BERNA SERENER
P.O.Box:14 Lefkosa, Mersin 10, Turkey e-mail: berna.serener@neu.edu.tr EDUCATION:
University of Roehampton Froebel College
PGCE in Business Education, July 2005 Marmara University, Istanbul
Social Sciences Institute Ph.D., December 2001
Majors: Finance and Accounting Boston College, Massachusetts
Wallace E. Carroll Graduate School of Management Master of Business Administration, May 1993
Major: Finance
New York University, New York, N.Y.
Stern School of Business Bachelor of Science, May 1989
Majors: Finance and International Business WORK EXPERIENCE:
Acting Head of Department of Human Resource Management:
September 2015 - Today
Near East University, Nicosia, Cyprus.
Coordinator of Banking and Finance Distance Learning Program: December 2014 – today
Near East University, Faculty of Open and Distance Learning, Assistant-Head of Department: September 2011 – February 2015 Near East University, Department of Banking and Finance,
Nicosia, Cyprus
Full-time Lecturer: September 2005 – 2015
Near East University, Department of Banking and Finance, Nicosia, Cyprus
Advised undergraduate students in their academic studies. Taught Investment Fundamentals, Commercial Lending, Principles of Banking II, Bank Management, International Banking, Money Market Analysis, Portfolio Management, Fund Management, Marketing of Financial Services, Investment Fundamentals, Financial Statement Analysis International Finance and Statistics I.
Full-time Lecturer: October 2002 – August 2004 Head of Banking and Finance Department
Cyprus International University, Department of Economics, Haspolat, Nicosia, Cyprus.
Advised undergraduate students in their academic studies. Taught
Banking Operations, Money and Banking, Management of Financial Institutions, Investments, Business Finance I,
Monetary Theory and Policy, Bank Management, Risk Management and Insurance and International Finance.
Part-time Lecturer: March 2000 - June 2002
Cyprus International University, Department of Banking and Finance, Haspolat, Nicosia, Cyprus.
Taught Business Finance II, Microeconomic Theory and Money and Banking.
Part-time Lecturer: February 1998 - June 2002
Eastern Mediterranean University, Industrial Engineering Department, Famagusta, Cyprus.
Taught Principles of Management, Engineering Economy, Engineering Ethics.
Full-time Lecturer: October 1996 - June 1999
International American University, Department of International Business, Kyrenia, Cyprus.
Advised undergraduate students in their academic studies. Taught Capital Markets, Corporate Accounting, Financial Institutions,
Financial Management I and II, Introduction to Business, International Finance, Principles of Economics, Principles of Marketing.
Part-time Lecturer: October 1993 - August 1995
Eastern Mediterranean University, Department of Business Administration, Famagusta, Cyprus.
Advised undergraduate students in their academic studies. Taught Marketing, Financial Management, Money and Banking,
Introduction to Banking and Investments.
Management Consultant: June 1989 - May 1991 Nadir Sirketler Grubu, Nicosia, Cyprus.
Worked with a team of consultants. Identified and solved problems with different parts of the organisation. Wrote reports and presented the findings to the top management.
Information Specialist: February 1988 - May 1989 New York University Information Center, New York, N.Y.
Helped visitors with questions related to the university and the city.
Collected list of campus events to be printed in the newspaper.
Entered data in Campus Vision (monitors).
SCHOLARSHIPS:
CASP (Cyprus America Scholarship Program).
Tuition and fees undergraduate partial scholarship (1985 – 1989).
Tuition and living expenses full graduate scholarship (1991 – 1993).
SUPERVISED PROJECTS:
“Determinants of Profitability of Public and Private Banks in Turkey:
A Multivariate Analysis”, Redar Abdulkhliq Qader, Spring 2015
“Determinants of Dividends Policy in Muscat Security Market”, Jasim Mohammed Al-Zaabi, Spring 2008
“Credit Card Selection Criteria in Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus”, Fatma Sözüdoğru, Fall 2007
“Portfolio Analysis”, Fatih Alişan, Spring 2007
“Credit Card Selection Criteria among Students in Near East University”, İlksen Açıcı, Spring 2007
“Bank Selection Criteria among Students in Near East University”, Ömer Piro, Spring 2006
“Islamic Banking versus Commercial Banking in Palestine”, Afif Misleh Badarin, Spring 2006
2010 September PUBLICATIONS:
Berna Serener., “Internet Banking Usage in Northern Cyprus:
Adopters versus Non-adopters”, Journal of Internet Banking and Commerce (under review)
Berna Serener and Pınar Nuriye Pınar, “Internet Banking Users in North Cyprus. Who are they?” Journal of Internet Banking and Commerce (under review)