Ahmet Başpınar was born in Çankırı, in 1974. Mr. Başpınar had his primary and secondary education in Çankırı and high school degree in Ankara. He is a 1995 graduate of Ankara University, Faculty of Political Science. He received his Master’s Degree in Finance from Boston University in 2003 and PhD in Accounting and Finance from Başkent University in 2008.

He worked successively as Assistant Financial Inspector, Financial Inspector, Chief Financial Inspector and Head of Department in the Ministry of Finance between 1996 and 2010. He resigned from the Ministry of Finance and opened his Office of Sworn CPA in 2011.

He also worked as Resident Twinning Adviser Counterpart of an EU Twinning Project between 2005 and 2006, and managed a World Bank project in the years of 2009 and 2010.

He is the holder of Sworn CPA (Certified Public Accountant), Auditor and CFE (Certified Fraud Examiner) certificates.

He has been teaching as part-time instructor at Middle East Technical University and Bilkent University since 2006.

He has so far written three books and many articles published in various journals.

He is fluent in English, beginner in Russian and French.