Başak Yetişen Teker

About Başak Yetişen Teker

Senior financial sector specialist with extensive experience in banking regulation, supervision, and financial stability, supporting authorities—particularly in EMDEs—within the Global Team on Financial Resilience and Integrity, to strengthen prudential frameworks in line with global regulatory standards.My work focuses on the design, implementation, and assessment of banking regulatory and supervisory frameworks, including capital adequacy, risk management, recovery and resolution, and macroprudential policy. I have conducted Financial Sector Assessment Program (FSAP) assessments, covering compliance with the both the Basel Core Principles for Effective Banking Supervision (BCP) and the Core Principles for Islamic Finance Regulation (CPIFR). I support financial sector authorities in implementing BCBS and FSB standards through tailored and proportionate regulatory and supervisory frameworks.Together with the IMF, I design and deliver the International Conference on Policy Challenges for the Financial Sector, bringing together central banks and supervisors to discuss how international standards are used to strengthen supervision and respond to emerging financial stability risks. I also support authorities in adopting Supervisory Technology (SupTech) solutions to enhance risk‑based supervision.Most recently, I co‑authored the publication “The 2024 Revised Basel Core Principles for Effective Banking Supervision: Benefits and Practical Challenges for Emerging Markets and Developing Economies.” Areas of ExpertisePrudential banking regulation and supervision International regulatory standards (BCBS, FSB) FSAP assessments – Basel Core Principles (BCP) and Core Principles for Islamic Finance Regulation (CPIFR) Macroprudential policy Bank capital adequacy frameworks (Basel Loss‑absorbing capital instruments (AT1, Tier 2, hybrid and contingent capital) Bank recovery, resolution, and crisis preparedness Islamic banking supervision and regulation Supervisory Technology (SupTech) Green finance, ESG instruments, and sustainable finance policy International representation: Member of Capital and Leverage Group (CAPL), BCBS.

Experience

1. Senior Financial Sector Specialist

   The World Bank Group

   Sep 2024 — Present · Washington, DC, US

Education

• University of Southampton

  Distinction, MSc International Banking and Financial Studies

  2008 — 2009

• Ankara University/Faculty of Political Sciences

  BSc, Public Finance

  1994 — 1999

Skills

• Financial Risk
• Banking
• Subordinated Debt
• Bail-in
• Banking Law
• Cocos
• Bank Resolution
• Macro-Prudential Policies
• Regulatory Capital
• Basel Ii
• Basel Iii
• Credit Risk