Ecem Demirhan received her BA in Accounting and Finance from TOBB University of Economics and Technology (TOBB-ETÜ) in 2014. During her undergraduate studies, she completed a TOBB ETU Department of International Entrepreneurship, Ankara Chamber of Commerce Domestic Trade Unit and Ankara Chamber of Commerce Financial Affairs Department joint programme. She received her MBA from TOBB-ETU with her dissertation "The impact of terrorist incidents on a country's CDS premium and the stock market: the European region and Turkey". She worked as a teaching assistant at TOBB-ETU Department of International Entrepreneurship during her graduate studies.

Ecem Demirhan joined TEPAV in January 2019 as a Research Associate.