Experience

O2 Treehouse

• United States
• Construction
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Global Sustainability Advisor at O2 Treehouse

  • Sep 2020 - Present

  The core of O2 Treehouse’s mission is to create stunning and inspired architectural forms that delight the heart and soul and bring people together in unique natural settings. In this way, we believe that the disconnect between humans and the natural world may begin to heal.



International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD)

• Austria
• International Affairs
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Environmental Development Expert

  • Jun 2020 - Jan 2021



Bogazici University Department of Economics

• Türkiye
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Sustainable & Responsible Investment

  • Jul 2019 - Jun 2020



Şişecam

• Türkiye
• Glass, Ceramics and Concrete Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Corporate Sustainability Director

  • Jan 2017 - Jul 2019



Koç University

• Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Assoc. Prof.

  • Jan 2016 - Jan 2017

  Environmental Economics



UNDP

• United States
• International Affairs
• 700 & Above Employee

• Climate Change & Environment Program Manager

  • May 2014 - Feb 2016

  Responsible to promote change at scale through investing in national capacity to respond in addition to piloting and prototyping development solutions that have the potential to lead to transformational change. Developed and appled integrated ecosystem approach, to help establish mechanisms to value ecosystem services with a view to address the market failures to fully reflect the true value of ecosystem services by targeting on livelihoods of the poor, specifically women, and geographically, non-urban areas and rural populations living in sensitive biodiversity areas/hot spots. Established programmatic partnerships, as a cross-cutting area, ‘with different ministries, international organizations (e.g. UNEP, UNIDO, WB, EBRD and FAO by focusing on natural resource management contributing to sustainable environment management and conservation of natural resources in production landscapes, within the general framework of the ecosystems approach and climate change and disaster resilience by strengthening institutional capacities for analysis and risk management for resilience with a specific emphasis on climate change.



MEF

• Italy
• Wholesale
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Asst. Prof.

  • 2016 - 2016

  Principle of Sustainable Development & Reporting;Disaster EconomicsResilient UrbanizationProject Cycle Management



Harley Owners Group (HOG) - Ankara Chapter

• Lady of Harley-Director

  • 2015 - 2015

• Program Manager, Environment & Sustainable Development

  • Feb 2005 - Feb 2014

  I bring years of project/program development and management experience within the UN system, Private Sector Partners, NGOs and Governmental entities. I a seasoned program manager and a proven resource mobilizer. Developed and enlarged Turkey’s program fourfold in just nine years, establishing the region’s largest GEF portfolio I was responsible for leveraging US$70 ml in cash and US$250 ml cash/in-kind from entities like the EC, MDG F, Government of Turkey and the private sector. Today, the Turkish program is a model of sustainability—owing in large measure to my impact. Through my unique skills in strategic advocacy at both the policy and program levels, I ensured that UNDP Turkey became the regional “go to” agency in the realms of climate change, energy efficiency, sustainable development and biodiversity. So I understand the practical aspects of program design yet I also understand the nuances of policy. I helped pen the Turkey Climate Change Strategy as well as the Action Plan for both mitigation and adaptation alternatives. I drafted the voluntary carbon market law. Developed and delivered negotiation trainings for UNFCCC negotiations for national partners. Supported Turkey to ratify the Kyoto Protocol, prepare Turkey’s National Communications, NAMAs, MRVs etc., Initiated the negotiations and ensured that Turkey is part of SE4ALL UN initiative. Play an active role to advocate for Green Climate Fund by sharing updated information and negotiate for Turkey commitment to assign the National Designated Authority. I possess the outstanding international expertise needed to respond to the global, regional and national environmental and climate change priorities in the socio-economic and political contexts in which the issues are imbedded. I lent inputs to loan packages of US$700 ml for the WB, based on my ground-breaking work to forge the UNDP Turkey climate change and sustainable development interventions.

• UNDP Program Manager

  • Nov 2011 - Dec 2011

  Strengthening Support to EU Accession • Evidence-based assessment of Western Balkans and Turkey UNDP COs’ support to EU Accessions. Report prepared for Country Offices, UNDP/Brussels, and RBEC (BRC and New York) illustrates through evidence-based examples UNDP’s support to national partners in advancing on EU Accession in the field of environment and climate change of relevance to the EU Accession process and UNDP’s mandate. The report contextualize environment and climate change sectors in terms of requirements for accession to the EU, demonstrates how UNDP’s mandate provides support to the countries in the region, capture UNDP’s experience from the 2004/2007 enlargements and demonstrate UNDP is currently delivering by show-casing best practices.• Assisted UNDP Brussels in identifying and developing a series of initiatives to engage with the EU and Brussels based organizations.• Engage in UN Brussels team policy efforts to provide expertise to the UNBT and gained exposure to how the UN engages in EU policy processes.

• UNDP Program Manager

  • Jan 2010 - Feb 2010

  • Formulation of Concept Note for Climate Change Strategy and Action plan to be submitted for donor agencies;• Plan for Resource Mobilization;• Voluntary Carbon Market concept note to submit it to donor agencies;• Kosovo’s First National Climate Change Communication and Needs assessment of GHG emission inventories;• Initiate cooperation between the Turkish and Kosovo’s Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning;• Identify potential areas of collaboration between Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning and TIKA.



Bilkent University

• Türkiye
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Assistant Professor

  • Jan 1994 - Jan 2005

  Bilkent University and Bogazici University, Turkey.Teaching courses on: environmental economics, environmental chemistry, management, finance and statistics.Developed and trained Turkish Statistical Institute on Environmental Accounting and its integration to the Input – Output Tables.



World Bank Group

• International Trade and Development
• 700 & Above Employee

• Project Manager/Consultant

  • Jan 1995 - Dec 2004

  PROJECT MANAGEMENT/TRAINING OF TRAINER PROGRAM 1998 - 2003National Accounting Matrix including Environmental Accounts (NAMEA) preparation for the 1996 Input-Output Table of Turkey, State Institute of Statistics, Turkey.Cost - Benefit analysis of Climatic Change Mitigation and Adaptation Measures for The Republic of Moldova. Project finaced by UNdP.Cultural Heritage Project - Cost Benefit Analysis, The World Bank.Mediterranean Environmental Technical Assistance Program. Project supported by the Harvard Institute for International Development, HIID and The World Bank. Assessment of the Environmental Standards implementation efficiency in the Turkish Leather Industry.Environmental Policy and Project Analysis. Training course financed by METAP- The World Banks; The training material consisted on the most recent cost - benefit analysis methods through computer application and real life case studies. The material was developed in collaboration with EDI - The World Bank. Political Economy of the Environment. Training of Trainers. Financed by EDI - The World Bank, and CIDA



Bogazici University

• Türkiye
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Assistant Professor

  • Jul 1995 - Jul 2004

  Teaching courses on: environmental economics, environmental chemistry, management, finance and statistics.Developed and trained Turkish Statistical Institute on Environmental Accounting and its integration to the Input – Output Tables.



Washington State University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research and Teaching Assistant

  • Jan 1986 - Jan 1989

  USA.