Deniz Ergun works as a Senior Economist at Garanti – BBVA Research since February 2014. She holds a PhD in Law &Economics (Magna Cum Laude) at the Erasmus University Rotterdam and the University of Bologna. During her studies, she also worked as a visiting researcher at the University of Hamburg. She completed her Masters in Economics in Albert Ludwigs Universitaet Freiburg-Germany. During her master studies she worked as a trainee at HSBC Trinkaus Internationale Kapitalanlagegesellschaft/Düsseldorf between 2008-2009. She holds a BA degree in Economics from Koc University, Istanbul.

Her current responsibilities include the analysis of financial systems, financial stability, regulatory and country risk issues including financial system modelling.