CURRICULUMVITAE ETHEM PEKIN

15 March 1981 Izmir

Belgian
Married

Tel: +32 496 59 93 16

www.ethempekin.com
ethem@ethempekin.com

SUMMARY
I am the Environmental Economist of CER | the Voice of European Railways.
I am currently responsible for files such as the Transport White Paper, rail noise, EU ETS.

OBJECTIVE

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Based on a solid economic reasoning

provide a significant contribution to our
members by analytical skills, problem
solving skills and a lateral approach.

2013-now Environmental Economist CER

Responsibilities:

Covering inter-modal policy topics

Transport emissions, rail freight noise, external costs
Drafting Position Papers
Coordinating CER Environment Group

EDUCATIONAL TRACK
2005-2010 Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Brussels, Belgium
PhD in Applied Economics
2003-2006 Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Brussels, Belgium
Master in Advanced Management
Studies
Master in European Economic
Integration
1999-2003 Dokuz Eylul University
Izmir, Turkey
Bachelor in International Relations
1992-1999 American Collegiate Institute
Izmir, Turkey
High school diploma

CORE STRENGTHS

Analytic skills
ArcGIS, Cognos, PostgresSQL, TSP
Excellent networker
EU policy analysis
Business strategy

2010-2013 Post-Doctoral Research Associate Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Responsibilities:

Involved in European INTERREG project management

Feasibility and audit of transport infrastructure
Developed optimisation solutions for intermodal transport

Achievements:
Twin Hub Network 2012-2013

Challenge is to establish a transnational rail service network

Performed market analysis and drafted a business plan

Multimodal Flemish Brabant project 2011

Implementation of an interactive web-based tool

2005-2010 PhD Research Associate Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Responsibilities:

Acted as subcontractor for consulting firms

Drafted European Framework project proposals
Organised conferences and workshops

Achievements:
DSSITP project 2007-2008

LANGUAGE SKILLS

English Excellent
Dutch Intermediate
German Intermediate
French Intermediate
Turkish Native

Developed a decision support system for transport policies

Ex-ante analyses of transport subsidies on market competition

2004 Management Intern Lufthansa Cargo

Prepared weekly sales reports for a teleconference meeting

Improved a global sales cockpit

SKILLS
Communication skills
Attentive listener
Creative presentation
Excellent networker
Facilitator of discussions
Negotiating

Managerial skills
Project management
Initiating new ideas
Counseling
Selling ideas
Decision making

Job-related skills
Auditing & analysing
Solving problems
Attending to detail
Meeting deadlines
Enforcing policies

Computer skills
ArcGIS (GIS)
PostgresSQL (DBMS)
TSP (Econometrics)
MS Office (Office Suit)
WordPress (CMS)

MEMBERSHIPS

AIESEC: Association internationale des tudiants en sciences conomiques et commerciales

BIVEC : Benelux interuniversitaire vereniging van transport economisten
NECTAR: Network on European communication & transport activities research

CONFERENCES & WORKSHOPS I ORGANISED

ESM'2010 Member of Conference Committee, Decision Models for Intermodal Transport

25-27 October 2010, Hasselt, Belgium: 110 participants
DSSITP Day: which intermodal transport policy for Belgium?
11 December 2008, Brussels, Belgium: 85 participants
TRALOTRA training day: introduction to intermodal transport
10 October 2008, Brussels, Belgium: 54 participants

CONFERENCES & WORKSHOPS I TALKED

2013 World Conference on Transport Research : Izmir, Turkey

2011 Euro working Group on Transportation Meeting
2010 European simulation & modelling conference
2010 World Conference on Transport Research
2007 International logistics & supply chain congress

: Rio, Brasil
: Poznan, Poland
: Hasselt, Belgium
: Lisbon, Portugal
: Istanbul, Turkey

ACTIVITIES & HOBBIES

Collecting : amateur super8mm holiday movies, cameras and vinyls

Film making : short documentaries using super8mm analogue film
Photography : photo-blogging using toy film cameras
Reading
: history and biographies
Tennis
: licensed player