41 North is new, private and stand-alone, which make us unique in Turkey. We are dedicated to improving business practices in the Digital Transformation Age. Our purpose is to serve learners who believe in a never-ending learning experience, in management and in personal life.
The aim for many business schools is the so-called triple crown of AACSB, AMBA and EQUIS accreditation, held by only 76 schools worldwide. Two of our partners, Grenoble Ecole de Management (GEM-France) and The European School of Management and Technology (ESMT-Berlin) wear this crown. The Center for Creative Leadership (CCL-Greensboro-USA, Brussels, Moscow) is globally ranked in the top three and is recognized for its emphasis on evidence-based research since the early 70s.
41 North emphasizes cultural and geographical diversity. This is why our reach extends from Istanbul-Turkey to the Middle East, Near and Central Asia, Eastern Europe, Balkans and Africa. Management of Technology in the Digital Age (ESMT), Self-Team & Organizational Leadership & Development Programs supported by Coaching Sessions with CCL & 41 North are executive training programs with cutting-edge relevance and content.
You will practice with the latest management techniques and tools to solve complex business problems at 41 North Business School. The Programs aim to transform participants into skilled decision makers who can manage unstructured risk, assess new technologies in a rapidly changing business environment and meet the unexpected challenges of the Digital Transformation Age. Serious Games (gamification methodology) for inspiring innovation is an integral part of learning of our School.
Since your main goal is to get a better-paying job with higher status after graduation, joining 41 North's academic partner hub and 41 North’s networks of alumni and business professionals will significantly increase your chances of attaining this goal.
41 North’s executive education and professional development programs last a few days at a time but are loaded with cutting edge management techniques. Leadership, innovation, creativity, leading for success in the digital age, assessing new technologies, improving the gender mix, diversity in the work place and managing rapid change are some of the exciting topics. Many of these programs award the successful participant a Certificate of Competency.
41 North also delivers corporate programs for corporate academies & helps the organizations to improve their leaders by delivering customized programs in a journey.
We are the first and only stand-alone Business School in Turkey. Being independent from any institution or corporate, we remain flexible and agile in addressing the needs of business world effectively, just as business deserves.
We envisioned Istanbul – a cultural heritage, a bridge between East and West, a true inspiration with its dynamism and entrepreneur energy- to become a learning hub for all those coming from not just Turkey but also from Middle East, Eastern Europe and Central Asia.
We partner with only top business schools in the world who possesses three accreditations. Our DBA and EMBA degree programs hold best rankings consecutively. You will also be part of an international alumni network which will expand your horizon and career opportunities.
Together with our international partners, we create and impart new knowledge to advance business and society, we create entrepreneurial leaders who think globally and act responsibly.The research concept of our partners developed by their full-time faculty, sets major research areas in Leadership, Technology and Innovation
We have a partnership with one of the best, research based leadership institutions in the world : Center for Creative Leadership. CCL is ranked in top 10 consecutively in Global Executive Education rankings.
With our cutting-edge learning techniques combined with non-traditional academic staff's expertise in business teaching, we provide a unique agile learning methodology for our participants. Through applied learning, community learning, coaching and gamification methods, you will acquire skills and qualities based on the practical application of knowledge in real-world contexts, solve problems through a new mindset-innovative and creative.
Future is now ! Conventional business models, vertical organisational structures and traditional leadership styles are all demolished by the disruptive changes in technology and social norms. You need to stay current in order to cope with today’s challenges. With the expertise of our partners; companies, opinion leaders, technology advisors, world’s leading business schools, we are able to address the needs of businesses effectively.
21st century learning must take place in contexts that promote interaction and a sense of community that enable a true learning. We provide a learning environment to inspire you to attain the knowledge and skills with a top-technology learning hub that the 21st century demands from us all.
41 North Business School in partnership with global academic partners to bring you the very best Executive Education in the region; in partnership with leading business schools worldwide to possess the three accreditations, EQUIS, AACSB and AMBA. These three accreditations are international recognitions of the quality of the organization, its programs and the degrees it delivers. They provide an independent assessment of the quality of the School's organizational processes, ensuring that the content and quality of the programs delivered satisfy international established standards.
41 North Business School's Executive Education program partner in Digital Excellence Post-Graduate Certificate Program and part-time global MBA with ESMT Berlin, also a triple accredited business school,#1 in Germany according to Fortune Rankings. DBA with Lausanne Business School , the #2 in Europe.
Quality Improvement System: The global association for European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD), attributes the label of quality to the best management training institutions in Europe. Business schools must demonstrate academic excellence, a strong internationalization, as well as relevance through close cooperation with companies.
Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business: The AACSB accreditation respresents the highest standard of achievement for business schools worldwide. Thorugh a rigorous peer review, institutions confirm their commitment to the quality of faculty and research, the alignment of the school’s programs with its mission, and the achievement of set learning outcomes. It also certifies that the school’s strategic development is sustainable and appropriately resourced.
Association of MBAs: An impartial authority on postgraduate managemnt education, that is committed to raising the profile and quality standards internationally for the benefit of business schools, students, alumni and employer. Accredited programs are of the highest standard, reflecting the changing trends and innovation in postgraduate management education.
