Esra Fanoscu

Esra Fanoscu joined EBRD in January 2024 as the Managing Director, Administrative Services.

Prior to this role, Ms Fanoscu was a Managing Director in HSBC Bank, responsible for all Corporate Services activities across Europe and UK as well as the bank’s Global Headquarters in Canary Wharf, London.

Before moving to London in July 2021, Ms Fanoscu was based in Dubai, leading the Corporate Real Estate strategy for Middle East and North Africa & Türkiye. She headed up a diverse portfolio in the region and played a key role in the transformation of the bank’s portfolio, as well as driving workplace and colleague experience. Prior to relocating to UAE, Ms Fanoscu was the Country Head of HSBC Turkey and also spent 4 years with Vodafone. Here she led the property function and managed one of their significant transformation programmes.

Ms Fanoscu has 30+ years of experience in Real Estate, particularly leading large scale end to end real estate projects in multi- cultural environments. She is passionate about enhancing colleagues experience at work through combining design, technology and best of class service.

Ms Fanoscu holds a BSc in Architecture and is currently pursuing a Masters in Science in ‘Culinary Innovation Management’. In her personal time, she is keen to give back to the community and helps women from less advantaged backgrounds in East Anatolia, Turkey access support for their personal development.