He has studied Political Science in Grenoble University, France and got his Master’s degree on Public Administration in College of Europe, Bruges, Belgium. Despite several internships and research studies in the public sector, he continued his career as a professional manager in various sectors and companies. After leaving Unilever in 1996, he founded the first marketing agency of Turkey with his partner. Ali Rıza Danış produced various marketing projects in Mint Marketing International using internal and external resources for its customers’ brands. In 1998, he joined Pars / McCann-Erickson Advertising Agency as the General Manager and he led the company to be on the top of its sector in a short time.
In 2002, he left Board Membership in McCann-EricksonWorldGroupIstanbul and joined ACNielsen Turkey as a General Manager. He led the studies about retail growth index and new sector panels also he contributed to CNN Turk's monthly economy programme for two years.
In 2007, he left his leadership in Nielsen and founded Neta Investment and Consultancy to evaluate his career experience and knowledge in selected projects. He is currently developing real estate investment business for tourism.
Ali Danis is actively supporting various social responsibility projects besides his professional career. He is one of the founders of New Democracy Movement, Open Radio and Sustainable Transportation Association. He gave marketing courses about Marketing for Advertisers, Marketing Strategies and Understanding the Consumers-Marketing Researches in Bilgi University for 8 semester. He was chosen as the President and Member of the Board of Directors in Association of Marketing and Public Researchers for two terms.