Murat Sarayli is a social and business entrepreneur with
over 30 years of operative experience in private businesses of international trade, real estate development, construction and hospitality industries, with expertise in developing short and long-term strategical plans and implementing innovative solutions in dynamic, multi stake holder arenas.

Murat chaired YES, the Brussels-based European Confederation of Young Entrepreneurs, for three consecutive terms until 2008, representing 40,000 members from 16 countries and worked diligently to advance the Lisbon Agenda, Europe's strategic plan towards greater economic growth and job creation, as the hallmark of his tenure. He also served as the National Chairman of the Young Businessmen's Association of Turkey from 2004-2008. He was named YGL in 2006 .

As an advocate of ethics, sustainability, and fair competition, Murat is passionate about mentoring start-ups and also fostering sustainable conducive business and social eco-systems for the young entrepreneurs in the global arena.

He has been active in Sub Saharan Africa over 25 years both supporting NGOs and business development.

Murat graduated with a degree in Management from the Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey. He has also attended at Harvard, “Global Leadership and Public Policy module”, Yale University program on the “Foundations for Leadership in the 21st Century”, Wharton Institute of Executive Education on “Corporate Governance” with focus on strategies for the environmental, social, and governance (ESG) integrators to respond to conflicting demands and societal challenges to their organization and Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P), program on the Geopolitics, Economic and Demographics of Africa.

During early 2016 Mr. Sarayli moved to Norway and initiated his investment company. As a father of six children, he is living in Oslo with his family.