Hüseyin Erkan (born 1958 in Konya, Turkey) was CEO of the World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) from June 2012 until October 2014.
After graduating from high school in Konya, Erkan completed a certificate program at the English Language Center in Brighton, England.
degree in economics (1981) and an MBA in the fields of International Business and Finance (1984) with a thesis project on currency risk management at the United Nations Development Program (UNDP).
Subsequently, he worked as a Research Analyst on a retainer basis for Bankers Trust following various sectors in the capital markets of Turkey between 1992 and 1993.
After working some years in the private sector, Hüseyin Erkan workworked between 1994 and 1996 as director of research and international markets at the ISE.