The Center for Creative Leadership (CCL®)
Leadership development is all we do – and we do it right since our approach is distinct. We work with you to discover your priorities and customise our unique leadership solutions to best fit your needs. Informed by decades of research and innovative experience with tens of thousands of clients around the globe, our expertise drives measurable and enduring results. Our Impact: ~3,000 organisations annually;~60,000 leaders annually, at all levels; and leaders in more than 160 countries, across 6 continents. We have been consistently ranked by the Financial Times as a top-provider of executive education in the world.We deliver results that matter – sustained impact for you, your business, and the world with results that are powerful, measurable and enduring.
Our Mission: To advance the understanding, practice and development of leadership for the benefit of society worldwide.
Our Vision: To fully realise our mission, the Center will create new knowledge that advances our field and that positively transforms the way leaders, their organisations and their societies confront the most difficult challenges of the 21st century.
ESMT Berlin - European School of Management and Technology, located in the heart of Berlin, Germany, is a private business school founded by 25 multinational corporations. ESMT focuses on the development of entrepreneurial and sustainable leadership. The research concept of ESMT sets three major research areas of expertise: Leadership, Innovation and Analytics.
All ESMT programs benefit from close relationships with ESMT's corporate network: Allianz, McKinsey, Bosch, and Siemens, among others. Our programs consist of small, diverse classes, ensuring our students a personalised educational experience throughout their time at ESMT, one of the top ranked business schools in Germany with a global network of alumni in over 50 countries.
Established in 1987, Business School Lausanne (BSL) is a private business school located in western Switzerland and is part of the Lemania Group of Swiss Private Schools. Focusing on Entrepreneurial Mindset and Skills, Global Mega Trends, Sustainability and Business Knowledge Skills, BSL was the first European business school to receive ACBSP certification in 1996. Today, BSL’s ACBSP-accredited degree programs include BBA, Master, MBA, Executive MBA, and DBA programs. BSL ranked #2 for its Master in International Business and #4 for its MBA in the QS Global Business Masters and MBA Rankings 2019. BSL’s DBA program also ranked #2 in the Global DBA Euro Rankings in 2019 and was shortlisted by CEO Magazine as part of their premier programs. BSL is a member of EFMD and a champion of the Principles of Responsible Management Education (U.N. backed PRME) and is a member of the esteemed AACSB Business Education Alliance.
Based in the south-east of France, Grenoble Ecole de Management ranks among leading French and European business schools.
Grenoble Ecole de Management is affiliated to the Grenoble Chamber of Commerce and Industry. It is a founding member of the GIANT Innovation Campus and an associated member of the University Grenoble Alps Community.
With more than 50 national and international programs, Grenoble Ecole de Management welcomes approximately 8,000 students and executives per year. The school delivers training at 10 locations around the world and its programs cover all levels of study from undergraduate to graduate, doctoral and continuing education.
Grenoble Ecole de Management's mission is to accompany corporate performance by providing the knowledge, skills and talent to meet the economic challenges of today and tomorrow. Through excellence, entrepreneurship and engagement, the school aims to become one of the world’s most influential business schools—a true School for Business for Society capable of inspiring the worlds of education and business to help foster a sustainable vision of the future.
41 North Business School Honorary Dean Nüket Güz earned her professor title in 1991 and is a member of the International Association for Semiotic Studies (Association Internationale de Sémiotique), the Association of French Semiotics (Association Française de Sémiotique), the Québec Semiotics Association (Société de Sémiotique de Québec). Prof. Dr. Nüket Güz has papers presented and published especially in the field of Visual Semiotics in many colloquiums, seminars and conferences in Romania, France and Canada, Tunisia, Morocco, etc. She has many publications and works on Women's Status and Rights. “Effective Communication Terms” and “Sounds and Rules”, “Dictionary of Linguistic Terms”, “Communication Strategies in National Defense and National Security Organization” are among Prof. Dr. Güz’s published works. She edited the books named "Selfie: Me Everywhere" and she has her own part in the book. The author's areas of expertise are Linguistics-Semiotics-Visual Semiotics, Interpersonal Communication-Public Relations- Advertising-Mass Communication and Communication Design. Prof. Dr. Nüket Güz has been giving lectures and responsible for administrative duties at various institutions and universites since 1994.
Dr. Sinem Lanaci is a Leading Intermodal Experiential Arts & related programs at 41 North Business School. PhD in Intermodal Expressive Arts: Coaching, Consulting, Conflict Transformation & Peacebuilding, Master's degree holder in Management & Labour Psychology. ICF Certified Gestalt and Intermodal Expressive Arts Executive Coach (PCC), facilitator and consultant, ICF Certified Coach, 17 years in Human Resources, Cultural Development & Corporate experience in six different sectors such as FMCG, IT, and Health in multinational companies. Worked in executive and team coaching, training on leadership, talent, and organizational culture development. Her passion is to integrate experiential methodologies and coaching into business processes especially in organizational transformation, cultural change and leadership. Her mission is to support companies with new leadership, coaching and HR methodologies in the company's transitional period.
