Bahadir joined ING in Turkey as a process excellence consultant in 2012 and spent much of his career working on various digital transformation programmes. He joined ING Analytics in 2018, where, among other achievements, he set up the Intelligent Operations centre of expertise to apply analytics solutions on operational problems.

In 2021 he took on the additional responsibility of global head of Tooling and Analytics for Retail COO. In this role he initiated and implemented the Digi-Index and Digi60, two important contributors to providing seamless digital services that enable a superior customer experience – a strategic priority for ING.

As of July 2023, Bahadir is ING’s chief analytics officer, overseeing and developing ING analytics and business intelligence activities, and influencing the delivery of a value-driven analytics approach across business domains and the countries.