Baris Alpaslan is a Professor of Economics at the Social Sciences University of Ankara. Prof. Alpaslan also holds a number of administrative roles at different levels in the same university. Prof. Alpaslan completed an MSc (with an award of distinction) and then a PhD in Economics at the University of Manchester. Prof. Alpaslan has multiple institutional affiliations with well-known research centres in the UK, Australia, Japan, as well as in Egypt. Prof. Alpaslan is a Vice President of the Committee of Experts on the 2030 agenda for Sustainable Development Goals at the Turkish National Commission for UNESCO. Prof. Alpaslan has undertaken consultancy services for several international organisations, such as the World Bank, African Development Bank, and International Centre for Migration Policy Development. Prof. Alpaslan has recently been appointed Chief Advisor to Chairman of the Executive Board at IC Holding. Prof. Alpaslan was a finalist for the Science and Sustainability Award category in the 2023-24 British Council Study UK Alumni Awards. His research interests focus broadly on the macroeconomics of growth, inequality and development. 

Prof. Dr. Adnan Gerçek, Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi (Türkiye), İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi'nde Mali Hukuk Profesörüdür. Hazine ve Maliye Bakanlığı Vergi Konseyi icra kurulu üyesi ve International Journal of Public Finance dergisinin editörüdür. Doktora eğitimini 2001 yılında Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Maliye Bölümü'nde tamamlayarak doktora derecesini almıştır. Vergi hukuku, Türk vergi sistemi, vergi idaresi, vergi tahsilat usulü, mükellef hakları, vergi okuryazarlığı, vergi idaresinin takdir yetkisi ve e-vergi sistemi konularında çok sayıda makalesi, kitabı veya kitap bölümü bulunmaktadır.