Dr. Meriç Bıçakçıoğlu Focuses and lectures on social innovation, sustainability and social entrepreneurship where he collaborates with several private and semi-public institutions. Subsequent to his doctoral studies, he continues his academic research and work on entrepreneurship and organizational sociology. Following his career as a teacher, Meriç joined the Istanbul Chamber of Industry, where he worked at various levels and titles. Initially, he worked as a team member of an international reorganization Project, then acted as manager of the training unit, became a coordinator and advisor to the Board. After pursuing an MBA at the University of Nottingham, UK, he became an entrepreneur in the agricultural sector. He started as producer and seller, yet, turned his effort to design an “agricultural due diligence” system to support agricultural investment processes with a team of experts. Currently, he plans workshops, gives mentorship and training on entrepreneurship and management related topics, conducts training and acts as advisor to companies in several topics. He also works with Hicelerate, an accelerator based in New York, USA, where he acts as Project coordinator and mentor and with TR.PE and investment advisory firm based in Istanbul. He specializes in business model development and renewal, innovation, organizational culture, reorganization and process management.
She is the lead team member in charge of development. After 20 years of experience in marketing, sales and information technologies as a digital leader in technology companies, she deeply believes that the more we are reshaped with technology, agility, data and innovation the better we compete & develop. She has her own passion on eternal personal development & academic education. She recommends to “find your own purpose in life, bring it to your business with love, passion and creativity.”
She knows how to relate to analytics, data in her finance role with joy and inspiration. Her International experience and knowledge in three languages & cultures, helps her to find a common tone of voice both with clients and business partners throughout the world. Her motto is: “Even the administrative and financial issues get so exciting when you do your job with passion!”
He is the technical lead of the team. His deep experience in Information technologies is mainly centered & served around human. He believes that by data and digitization transforming businesses, we have plenty of insights at our fingertips to switch up the game. However we need to ensure human expectations and think anew about our responsibilities & skillsets. He advices to “Inspire and invigorate people by redesigning the digital work experience”
She is an Admissions Officer and Assistant of the Dean. She knows how to multitask and has great verbal communication skills which help her to unpack students’ passions and dreams about their future and to bring executives and external colleagues to the point of contact facilitating their fruitful collaboration. She believes that individual attention is what makes people open their hearts and share experiences.
After completing her Bachelor’s degree in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration at Middle East Technical University in 1994, she started her carrier in Republic of Turkey Prime Ministry, Undersecretariat of Foreign Trade in Ankara. After deciding to move to İstanbul, her carrier in human resources started in Ottoman Bank in 1997 where she worked as recruitment and carrier consultant in Human Resources Department. In 2001, she began to work in Garanti Bank as human resources manager mainly responsible from implementing human resources activities to drive business and support units to success, managing her team to provide consultancy and guidance to each and every business lines and functions of the Bank in all aspects of HR related areas. Her particular interest in coaching started in 2008 with the belief of coaching itself is one the most powerful skills that is very helpful for personal and leadership development of the individual. After completing ICF accredited Coaching Certification program in Adler International Learning Turkey in 2009, she has finished Practicum as an advanced coaching program of Adler International Learning Canada in 2011 and had the title of ACPC-Associated Certified Coach. She has played an active role during the designing and implementing process of executive coaching in her company. After deciding to become a professional trainer and coach, she started to work in Learning and Development Department in Garanti Bank in 2012 as one of the pioneers of internal corporate coaches in Turkey and achieved the PCC-Professional Certified Coach title in 2013. She studied in designing and defining the structure of executive coaching, helping for development of managerial skills, widening of coaching and mentoring approach as a common culture especially at managerial level and bringing in necessary know-how in regards to professional coaching into company’s business environment and organisational needs. She also contributed to the bank as a senior trainer of the leadership faculty and designed programs regarding leadership and managerial skills in particular. Starting from mid-2016, she has established her own business focusing on coaching, training and consultancy. Some of the programs that she has completed are Systemic Team Coaching from Academy of Executive Coaching in London, Gestalt Practicum Programme, Facilitation and Moderating, Transactional Analysis, Conflict Management Coaching Analysis, Gestalt Basic Principles and Methodology, Columbia Business School Personal Leadership and Success, Fundamentals of Organization and Relationship Systems Coaching, Team Diagnostics Assessment Practitioner from Team Coaching International in London, Council Guide Training Program and “Lead4Success” - a Leadership Program of Center for Creative Leadership. She is married with two children. She is EXCO Member of The European Mentoring and Coaching Council Turkey. She is also a EXCO Member and Human Resources Coach to Adım Adım which basically aims fund generation to social responsibility institutions through running. She strongly believes that providing balance and integrity with in oneself makes it possible for the individual to bring those into his/her entire life. Believing that personal learning and development journey is limitless, she keeps her strong and continuous desire for learning, searching and sharing with the others.
Professor of Management and Organization. She graduated from Marmara University, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, department of Business Administration and received her Master’s Degree in Human Resources Management from Middlesex University. She completed her Ph.D. in Management and Organization (in English) at Marmara University, Social Sciences Institute in 2006. Since 2001, she has been a member of Marmara University, Faculty of Business Administration, Business Administration (in English) department. Her research and teaching areas include entrepreneurship, strategic management, innovation management, small business management and research methods in social sciences. Advisoring for coordination of executive education programs at 41 North Business School.
Manager with 23 years of professional experience in international environment for sales and marketing management, partner management for consumer and commercial segments Specialties: Product Group Management Full P&L responsiblity Commecial & Retail Channel Management Marketing Functions Management. Currently Managing Director of HP.
