Aziz Kose is a graduate of the Department of Mathematics from Middle East Technical University and has an MBA degree from Bahcesehir University. Starting his career as a Project Planner and Analyst at Motorola in 2007, Kose worked as Implementation and Maintenance Specialist at Turkcell and then as Projects and Planning Director at Topaz Telekom in 2008. He is Project Management Professional (PMP) and Professional Scrum Master (PSM). In 2014 and 2015, he served as the Co-Founder of Tagvance Media and ArgosAI ventures. Kose, who started his career at DenizBank as the Head of Open Innovation & Ecosystem Banking in 2018, has been serving as Executive Board Member at Deniz Ventures and the Chief Innovation & Ecosystem Officer of DenizBank’s subsidiary NEOHUB since July 2021.