Hakan Dursun

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Hakan Dursun is Chief Strategy Officer at GSMA, where he leads the organisation’s strategic agenda, working with operators, industry partners, and policymakers to shape the long-term direction of the global telecom industry. He also oversees GSMA Intelligence, ensuring market insight is translated into clear, actionable strategy.

He brings over 20 years of senior leadership and management consulting experience across telecommunications and technology, with a strong focus on strategy, execution, and growth. He has held multiple C-level roles in telecom and technology companies, leading multi-billion-pound businesses and large-scale transformation programmes across mobile, broadband, TV and digital services. His experience spans Europe, the United States, the Middle East and Africa.

Prior to GSMA, he spent over eight years at Türk Telekom Group, serving as Chief Strategy Officer and Chief Marketing Officer. During this time, he led some of the sector’s largest transformation and growth programmes, including group-wide consolidation, the 4G launch, adjacent business expansion and M&A, delivering significant subscriber and revenue growth across multiple business lines.

In addition, he has held C-level roles at US-based technology companies, leading cloud- and AI-driven transformation initiatives, and advised telecom groups in the UK on commercial strategy, consolidation and performance management.

He began his career in management consulting at Boston Consulting Group, Booz Allen Hamilton and BT Telconsult, advising telecom operators and technology companies on strategic planning, operating models and large-scale change management.

Hakan holds an MBA and an MS in Industrial Engineering from Boğaziçi University.