Extensive background in managing sales and support in multicultural ,multi regional environments.Has a strong client relationship with many C-Level Executives. Strategic Planner, strong analytical, problem solving and decision making skills with extensive commercial negotiation expertise. Specialties: Business Development, Consultative Selling. Client Relationship Management, Solution Sales, Skill Development Management, Sales Management, Team Development, Change Management, People Management, Project Management. Currently Senior Area Manager at Gartner.
Deep expertise on systems thinking and modeling at Master’s level. Was awarded the distinguished researcher of the year 2010 in Iran by the Iran’s Ministry of Science and Technology and is a recipient of the Swiss National Science Foundation research fund. His areas of research include systems thinking and modeling, system dynamics simulation, problem structuring, organizational decision making and business model design.
Change advisor for (business)organisations in 'interesting' times and business professor. Dr. Lammert Vrieling [la-mert Free-ling] (1968) worked the last 20+ years in both profit and not-for-profit organizations as consultant, trainer/coach and as executive. He has experience in the steel and aluminium industry, multimedia publishing and newspaper, financial services and in the not-for-profit sector (as executive). Currently he is working as a consultant, and business professor. Lammert likes to think differently, is a challenger of the status quo and functions well as a vision caster, strategizer and change advisor. He has a cum laude PhD in business administration. With his wife Conny (1968), who works as a radiation oncologist and cancer coach, daughter Chris (2000), and son Max (2003) they have a home in Geneva, Switzerland. Lammert's Strenghtsfinder themes are: futurist, ideation, strategic, relator, and activator.
As a technology savvy engineer and marketeer, his true passion is to work in internet products and shape the world. Understanding user behavior and needs in different mediums such as digital and real life is passion and finding solutions to these complex problems is his challenge. Deep expertise on Monetizing, Product Management, Product Development, Project Management, Community Management, Social Media Marketing, Social Media Response Analysis, Gamification, Pricing, Market Creation, Niche Markets, FCMG, Digital Marketing Strategy, Start-ups, Start-up business plans. Currently founding partner & general manager of Headquarters.
Deep experience on developing technology strategies aligned with business objectives, identifying new technologies and matching them to business needs, and delivering technology solutions. Experience creating, designing, and implementing collaborative systems, and optimizing processes to create more effective teams. A superb communicator, with skills honed by many years of technical writing, teaching, and giving presentations. Write for, consulted by, and quoted in many industry journals on a variety of IT issues, including INFORMATIONWEEK, COMPUTERWORLD, CIO, BUSINESSWEEK, INFORMATION MANAGEMENT & CONSULTING.
Deep experience on Technology Transfer Accelerator Advisorary. As an advisor to ÜSİMP organizing events (a market place) to bring university developed patents with the various international chamber of commerce organizations (German, British, French, Italian, Swiss, Swedish and Japanese) and their member companies. Founding president of MIT Enterprise Forum Turkey, Founding Board Member of Entrepreneurship Foundation, Mentor and Trainer at Startupbootcamp, Advisory Board Member +Mentor + Jury at Endeavor Turkey, Mentor and Trainer at İTÜ Çekirdek Accelerator(mentoring 6 companies every week), Board Member to Federation of Business Angel Network Turkey, Mentor at BIGG Government project and Founding Member of Mentors Network Turkey. Support Junior Achievement Turkey as a jury. And other less known NGOs. Writer of the valuation and DD reports on Startups: Technology Startups of Inovent Incubation Center (Sabancı University), Startups of İTÜ Çekirdek, Startups from Endeavor Turkey – all the startups before going to the international jury will be checked by my team, Startups of Keiretsu Forum Istanbul (KFI), startups of Istanbul BAN
Specialized in creative thinking and innovation management. In addition to his academic position,he serves as mentor, consultant and trainer to firms from various different business sectors. His works focuses upon three pillars of innovation; (1) Designing corporate innovation systems and their components, as a professional consultant, (2) Designing academic / non academic training methods and contents for creative thinking and strategic management of innovation, as an academic and professional trainer, (3) Designing teams and enabling, facilitating, coordinating team works, as a passionate believer in collective intelligence. From 2001 to 2015 he worked for several national / international projects as project coordinator, expert and consultant, and currently he is part of several start-up teams and projects as mentor and aims to support them by designing innovative business models. He’s currently the Assistant Professor at Sabancı University / Faculty Engineering and Natural Sciences.
Business Transformation Leader in establishing the systems, processes, and technical innovations that enable long-term business benefits while delivering immediate financial and operational results. Before joining Turkcell Group as CDAO, Barış worked in retail business as CEO of Mudo for 5 years which she has experienced all aspects of business operations, financials, marketing and sales management. Her result orientation and focus on big picture; dedication to transform business processes by leveraging technology was recorded in HBS case study. She proved her exceptional relationship management skills with the ability to quickly win stakeholder trust. Prior to Mudo, she spent 11 years at Accenture, most recently as the Products Turkey Partner. She led the development and execution of the Accenture Products Operations (Consumer Goods, Retail, Automotive, Pharmaceuticals and Transportation Industries) including client management, delivering big transformation programs and development of talents. Previously she served in key business and technology consulting roles at Accenture Germany GBS Unit as she was extremely adaptive to change with high customer orientation which helped to create successful results in multinational complex assignments. She was highly effective in building networks, managing complex dispersed organizations, leading high-performing team and lived in 10 countries during delivering projects in 25 countries on 5 continents in 5 years. Her consulting experience was build in IBM and PwC which she worked over 5 years before joining Accenture. Barış is unique blend of business savvy and technical expertise with specialties: general management, corporate development, business operations, strategy, data analytics, customer experience and supply chain management.
