Executive Director

• Jan 2022 - Present

Executive Board Member / Partner

• Jan 2022 - Present

Deputy General Manager of Programme Implementation

• Jan 2019 - Jan 2022

• Developing high quality business strategies and plans ensuring their alignment with short-term and long-term objectives• Leading and motivating the team to advance employee engagement • Coordinating a high performing managerial team• Overseeing all operations and business activities to ensure they produce the desired results • Ensuring that project activities are consistent with the overall strategy and mission• Ensuring coordination amongst departments• Building trust relations with key partners and stakeholders and act as a point of contact for important shareholders Show less

Government Relations Manager

• Jan 2017 - Jan 2019

• Monitoring legislation • Conducting research on taxation policies Following tendencies which might impact the company’s policies • Conducting communication with all parties related with the company’s products, procedures, processes and policies. • Representing the company in public and private meetings. • Following the regulatory processes on the basis of the studies of both relevant bureaucratic offices and political institutions. • Conducting research on how any kind of decision making process might affect the company both by direct and indirect ways of intervention. Show less

Project Coordinator -Senior Expert

• Jun 2016 - Dec 2016

• Preparing project proposal and budget• Activity and Resource Planning• Creating the schedule and tracking the activities and project budget• Preparing tool-kits for the promotion of business ethics of SMEs in Turkey• Establishing networks among different sectoral councils of The Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey• Preparing materials for the workshops to promote sectoral business ethics• Planning the study visit to UK in order to build networks between Turkish and British companies in terms of complying with global business ethics standards • Reporting monthly, both financially and technically• Coordinating the project team to conduct project activities in line with the timetable settled with the representatives of British Embassy Ankara-Turkey Show less

Project Manager / Proje Yöneticisi

• Feb 2016 - Dec 2016

• Project team leadershipo Activity and Resource Planning, developing Scheduleso Developing a budget; estimating costso Documentationo Monitoring and reporting; risk analysis; controlling quality• Working with business partnerso Developing consortiumso Preparing time schedule for consortium activities• Preparing policy evaluation reports Desk study  Following public policy issues through Turkey’s EU accession process Interviews with Turkish and EU officials on specific public policy areas• Undertaking the content design and organization of events and representing TEPAV on relevant topics • Contract management of the projects carried out by the Governance Programme in TEPAV. Show less

Project Manager -Senior Expert

• Feb 2016 - Dec 2016

"Strengthening EU_TR Energy Dialogue in the context of Energy Security and Governance Risks" Project Activity and Resource Planning• Creating the schedule and tracking the activities and project budget• Preparing policy briefs on Turkey’s energy sector governance structure and anti-corruption agenda• Preparing materials for the workshops to promote sectoral business ethics• Reporting quarterly• Coordinating the project team to conduct project activities in line with the timetable settled with the representatives of CSD and CFCU.• Preparing materials for the workshops on the issues of energy security, Turkey’s energy governance structure and EU’s Third Energy Package and Energy Acquis Show less

Senior Expert -Project Coordinator

• Mar 2015 - Dec 2016

• Preparing methodology of research and background reports on anti-corruption agenda on Turkey: conducting a survey to assess the impacts of anti-corruption policies in a comparative perspective • Three background reports: Energy governance in Turkey, Hidden Economy in Turkey, Corporate Governance in Turkeyo Challenges of Turkey’s Energy SOEso Analysis of Energy Regulatory Reform in Turkeyo The Institutions of Turkey’s Energy Sectoro Regulation of Renewable Energyo Financial Management of Turkey’s Energy SOEso Corporate Governance of Turkey’s Energy SOEso The role of competition regulators on the energy market governance o Management of large energy infrastructure projects • Participating international meetings in Brussels and Southeastern Europe region • Conducting in-depth interviews with Turkish public energy officials, independent energy experts and the representatives of Energy State Owned Enterprises. Show less

Research Associate/Araştırmacı

• Mar 2012 - Feb 2016

• Preparing policy and evaluation reports• Conducting research on the fields of social policy, central and local governments, law studies, urban studies and urban/rural development• Attending and organizing national/international conferences, visits and meetings on specific political and economic fields.• Representing TEPAV in the meetings and conferences

Senior Expert- B20 Turkey 2015 Anti-Corruption Toolkit Preparation

• Jul 2015 - Aug 2015

• Adapted B20 Anti-corruption task force draft document by considering Turkey`s stance on good governance, accountability and fair competition

Sacramento City Council Member Jay Schenirer’s office- Fellow, Sacramento, CA, USA

• Apr 2016 - Jun 2016

• Following decision making processes of City of Sacramento with regards to budget tracking, housing and public security. • Facilitating the daily program of City Council Member by participating public consultation meetings, fund-raising activities and City Council meetings. • Interviewing with public officials both from central and local governmental bodies in order to understand American political decision making processes. • Working with Sacramento County bureaucrats on the establishment of and Ethics Committee for Sacramento City • Volunteering for Sacramento Public Library with regards to library’s duties on public engagement, community building activities. Show less

The project of Participatory Strategic Governance in 26 cities of Turkey/EU-funded

• Feb 2013 - Jun 2014

• Project City Coordinator of Balıkesir and Şanlıurfa cities. • Prepared budget tracking presentations • Prepared socio-economic mapping presentations of the cities by using Geocommons mapping system • Organized participatory meetings with municipalities and city councils • Outcomes: province reports including budget tracking and participatory governance capacity • Project City Coordinator of Balıkesir and Şanlıurfa cities. • Prepared budget tracking presentations • Prepared socio-economic mapping presentations of the cities by using Geocommons mapping system • Organized participatory meetings with municipalities and city councils • Outcomes: province reports including budget tracking and participatory governance capacity

Turkey Speaks -Citizen Assemblies

• Jan 2012 - May 2012

• Turkey Speaks” Citizen Assemblies: In 12 provinces of Turkey (Ankara, Konya, Edirne, Diyarbakir, İzmir, Antalya, Samsun, Bursa, Trabzon, Erzurum, Gaziantep, İstanbul) citizens were invited randomly to discuss constitutional issues. • Participated in designing, organizing and moderating the search conferences. • Prepared the final evaluation reports of the meetings. • The content of reports: analyses on ten different constitutional issues, assessment of the data collected in the meetings, comparative analyses of different views in different cities. Show less