UNITED STATES

Marko Issever, Founding Partner BH Capital Management, USA

Marko.Issever@wbaforum.org
Marko is the co-Founder of CBPI Turkey. He is also CEO of America EB5 Visa, whose mission is to connect international investors with EB-5 issuers. At Riverside Management Group, he leads the firm’s EB-5 capital-related activities, via its wholly- owned subsidiary, BCW Securities.

Previously, Marko was a managing director at BNY Mellon, leading the firm’s financial institutions derivative sales business globally.

He is also the founding partner of BH Capital Management, LLC, a real estate investment company that specializes in opportunities in development and investment.

Marko has been in Wall Street for over 30 years and was also a Founding member of the derivative business in Sakura Global Capital, a Japanese bank subsidiary that subsequently merged with Sumitomo Capital Markets to form SMBC Capital Markets.

He started his Wall Street career in Prudential Securities’ Financial Strategies Group where he specialized in mortgage backed security opportunities.

Marko earned his MBA in finance from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He is also a graduate of Bogazici University and Robert College, located in Istanbul.

He speaks Turkish (native) and Ladino Spanish fluently. He is the founding president of Aleph Learning Center, a Jewish outreach organization and board member of Manhattan Sephardic Congregation. He holds the Series 7 & 63 securities licenses. He lives with his wife and three children in New York City.