The first Annual McKinsey & Company and Bilkent University case competition finals took place on March 4, 2007. The competition was fierce as 138 teams across Turkey registered to compete. The case was based on a project completed by McKinsey & Company. 98 groups submitted their solutions on time, and five of these teams were selected for the final round. The jury in the finals consisted of Mehmet Şakir Güvendi (Partner, McKinsey&Company), Şeref Efe (Halkbank Supervisory Board Member), Emre Anlar (Engagement Manager, McKinsey & Company), Marco Protano (Brand Consultant and Visiting Professor at Bilkent), Aslıhan Salih (Associate Dean, Bilkent University Faculty of Business Administration). In a simulated board meeting, the jury evaluated the presentations of the five groups and selected Group Invisible Hand - Didem Direl, Görkem Yeşilova, Pemra Narlı from Bosphorus University as the winner of the competition. The winners were awarded a voucher to attend the upcoming MBA Forum in Antalya (27-29 April 2007), an i-pod shuffle, and a direct invitation from McKinsey & Company to a recruiting interview for a 'business analyst' position.