Prior to establishing Alpacar Associates in 2012, Ali established/led the Turkish Investment Banking operations of Bank of America Merrill Lynch (2007-2011), Unicredit/CA IB (2002-2007) and co-headed the same for JPMorgan Chase (1992-2002). He also acted as the Senior Country Officer for Romania for JPMorgan Chase (1999-2000).

Ali has sourced, led and closed numerous transactions involving M&A, Project Finance, Equity Capital Markets offerings, Eurobond issuance, Syndicated Medium-term Debt facilities, equity private placements, and structured derivatives. His notable transactions include advising Actera Group on the dual track process involving the sale of UN RORO for € 950mn and the acquisition of Korozo Ambalaj, Yıldız Holding on its $178 mn acquisition of DiaSa, BC Partners on the $3,000 mn acquisition of Migros, Oyak Group on the $3,000 mn privatization of Erdemir.

Ali holds an MBA from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Bogazici University in Turkey. Mr. Alpacar currently serves as a board member at Bereket Energy Group and previously served as an independent board member for Oyak Group owned Erdemir.