M. Coşkun Cangöz graduated from Ankara University, Faculty of Political Sciences, Department of Finance in 1989. He holds master's degrees in economics from Ankara University, in business administration from Exeter University, and Ph.D. in sociology from METU.

He began his career at Denizcilik Bankası as a Financial Analyst in 1990. Dr. Cangöz joined the Undersecretariat of Treasury in 1991 as an Assistant Specialist, and after undertaking various duties, he worked as the Director General for Public Finance between 2005-2012, and served as the Chief Economic Counselor of the London Embassy. Between 2015-2020, he was the manager of the Public Debt Management Advisory at the World Bank Treasury.

He has published on public finance and monetary policy, particularly on sovereign asset and liability management, public debt and risk management, and cash management.

Dr. Cangöz joined TEPAV in October 2020 as the Director of the Center for Fiscal and Monetary Policy Studies.