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Brown.<\/p><p>At Grey Istanbul, he held the position of Vice President responsible for Strategy and Planning and was also a member of the Grey Group Worldwide Global Strategic Council, where he was one of the 12 strategists leading the council globally.<\/p><p>He served as a member of the Advertising Self-Regulatory Board.<\/p><p>He has received numerous Gold Effie Awards, including those for most successful product launches and most impactful social responsibility campaigns.<\/p><p>He founded FutureBright Research and later transformed it into FutureBright Group. Today, FutureBright Group is a data-driven organization serving more than 1100 global and local brands, operating through offices in multiple countries, and managing projects across more than 42 countries.<\/p><p>In the Favicon study, he was listed among the world\u2019s top 200 most prominent leaders in data science, artificial intelligence, analytics, and machine learning.<\/p><p>He personally advises T\u00fcrkiye\u2019s leading brands.<\/p><p>In addition to guiding the establishment of the FutureBright Art Foundation, he works with young entrepreneurs under FutureBright Ventures.<\/p><p>He is the author of The Unpredictable Ones. Despite being a recent publication, the book has already reached its tenth edition.<\/p><p>His strategic perspectives have been featured in The Daily Telegraph.<\/p><p>He is a columnist for Oksijen newspaper and Forbes.<\/p><p>He has been married to Ba\u015fak Karaca Abdula since 2007 and is the father of Aylin and Nil.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-640d94ba\" data-id=\"640d94ba\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ff6ce32 elementor-widget-tablet__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1ff6ce32\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/akanabdula.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AkanAbdula-EN-About.jpeg\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"AkanAbdula-EN-About\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTMwMiwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2FrYW5hYmR1bGEuY29tXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC8yMDI2XC8wN1wvQWthbkFiZHVsYS1FTi1BYm91dC5qcGVnIn0%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1350\" src=\"https:\/\/akanabdula.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AkanAbdula-EN-About.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1302\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/akanabdula.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AkanAbdula-EN-About.jpeg 1080w, https:\/\/akanabdula.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AkanAbdula-EN-About-240x300.jpeg 240w, https:\/\/akanabdula.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AkanAbdula-EN-About-819x1024.jpeg 819w, https:\/\/akanabdula.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AkanAbdula-EN-About-768x960.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About Me Who Is Akan Abdula? 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