Ahmet Çimenoğlu graduated from Department of Economics at Boğaziçi University in 1992. After completing his MA in Economics at Boğaziçi University, Çimenoğlu started his professional life as an economist at Yapı Kredi in 1995. He received his PhD degree in economics at Istanbul Technical University in 2002. He worked as the Chief Economist, and Head of Strategic Planning and Research at Yapı Kredi, respectively, between July 2004 and February 2009. In March 2009, he joined Koç Holding as the Head of Economic Research. He is currently the Chief Economist of the Koç Holding. Mr. Çimenoğlu has been serving as a Board member at Koç Financial Services and Yapı Kredi since March 2019.