Mehmet Dalman

Portrait of Mehmet Dalman
20th September 2017

Mehmet is the Chairman of Cardiff City Football Club and H R Owen PLC. He is also the Chairman and founder of WMG, an alternative investment firm focusing on real estate and private equity, having left the board of Commerzbank AG to set the company up.

Mehmet has held a number of key and high profile directorships throughout his career. Alongside this, he has taken an active interest in charitable work, focussing on children and young adults; having worked with The Disability Foundation based at the Stanmore Orthopaedic Hospital and is currently on the Corporate Advisory Board for Chain of Hope.

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