Ata Kaan Doğan graduated summa cum laude from Bogazici University with a B.A. in Political Science and International Relations & History. During his undergraduate studies, he worked in various sectors. Doğan was first employed at Denizbank Headquarter Fleet Leasing & Sales and later moved to Yapı Kredi Bank Headquarter Sales and Marketing Departments. He also took opportunity to work as an audit/consultant intern at PwC Turkey. As part of extracurricular and volunteer activities during his undergraduate years, he took part in the Center for European Studies Student Forum (CESSF). It is a forum that organizes academic meetings and publishes analyses and policy recommendations on the processes of EU politics and EU-Turkey relations. After his graduation, he joined Istanbul Policy Center research team as a research intern in 2022.
Having worked as the coordinator at the Belgian Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce in Türkiye between 2021 and 2023, as of August 2023, he has been working as an Assistant Project Specialist for the Local Development for Business World Project, jointly conducted by the Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE) and TÜRKONFED. Ata Kaan Doğan is currently pursuing his postgraduate studies at Boğaziçi University Atatürk Institute.