Deep expertise on Digital Transformation & Industry 4.0 - Information Technology - R&D - Research & Development - Management Systems - Business Process Management . Ayhan is a famous keynote speaker about IoT / Digitalization and Industry 4.0. He’s currently Executive Committee Member ,CDO / CTO at Borçelik.
Twenty five years of local and global senior leadership experience in sizable corporations encompassing new business generation, change management, and leadership development. “Designing Your Life” certified coach, as the re-invented second career utilizing design thinking methodology, accredited in the Stanford D-School's programme based on Design Thinking methodology. Professional trainer, coach and mentor; assisting human development, capitalizing on the strength of unique working niche crafted by combining various methodologies; namely Gestalt Coaching, Organization-Relationship Systems Coaching, Deep Democracy Facilitation. Designer of human centered workshops mainly for teams which are in the pursuit for the higher team intelligence, and for women leadership groups.
an active business women providing companies strategic management consulting services and mentorship. She sees the big picture, strategic, a very good executer, energetic, result oriented, fast Very good at skiing and sailing, farming as well. Kocabas was responsible from Corporate Marketing, Sales, Product&Services and Customer Care functions. At Business Support position , was responsible from HR, Turcell Academy, Internal Communication , Real Estate&General Admin.Management and Procurement funciton for Turkcell and Turkcell Group. Board Member of; - Global Bilgi(Call-canter opeartions) - Turkcell Technology - Turkcell Kurumsal A.S. (Chairman) - Corbuss A.Ş.( Chairman - Corporate Telco Services Companyy) Board Member of YKKD Board Board Member of YenizdenBiz Endeavor Advisory Board Member Binyaprak Advisory Board Member Was President of Peryon İnsan Yonetimi Dernegi Board Member of Peryön Founder Board Member of Etik ve İtibar Derneği Member of Tusiad Kadın Hakları Komisyonu Member of Kurumsal Yonetim Dernegi Member of İstanbul Yelken Kulubu MultinetUP Independent Board Member Akiş GYO -Akkök Group Independent Board Member & Risk Committee Chair Simit Sarayi Board Member Tay Group Taypa,Astay Four Seasons Board Advisor Aydin Group English Home Board Advisor Investor Kuika -low code development platform and she is Board Member, Board Advisor Partner at Mentoro Platform.
Dilek leads the Assurance Services practice for EY Turkey employing around 600 people with over 20 years of experience – ten as a Partner. In addition, she established the South East Europe Fraud Investigation and Dispute Services practice where she currently leads a team of professionals across five countries. Her international experience goes across service lines with a significant amount of time as a financial auditor of large and complex organisations, as well as advisory work including consulting on business risk, performance improvement, internal controls, forensics, ethics, enterprise wide risk assessments, IT controls paired with outstanding project management track record. During her time working in the US, she effectively led a varied portfolio of Fortune 500 clients and a diverse global team. She was selected as one of the most talented female senior managers in the US and put on a leadership program for a year. She is also in charge of talent management in the local practice.
Multi-task professional with strong background over 15 years of experience in automotive, Healthcare and FMCG industries; including active involvement in Coaching, Planning, Customer Relations, CRM, Purchasing, Logistics and strategic decision making processes. Participated and led variety of projects; such as CRM implementation, e-Purchasing applications, Customer Innovation Center construction. Acquired a Green Belt accreditation via Lean Six Sigma methodology; aiming operational excellence with continuous improvement mindset. Ability to deal with senior business leaders and external stakeholders, including vendors, customers, partners on various topics; including deals, contract management and strategic decision taking processes. Managing various teams from 2 to 10 people. Professionally coaching to internal and external customers since May 2010. Holds a “Certified Coach” title from ILCT(ACTP- ICF Accredited Coach Training Program). Has 450+ hours of coaching experience and 120+ hours of coach specific training.
CEO of MV Holding and Chairwoman of StartersHub. Also serve as Board Director at KVK, The LifeCo, Endeavor Turkey, Mind Your Waste Foundation and Women on Board Association. International experience in telecoms, financial services and healthcare sectors with responsibilities including P&L management, strategy, marketing & sales, change management, M&A and venture capital.
Twenty-five years of experience in business strategy, organizational management, and leadership development. A graduate of Columbia University Master’s level coaching program, certified Gestalt coach, and Neethling Brain Instrument practitioner. Consults for innovative, insightful strategic vision, and coaches for agile, proactive leadership. An expert in resilience, with a unique methodology to assess and develop organizational resilience. Popular keynote speaker and facilitator on resilience with C suite leaders.
Graduating from Boğaziçi University Department of Psychology in 1995, Ayşen started her career in the HR department of one of the largest local Banks of Turkey. She was the HR Manager responsible of recruitment, performance appraisal systems, career planning, talent management, training, compensation and benefits areas. In 2001, she was transferred to Citibank as a Resident Vice President in charge of HR functions. Being selected to the High Potential Talent Pool, Ayşen was sent to Brussels Headquarter office, for a project assignment. In 2008, she established her own company, HR House operating mainly in leadership and team coaching, training and consultancy areas. Ayşen is also a Faculty Member to CTI and is currently delivering co-active coaching courses as a Front Of The Room Leader, holding Certification Program Leader, Supervisor and Group Supervisor and Examiner roles. Ayşen is currently working as a personal development, career, leadership, relationship and team coach, trainer, facilitator and consultant. She also develops and delivers courses on personal and leadership development, and works with teams to boost their positivity and effectiveness through improving team spirit.
