Advisory Boards
Our advisory boards play a critical role in the successful replication of Sabancı Business School programs. These committees are designed to bring together individuals from different perspectives, compile solutions, find solutions and provide general guidance.
| Member | Position | Institution |
|---|---|---|
| Pınar Caymaz | HR Business Lead | Mondelez |
| Nil Başaran | Consumer Marketing Manager | Philips Turkey |
| Neriman Ülsever | Human Resources Director (former) | Sabancı Holding |
| Burcu Türkeş | Director of Sustainability & Risk Governance | Toros Tarım Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş. |
| Murat Yeşildere | Managing Partner | Egon-Zender |
| Murat Genç | Senior Director, Global Digital Marketing, Ecommerce, Omnichannel and MediaBoard Member | Procter and Gamble |
| Güliz Şenok | Head of Corporate Communication & Marketing | SEV |
| Olena Bilget | Human Resources Manager | Anadolu Efes |
| Giray Velioğlu | General Manager (former) | Yapı Kredi Insurance |
| Reha Yolalan | Vice President | Tekfen Holding |
| Tülin Erdem | Professor of Business and Marketing | NYU |
| Evrim Kuran | Founding Partner | Dinamo Consulting |
| Nazlıcan Yöney | Head of Brand & Reputation Marketing (former) |
| MEMBER | POSITION | INSTITUTION |
|---|---|---|
| Ahmet Kumkumoğlu | Oncology Category Lead | Pfizer |
| Barış Karakullukçu | Next Generation Entrepreneurship Group President | Türkiye İş Bankası |
| Cem Öztürk | Country Lead | Sanofi |
| Dilek Tepetam | CFO | İpragaz- SHV Energy |
| Ergi Şener | CEO | NomuPay |
| Güldem Berkman | General Manager | Amgen Türkiye |
| Harun Baykal | Sales Director | Kyndryl |
| Mert Baki | CEO | Yemek Sepeti |
| Özge Bulut Maraşlı | Senior Advisor to the Board | Doğan Holding |
| Yasemin Peraire | EMEIA Enterprise & EDU Services Sales Lead | Apple |
| MEMBER | POSITION | INSTITUTION |
|---|---|---|
| Deniz Sırlı | Field Applications Coordinator | Anatolia Geneworks |
| Doğuş Kuran | CEO | SabancıDx |
| İlker Altıntaş | Founder, Senior Advisor | NIA Technology Advisory |
| Nilgün Özkan | Human Resources Director (former) | Brisa Bridgestone |
| Nurten Yılmaz | Engineering Manager | DB Schenker Arkas |
| Ömer Aras | Chairperson | QNB Finansbank |
| Osman Soner Soyçerçel | Business Development Manager | Tekfen Engineering |
| Tekin Gülşen | Vice President of IT | Yazaki Europe |
| Tuğba Gök | Chief Human Resources Officer | Brisa |
| Ülkü Özcan | CEO | Türk Prysmian |
| MEMBER | POSITION | INSTITUTION |
|---|---|---|
| Deniz Öge | Digital Business Solutions Lead | PwC |
| Yeşim Özlale Önen | HR President | Sabancı Holding |
| Haluk Kurkçu | CEO | Brisa |
| Selen Adlım | Head of Global Expansion | Coca- Cola Company |
| Çağatay Işıkcı | Chief Information Security Officer | Hayat Holding Digital Bank |
| Alpay Aydın | Cash Management Director | Yapı Kredi Bank |
| Barbaros Günay | CSAM Manager | Microsoft |
| Selçuk Hocaoğlu | Commercial Director | Angst Pfister |
| Elchin Ibadov | CEO | Socar |
| Ayli Begüm Sayınta | SVP/ Contact Center, Remote Customer Management | Akbank |
| Mustafa Uyar | Head of Retail Europe | Logitech, Switzerland |
| Olena Biget | Senior HR BP for Market Development | Anadolu Efes |
| MEMBER | POSITION | INSTITUTION |
|---|---|---|
| Albert Krespin | Executive Vice President | Ak Investment |
| Arda Çallı | Group Coordinator | Interpay Ltd. |
| Atilla Köksal | Chairman of the Board | Finansal Okuryazarlık ve Erişim Derneği (FODER) |
| Emirhan Özkan | Vice President | Bank of America Merrill Lynch |
| Ertünç Tümen | Head of Business Development, Marketing & Sales | Ak Investment |
| Gizem Öztok Altınsaç | Chief Economist | TÜSİAD |
| İlhami Koç | Partner | Ernst & Young |
| İsmail Tanıl | Sr. Manager, Corporate Strategy and M&A | Avery Dennison |
| İlke Takımoğlu Homriş | Director | CFA Society |
| Köksal Çoban | Executive Vice President | QNB Finansbank |
| Murat Özgen | Board Member | Maxis |
| Selçuk Tuncalı | Managing Director | Ünlü & Co |
| MEMBER | POSITION | INSTITUTION |
|---|---|---|
| Atilla Bayrak, PhD | Chief Analytics Officer | Sabancı Dx |
| Bülent Kızıltan, PhD | Executive Director, AI Innovation Lab | Novartis, Cambridge, MA USA |
| Çağrı Etemoğlu | Innovation and Solution Development Expert | Turk Telekom |
| Dilek Duman | Assistant General Manager | DenizBank |
| Güneş Süsler | Managing Director | Riverflex |
| Haluk Demirkan, PhD, PMP | Head of Science for Demand Forecasting, Data Analytics & Machine Learning | Amazon |
| Harun Baykal | Resiliency & Security Services Leader (EMEA & LA) | Kyndryl, Dubai, UAE |
| Kerem Özkısacık | Partner | Maven Partners |
| Ömer Barbaros Yiş | Chief E-Commerce Officer / Board Member | LC Waikiki |
| Onur Guzey, PhD | Executive Director - ML Engineering | J.P. Morgan, London, UK |
| Onur Özdemir | Partner | KPMG Luxembourg |
| Radhika Kulkarni, PhD | Former VP of Advanced Analytics R&D 2022 President | SAS INFORMS |
| Tayfun Topkoç | Managing Director, South East Europe | SAS |
| Member | Position | Institution |
|---|---|---|
| Miren Larrea | Editor-in-Chief of IJAR | International Journal of Action Research, Orkestra |
| Hilary Bradbury | Editor in Chief of Action Research Journal and Founder- Principal | Foundation AR+ |
| Richard Ennals | Co-editor | European Journal of Workplace Innovation |
| Danilo Streck | UNESCO Chair | Universidade de Caxias do Sul-UCS- International Journal of Action Research |
| Raymond Saner | Faculty | Basle University, Sciences Po (Paris), University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland (FHNW) |
| Olav Eikeland | Faculty | Oslo Metropolitan University |
| Thoralf Ulrik Qvale | Senior Scientist | Institute of Occupational Research (AFI) |
| Zeynep Gülru Göker | Faculty | Sabancı University |
| Ulf Nilsson | Professor | Sabancı University |
| David Coghlan | Faculty | Trinity College Dublin |
| Defne von Krogh | HR | UBS |
| Frank Barrett | Faculty | Naval Postgraduate School |
| Ib Ravn | Faculty | Danish School of Education (DPU) |
| Hans Christian Garmann Johnsen | Faculty | University of Agder |
| Sonja Sackmann | Faculty | Bundeswehr University Munich |
| Murat Tarakcı | Faculty | Erasmus University Rotterdam |
| John Selsky | Researcher | Futures Institute |