Keynote Speakers

The New Silk Road Forum has welcomed visionary leaders. Here is a list of past years' keynote speakers:

Umut Shayakhmetova, CEO, Halyk Bank

Mary Kate Buckley, CEO, Jackson Hole Mountain Resort​

Melih Han Bilgin, CEO, Turkish Petroleum Corporation​

Çağatay Özdoğru, CEO, Esas Holding​

Dr. Kairat Kelimbetov, Governor (Ret.), National Bank of Kazakhstan, and former CEO, Samruk-Kazyna

İzzet Garih, Chairman, Alarko Holding A.Ş

Sani Şener, founding CEO, TAV Airports

H.E. Fatih Karahan, Governor, Central Bank of the Republic of Türkiye​

Prof. Dr. İlber Ortaylı, Professor, Galatasaray & Bilkent Universities, and celebrated historian​

Rabbi Mendel Chitrik, Chairman, Alliance of Rabbis in Islamic States

H.E. Bakytzhan Sagintayev, Chairman, Eurasian Economic Commission​, and Prime Minister (Ret.), Republic of Kazakhstan

Ahmet Burak Dağlıoğlu, President, Investment and Finance Office of the Presidency of the Republic of Türkiye

Bob Robotti, CEO, Robotti & Company Advisors

Paul Isaac, CEO, Arbiter Partners