Mehmet Dalman | |
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 Dalman (left) discussing withOmer Riza in 2025. | |
| Born | (1958-04-07)7 April 1958 (age 67) |
| Title | Chairman ofCardiff City |
| Term | 2014– |
Mehmet Dalman (born 7 April 1958) is a Cypriot-British investment banker.[2] He is the chairman of Welsh football clubCardiff City.[3]
Dalman was born in Paphos on 7 April 1958.[4] As ofTurkish Cypriot tradition, he was born as Mehmet Şükrü, taking his father's first name as his own last name. His brother, Cevdet, has retained the surname.[5] He studied at theLondon School of Economics.[6]
From 1990 to 1995, Dalman served as the Head of European and Japanese Equities atCredit Lyonnais Securities and Head of Quantitative Marketing at TheNikko Securities Europe.[7] He served as a managing director atDeutsche Morgan Grenfell Capital Markets Limited, and Head of Japanese Equities and Equity Derivatives for Asia Pacific.
Between 1997 and 2004, Dalman was the first non-German to sit on the board of the German bankCommerzbank.
He founded the WMG Group / WMG Advisors LLP in 2004.
In January 2012, Dalman joined theCardiff City board, as the Bluebirds looked to return to the top flight, and was subsequently made chairman in July 2013.[8]
Dalman moved with his parents toLondon in 1968.[4] He has a son and a daughter.[9]