, MySql and various SEO techniques. My websites were active for nine years without any break. Besides the range of their unique visitors per day that had reached 80.000, I had a pretty healthy income of ads sales and web services. Meanwhile, there have been some alive projects I continue as a hobby.

Group Manager, Product Strategy and Management

Dugun.com
Istanbul, Turkey
07.2013 - 01.2014

Dugun.com is the biggest online wedding organisation platform in Turkey that brings couples and suppliers together.


  • Leading digital product management and project management processes
  • Managing CRO operations such as A/B Testing, Customer Journey Analysis, Heatmap Analysis, Visitor Playback Analysis etc
    Managing SEO and SEM in-house/outsourced operations
  • Leading up all development and operational issue management processes (esp. product management, project management, its development, digital marketing etc.) into the online Jira and Confluence tools systematically and being responsible for the afterwards development processes
  • Analysing the needs of products and planning the stages of product management. Therefore delegating the product development responsibilities within the team
  • Working closely with IT, Marketing and other Business Teams

Lead Product Manager

Tart New Media
Istanbul, Turkey
08.2009 - 03.2013

Tart New Media is one of Turkey's most prominent digital solutions service providers to clients such as TTNET, Turkcell, Vodafone, Sabanci Holding, etc.


  • Leading both e-commerce, e-community and e-business web/internet products and to the product managers who are responsible for those products' developments
  • Consulting to all kinds of media materials of client-side, acting as a consultant for Digital Marketing, SEO, SEM and Affiliation Marketing subjects
  • Analysing the needs of product/client and planning the stages of product management. Therefore delegating the product development responsibilities within the team
  • Managing project teams, ensuring coordination of project departments and other actors

Education

Postgraduate Diploma - Digital Leadership For Executives

Warwick Business School

Master of Arts - Communication Strategies and Public Relations

Galatasaray University

Bachelor of Business Administration - Business Administration

Istanbul University

Diploma of Higher Education - Public Relations (2nd University)

Anadolu University

Skills

  • Building and Growing Businesses
  • Executive Leadership
  • Digital Product Ownership
  • Building and Managing International Teams

Certification

  • Certified Professional Scrum Product Owner (PSPO) - Score: 96.3%, Credential ID 211951, Scrum.org, 2018
  • Leader as Coach - Leadership Development, Teknosa, 2015
  • uLead - Leadership Development Program (18 Months), MCT Turkey, 2014
  • Future of Web and E-Commerce, Bilge Adam, 2007
  • Computer Associate Training Program (400 Hours), Bilge Adam, 2003

Timeline

Group CEO

Q500
11.2024 - Current

Chief Executive Officer

SG Veteris
01.2018 - 11.2024

Founder, Executive Digital Product Consultant

Digitizer Studio
02.2016 - 10.2021

Head of Product and Project Management, Ecommerce

Teknosa
01.2014 - 02.2016

Group Manager, Product Strategy and Management

Dugun.com
07.2013 - 01.2014

Lead Product Manager

Tart New Media
08.2009 - 03.2013

Webmaster

Self-Employed
07.1997 - 02.2016

Postgraduate Diploma - Digital Leadership For Executives

Warwick Business School

Master of Arts - Communication Strategies and Public Relations

Galatasaray University

Bachelor of Business Administration - Business Administration

Istanbul University

Diploma of Higher Education - Public Relations (2nd University)

Anadolu University
Anil Oncu