Başar graduated from the German High School in 1983 and from the Department of Business Administration of Istanbul University in 1987 with a bachelor's degree. He also completed his master's degree in Finance at Istanbul University and his MBA at the University of New Haven, USA.

He worked as a senior manager in companies including Borusan, NCR and Yapı Merkezi. Before joining Andersen in Turkey, he worked as a partner at Ecovis Kapital, working with international companies for 8 years.

Currently, he continues its activities at international level at Andersen in Turkey. He speaks good English and German. He is Certified Public Accountant registered under the Law No. 3568.