Dr. Bahadır Kaleağası is the President of the Paris Bosphorus Institute and lecturer at the Galatasaray University in Istanbul on international economic relations, sustainable development, and European integration. He is also the Brussels Energy Club’s Honorary President, scientific member of the Brussels University’s Institute of European Studies and board or advisory member in several institutions, including the ECFR-European Council on Foreign Relations, The Atlantic Council, Global Relations Forum, Argüden Governance Academy, Yanindayiz/HeForShe, Women on Board Association, Forum Istanbul, Berlin Bosphorus Initiative.

A graduate of Brussels and Istanbul Universities, he was a researcher and lecturer in the Center for International Strategic Studies and the Institute for European Studies of the University of Brussels, rapporteur for projects of the European Commission’s Forward Studies Unit and the intergovernmental conferences which prepared the Maastricht Treaty in 1992. Additionally, Bahadır was a visiting researcher at Harvard, Georgetown, and Jerusalem Universities. His academic work covered the areas of the EU’s decision-making system, the transatlantic relationship, and international economic relations.

He also served as a counselor for various public and private institutions before joining TÜSİAD (Turkish Industry & Business Association) in 1995 as EU Representative in Brussels and by 2007 as International Coordinator establishing and supervising representative offices and networks in Washington DC, Paris, Berlin, London, Beijing, Shanghai, Silicon Valley San Francisco, and Dubai/Gulf. Between 2016 and 2020, he served as a Board Member and CEO of TÜSİAD as well as a member of BusinessEurope’s Executive Committee (The Confederation of European Business) in Brussels and delegate for Business at OECD, Global Business Coalition and B20/G20.

He regularly contributes as a speaker at international conferences, executive and academic seminars, and media programs on global strategies, international relations, business and investment strategy, the SDGs (sustainable development goals), and ESG (environmental, social, and corporate governance).

Bahadır is the author of several articles and books on international relations and European affairs. His latest books are “Youth’s Questions on Europe,” “The Planet G20,” and “Changing World and Turkey.” In 2023, he was awarded the title of Knight (National Order of Merit) by the President of France.