Hélène Michel is a professor at Grenoble Ecole de Management (France). Prof Michel holds a PhD and a post doctorate degree (HDR accreditation to supervise research) in management sciences. She specialises in innovation management with a specific focus on serious games since 2003. Her aim is to design games and game mechanism to support innovation processes and inspire entrepreneurship. She is an international expert on the topic (expert for the European Commission, key note speaker in major conferences etc.). Prof Michel has a research funding from Massachusetts Institute of Technology on this topic. The games she develops have an international recognition (MBA Innovation Award Winner, Re-Imagine Education Awards Finalist).
Marc is a seasoned senior leader with 25 years of experience in general management, change and innovation management, organizational development and business strategy. He has a passion for learning and education. Throughout his career he created long term value for clients and shareholders through product and service innovation, business development, strategic partnerships and business process improvement. Marc is devoted to the sustainable development of societies through education, innovation and healthcare.
Federico Pigni is Professor of Information Systems at Grenoble Ecole de Management in France (GEM). He holds a Ph.D. in Management Information Systems and Supply Chain Management, and an HDR in Management Science. Before joining GEM, he taught at Carlo Cattaneo University – LIUC, Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi and the Catholic University in Milan. He was Senior Researcher at Carlo Cattaneo University’s Lab#ID Radio Frequency Identification laboratory and post-doctorate at France Télécom R&D – Pole Service Sciences in Sophia Antipolis (France). He participated in various research projects funded by Italian, regional, EU and international agencies, private industry, and government partners. He has published articles in journals such as California Management Review, MIS Quarterly Executive, Journal of Enterprise Information Management, and Production Planning & Control. Much of his research is applied and he is a frequent speaker and commentator on the business value of IT and the value creation potential of new technologies.
Suat Baysan holds an Electronic Engineer degree from University of Manchester and several leadership and management certificates from leading schools including IMD and MCE. He has worked in and still consulting leading international companies like Cisco, Samsung, Netas in electronics, telecom and IT industries. Presently Board Member Turkish Technology Development Foundation (TTGV), he participates at (Tübitak)State Reseach Research Institute projects while serving as the Chairman of Turkish Electronics Association (TESID), Board Member at Turkish Informatics Foundation (TBV), member of Turkish Informatics Association (TUBISAD) ,Turkish Science Centres’ Foundation (TBMV) and Turkey’s science museum. He is a well known keynote speaker.
He is the founding partner of TRPE Capital and since 2008, he has made more than 20 investments in Turkey and America. He is the counsultant to of JP Morgan's One Equity Partners in Turkey since 2013. Beyond his investor role, he does strategic consultancy to Roche, Pfizer, Baxter, Kitchenware and Margarine Industrialists Association (Mümsad). He also served as member of board, of board of trustees and of advisory board at DEIK, University of Rochester and Emerging Markets Private Equity Association and he is a volunteer consultant to the Kaufmann Fellows Foundation for Private Equity Education Foundation. He holds MBA and Professional Masters at Chicago and Northwestern University and is currently giving seminars on corporate governance and investment at International Venture Capital and Investment conferences in New York, London, Paris, Geneva, Amsterdam, Berlin, Dubai.
He holds proven track record of successful delivery of major projects and greenfield products from ideation to launch with cross-functional teams, partners and vendors including data and system migration with 4 million USD CAPEX/OPEX generating +30 million USD services income. He has been 2019 Spring Guest Lecturer for Bahcesehir University MBA - Digital Transformation and Industry 4.0.
Studied Economy and held MA degree at Economy Policy. Also has an international trainer certificate from ASTD-USA (Virginia). Started at BNP Paribas Cardif his professional career at 1997. Worked as sales rep and sales manager between 1998-2002 in Commercial Union Life Insurance (AvivaSA) Transferred to AK Emeklilik (AvivaSA) at 2003 and worked as Training and Quality Specialist and Marketing Executive until 2007. Involved too many bancasurance, distribution channel, product development and IT projects. Worked as Marketing Manager in CPP Turkey between 2007-2009. Created B2B marcom strategies and held experience at telemarketing and project management areas At 2009 he joined ERGO Insurance Group and worked as Sales Support Group Manager and then Assistant General Manager in a large Life & Pension organization. Has experience Life & Pension & Health insurance sales and marketing, training, project management, personal development, strategic planning, and business development. Trained thousands of people (sales reps, agencies, bank staff, agents, students) in his professional carrier. Has conducted marketing lessons at Marmara University between 2004-2007 and he is still driving marketing lessons Istanbul University as guest lecturer. Still acting as a management consultancy, trainer, conference & keynote speaker and columnist. He is still member of ASTD -ATD (American Society for Training& Development) and has a certificate from INLPTA (International NLP Trainer’s Association) Ersoz is author of two best seller sales & marketing books which names are “Rule Breaker Sales Techniques (8th edition)” and “Pink Elephant/Creativity in sales marketing and communication” (2nd edition) and other 2 books.
