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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.

MemberPositionInstitution
Pınar CaymazHR Business Lead  Mondelez
Nil Başaran Consumer Marketing Manager Philips Turkey
Neriman ÜlseverHuman Resources Director (former)Sabancı Holding
Burcu TürkeşDirector of Sustainability & Risk Governance Toros Tarım Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş.
Murat YeşildereManaging PartnerEgon-Zender
Murat Genç Senior Director, Global Digital Marketing, Ecommerce, Omnichannel and MediaBoard MemberProcter and Gamble
Güliz Şenok   Head of Corporate Communication & MarketingSEV
Olena Bilget  Human Resources ManagerAnadolu Efes
Giray Velioğlu General Manager (former)Yapı Kredi Insurance
Reha Yolalan  Vice PresidentTekfen Holding
Tülin Erdem Professor of Business and MarketingNYU
Evrim KuranFounding PartnerDinamo Consulting
Nazlıcan YöneyHead of Brand & Reputation Marketing (former)Google

MEMBERPOSITIONINSTITUTION
Ahmet KumkumoğluOncology Category LeadPfizer
Barış KarakullukçuNext Generation Entrepreneurship Group PresidentTürkiye İş Bankası
Cem ÖztürkCountry LeadSanofi
Dilek TepetamCFOİpragaz- SHV Energy
Ergi ŞenerCEONomuPay
Güldem BerkmanGeneral ManagerAmgen Türkiye
Harun BaykalSales DirectorKyndryl
Mert BakiCEOYemek Sepeti
Özge Bulut MaraşlıSenior Advisor to the BoardDoğan Holding
Yasemin PeraireEMEIA Enterprise & EDU Services Sales LeadApple

MEMBERPOSITIONINSTITUTION
Deniz SırlıField Applications CoordinatorAnatolia Geneworks
Doğuş KuranCEOSabancıDx
İlker AltıntaşFounder, Senior AdvisorNIA Technology Advisory
Nilgün ÖzkanHuman Resources Director (former)Brisa Bridgestone
Nurten YılmazEngineering ManagerDB Schenker Arkas
Ömer Aras ChairpersonQNB Finansbank
Osman Soner SoyçerçelBusiness Development ManagerTekfen Engineering
Tekin GülşenVice President of ITYazaki Europe
Tuğba GökChief Human Resources OfficerBrisa 
Ülkü Özcan CEOTürk Prysmian 

 

MEMBERPOSITIONINSTITUTION
Agostina Da CunhaDirectorTemplar Advisors
Ayli Begüm Sayınta Senior Vice PresidentAkbank
Ela KulunyarHuman Resources and Processes Management General ManagerDoğuş Otomotiv
Hakan TimurGroup President / Human Capital & SustainabilitySabancı Holding
Mustafa UyarHead of Retail Emerging MarketsLogitech
Neriman UlseverFormer Strategic Business Unit President - HRSabancı Holding
Olena BilgetHR Manager (BP for Market Development)Anadolu Efes
Semra AkmanAdvisor to the Chairman of the BoardBorusan Holding
Şerif KaynarHonorary ChairmanKorn Ferry
Şevkinaz AlemdarProcurement & Marketing CoordinatorYücel Group
Yavuz ElkinExecutive VP - HR & Deniz AcademyDenizBank
Yasemin PeraireDirector - EMEA Channel Sales - EDU, COMMERCIAL & GOVAdobe, UK

MEMBERPOSITIONINSTITUTION
Albert KrespinExecutive Vice President Ak Investment 
Arda ÇallıGroup CoordinatorInterpay Ltd.
Atilla KöksalChairman of the BoardFinansal Okuryazarlık ve Erişim Derneği (FODER)
Emirhan ÖzkanVice PresidentBank of America Merrill Lynch
Ertünç TümenHead of Business Development, Marketing & SalesAk Investment 
Gizem Öztok AltınsaçChief EconomistTÜSİAD
İlhami KoçPartnerErnst & Young
İsmail TanılSr. Manager, Corporate Strategy and M&AAvery Dennison
İlke Takımoğlu HomrişDirectorCFA Society
Köksal ÇobanExecutive Vice PresidentQNB Finansbank
Murat ÖzgenBoard MemberMaxis
Selçuk TuncalıManaging DirectorÜnlü & Co

MEMBERPOSITIONINSTITUTION
Atilla Bayrak, PhDChief Analytics OfficerSabancı Dx
Bülent Kızıltan, PhDExecutive Director, AI Innovation LabNovartis, Cambridge, MA USA
Çağrı EtemoğluInnovation and Solution Development ExpertTurk Telekom
Dilek DumanAssistant General ManagerDenizBank
Güneş SüslerManaging DirectorRiverflex
Haluk Demirkan, PhD, PMPHead of Science for Demand Forecasting,
Data Analytics & Machine Learning
Amazon
Harun BaykalResiliency & Security Services Leader (EMEA & LA)Kyndryl, Dubai, UAE
Kerem ÖzkısacıkPartnerMaven Partners
Ömer Barbaros YişChief E-Commerce Officer / Board MemberLC Waikiki
Onur Guzey, PhDExecutive Director - ML EngineeringJ.P. Morgan, London, UK
Onur ÖzdemirPartnerKPMG Luxembourg
Radhika Kulkarni, PhDFormer VP of Advanced Analytics R&D
2022 President
SAS
INFORMS
Tayfun TopkoçManaging Director, South East EuropeSAS

 

MemberPositionInstitution
Miren LarreaEditor-in-Chief of IJARInternational Journal of Action Research, Orkestra
Hilary BradburyEditor in Chief of Action Research Journal and Founder- PrincipalFoundation AR+
Richard EnnalsCo-editorEuropean Journal of Workplace Innovation 
Danilo StreckUNESCO ChairUniversidade de Caxias do Sul-UCS- International Journal of Action Research
Raymond SanerFacultyBasle University, Sciences Po (Paris), University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland (FHNW)
Olav EikelandFacultyOslo Metropolitan University
Thoralf Ulrik Qvale Senior ScientistInstitute of Occupational Research (AFI)
Zeynep Gülru GökerFacultySabancı University
Ulf NilssonProfessorSabancı University
David CoghlanFacultyTrinity College Dublin
Defne von KroghHRUBS
Frank BarrettFacultyNaval Postgraduate School
Ib RavnFacultyDanish School of Education (DPU)
Hans Christian Garmann JohnsenFacultyUniversity of Agder
Sonja SackmannFacultyBundeswehr University Munich
Murat TarakcıFacultyErasmus University Rotterdam
John SelskyResearcherFutures Institute