Mehmet Dalman
Mehmet Dalman | |
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| Born | April 7, 1958 Paphos, Cyprus |
| Occupation | Financial executive |
| Known for | Chairman of Cardiff City football club |
Mehmet Dalman (born 7 April 1958) is a Cypriot-British financial executive and serves as the chairman of the Welsh football team Cardiff City.
Early life
Born in Paphos on 7 April 1958, Dalman follows the Turkish Cypriot custom of using his father's first name as his surname, resulting in the name Mehmet Şükrü; his brother continues to use their original family name. He pursued higher education at the London School of Economics.
Career
Between 1990 and 1995, Dalman held leadership roles including Head of European and Japanese Equities at Credit Lyonnais Securities and Head of Quantitative Marketing at The Nikko Securities Europe. Subsequently, he was managing director at Deutsche Morgan Grenfell Capital Markets Limited, responsible for Japanese Equities and Equity Derivatives across the Asia Pacific region.
From 1997 until 2004, Dalman made history as the first non-German member on the board of the German financial institution Commerzbank.
In 2004, he established the WMG Group / WMG Advisors LLP.
Dalman became a board member of Cardiff City in January 2012 amid the club's efforts to rejoin the Premier League and was elevated to chairman in July 2013.
Personal life
In 1968, Dalman moved with his family to London. He is a father to two children: a son and a daughter.