bru Pilav works with individuals and organisations in the areas of leadership, culture, and innovation. She has extensive expertise in human resources having led many projects around the world focused on talent strategy, learning, organizational agility, and capability building. In her professional career, she has held a number of senior management roles in world leading companies such as VW Financial Services AG, Deloitte and Batelco. She also spent a decade working as a mentor and a coach working with various associations for giving back to community. She received a bachelor’s degree from Istanbul Technical University and holds a Post Graduate certificate from the College of Business Administration, University of Maine, USA and Marmara University, Turkey. Currently, Ebru is continuing her studies by doing a Master of Art Innovation and Change, through York St. John University in the UK. She is a member of the International Coaching Federation, has a certified professional co-active coach credential, and supports start-up organizations. Ebru is passionate about delivering sustained top performance, working with people to be their best and to align personal aspirations with organisational outcomes.
He was born in December 1978 in Macedonia. Received his degree in management from Bilkent University, Department of Business Administration. Received his MBA in Marketing from the Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve University. Was employed for many years as director of research at Millward Brown. Left Millward Brown and joined Grey Worldwide Advertising. He was head of Strategic Planning and member of the Global Strategic Council at Grey Group Worldwide. He left Grey and established FutureBright and Davranis Enstitusu (Behavioral Institute). He is consulting over 30 mega brands in Turkey among which Turkcell. He is member of the Advertising Self-Regulatory Board. He is a TED speaker. He is frequently invited to speak at universities about new age marketing and advertising. His interviews are frequently published in magazines and TV programs. His strategic approach was covered by the world-famous Daily Telegraph.
Selcuk Ergin is a Serial Entrepreneur. He is the Managing Partner of Boza Bilisim. He worked in different organizations including: Imper Electronics Group, EnformaIT Group, Bootcamp Ventures, and OYUNDER. Selcuk holds a Bachelor degree in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering from Istanbul Technical University.
Canan Brukner is a trainer and coach specialized in Sales, Leadership and General Business Management topics with a background in packaging industry (family business), management consulting at Ernst & Young, sales operations management at Google and e-commerce at Amazon. She is a graduate of Robert College (Istanbul, Turkey), Northwestern University (Chicago, USA) and holds an MBA degree from IESE Business School (Barcelona, Spain). Canan's passion is leading individuals & companies into becoming a better version of themselves.
35+ years of business & management role and 20+ years of training & consulting experience honoring his career with his book “Rol Yapmayın” (Nov. 2020, Hümanist). Also the co-author of the book “İtirazım Var” (2017,Hümanist). His main focus areas as a trainer are Mindful Leadership, Emotional Intelligence & Resilience and Negotiation; trained over 60.000 participants so far.He is certified as CC (Conscious Coaching) coach.
With over 20+ years of people, process development, retail sales & support and her senior management roles especially in NGO’s (ACEV, HMOV); she is a lecturer & keynote speaker trained over 9,000 people so far. After her 25+ years of training, program development & implementation experience, she provides Leadership trainings and Executive Coaching sessions for 41 North’s global multi-language classes.
Adler coach, Six Seconds Emotional Intelligence and NEO-PIR assessor. The main projects she carried out were about talent management, performance culture, employee engagement, employer branding and internal communication. Her true passion is working in the fields of cultural change and organizational capability development, especially in small and medium-sized companies that are in the growth or transformation phase. Master's degree holder in Psychology and undergraduate degree holder in Sociology at the Boğaziçi University.
Graduated from Syracuse University (Maxwell School Of Citizenship & Public Relations) in NY with a Bachelor Degree in Economics with distinction. Obtained MBA Degree at F.W. Olin Graduate School Of Business. Got certified in Internet Technologies & E-commerce and in Digital Marketing Analysis. Got certified by London School of Economics and Political Science in Data Science for Executives. Senior Upper Management roles in Koç Holding, Arçelik, Avea and Vestel. CMO of Vestel from 2013 to 2019 Triber.Shop, Teleporter, Worqcompany, Zack.AI and HadsUp startups investor. Co-Founder of the Happy Education Academy. Divera AI growth marketing management brand consultant. Bolt Insights advisory board member. Mars Investment Marketing Consultant Partner Over 20 years of Professional expertise in Business Development, Marketing Strategy and Brand Development. Capital Magazine CMO of the Year 2016 and 2017 ranked 1st. Capital Magazine CMO of the Year 2015 3rd place.
Graduated from Istanbul University, Department of Labor Economics and Industrial Relations. Entered professional business life as a training assistant in Rota Management Development where he gave trainings on Communication Trainings, Learning Organizations, Systems Thinking and Shared Vision. Took Master's program in Organizational Behavior at Marmara University. Started his job as a Isviçre Sigorta Training Specialist in 2003, and continued with the Human Resources, as a Training Assistant Manager and the ERGO Holding Training Manager. Worked on issues such as designing, giving, budgeting, planning, recruitment, performance system of personnel and agency trainings of all group companies. Managed the processes of determining the annual training needs of 800 personnel and over 1500 agencies, creating their content, planning, selecting suppliers, budgeting, reporting and training internal trainers. After the Adler International Coaching training decided to become a professional coach. Since 2010 have been working on Gestalt psychology and reflecting this approach to training and coaching processes. In 2010 started his own business.
Aylin D. Berent Graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Berent has excelled in managing national & international investments/brands in various industries intensified focus on; organizational development with system-building modalities, leadership skills in change-management, bringing out the core value of talent/team building, strategic growth & alternative approaches in target settings, branding/marketing & communications strategies for more than 25 years. However, faced with health challenges 21 years ago; Berent also found interest in quantum healing techniques, universal laws and ancient wisdom. She continues to join many internationally highly recognized programs and advanced teachings with spiritual leaders. She is certified in many alternative methodologies and practices from around the world. Berent continues to join many internationally highly recognized programs and skillfully harmonizes many different credited/certified methodologies for quantum healing, spirituality, leadership, mentoring, coaching and holds practice sessions. Her continued training and enthusiasm in these teachings combined with her extensive business background brings out an original and authentic perspective to her modalities where she combines western and eastern perspectives to shine on the highest potential in people while offering a deeper understanding to the human inner technology. Berent is long term student of the Tao Academy; training and practices of Dr. & Master Zhi Gang Sha, a (Cai Hong Dan level) Tao De Da Ai Healing Hands Practitioner, an advanced Tao Xiu Lian student, she mastered 5 Elements Systems, Chakra/Aura/Meridian Damage Repair, Emotional Traps Purification, Access Bars, works with Bach Flowers, Certified in Bioenergy Specialization, Meditation Coaching, EFT Specialization, Quantum Specialization Training and many more modalities. Berent actively holds several positions at Teraverse Holding (Finance, Technology, Sustainable Solutions) as the Chief Organizational Development Officer, Chief Corporate Communications Officer and the CHRO of the group. She is also a board member on French Tech Istanbul; bringing together startups, investors, policymakers and community builders. She is multi-cultural, native speaker in English and Turkish, fluent in French. Berent is a passionate believer in a continuous progress for Leadership Skills in life; empowered by mastering our ‘Inner Technology’ to recognize how to live with a purpose & intent on a greater scale.
Leading Intermodal Experiential Arts & related programs at 41 North Business School. PhD in Intermodal Expressive Arts: Coaching, Consulting, Conflict Transformation & Peacebuilding, Master's degree holder in Management & Labour Psychology. ICF Certified Gestalt and Intermodal Expressive Arts Executive Coach (PCC), facilitator and consultant, ICF Certified Coach, 17 years in Human Resources, Cultural Development & Corporate experience in six different sectors such as FMCG, IT, and Health in multinational companies. Worked in executive and team coaching, training on leadership, talent, and organizational culture development. Her passion is to integrate experiential methodologies and coaching into business processes especially in organizational transformation, cultural change and leadership. Her mission is to support companies with new leadership, coaching and HR methodologies in the company's transitional period.
Focuses and lectures on social innovation, sustainability and social entrepreneurship where he collaborates with several private and semi-public institutions. Subsequent to his doctoral studies, he continues his academic research and work on entrepreneurship and organizational sociology. Following his career as a teacher, Meriç joined the Istanbul Chamber of Industry, where he worked at various levels and titles. Initially, he worked as a team member of an international reorganization Project, then acted as manager of the training unit, became a coordinator and advisor to the Board. After pursuing an MBA at the University of Nottingham, UK, he became an entrepreneur in the agricultural sector. He started as producer and seller, yet, turned his effort to design an “agricultural due diligence” system to support agricultural investment processes with a team of experts. Currently, he plans workshops, gives mentorship and training on entrepreneurship and management related topics, conducts training and acts as advisor to companies in several topics. He also works with Hicelerate, an accelerator based in New York, USA, where he acts as Project coordinator and mentor and with TR.PE and investment advisory firm based in Istanbul. He specializes in business model development and renewal, innovation, organizational culture, reorganization and process management.
Florin Petrescu is a progressive leader and a remarkable senior leadership facilitator and coach with more than 20 years experience in Human Resources and leadership development. During his successful career in banking, telecommunications & technology, Florin worked across multiple geographies and was part of very diverse C-level leadership teams. He is a firm believer that companies’ success is driven by talent and leadership and is passionate about building and growing high performance leadership teams that consistently deliver great results in a fast paced, changing environment. A lot of Florin’s recent work has been on transformational leadership and embedding long lasting change with a focus on reshaping companies’ culture, building new leadership behaviors, implementing new ways of working and not the least developing new competencies that make organizations future ready.
Ali comes with an extensive professional background in the airline industry where he held various roles such as commercial manager, country manager and regional manager in multinational companies. He has also worked as a corporate mentor, facilitator & business trainer, and assessor. Having completed the Kaeser Institute Leaders’ Programme, TQM Auditing programme, CTI Core Curriculum series, Co-Active Coach Certification Programme, Co-Active Leadership Programme as well as the ORSC (Organisation and Relationship Systems Coaching Programme), Ali is an ICF (International Coach Federation) accredited coach and holds the PCC (Professional Certified Coach) designation and has delivered over 700 hours of coaching services. Ali holds a BA degree in English Language and Literature from Istanbul University and an MA degree in International Relations & Political Science from Yeditepe University. Apart from Turkish, he is fluent in English and Italian. He is a long-distance runner and a Scuba diver.
Ayşıl Susuzlu graduated from University at Buffalo, The State University of New York with a Bachelor degree and proceeded with her Master’s Degree at Boston College in Counseling Psychology (Mental Health Counseling), Chestnut Hill- Boston, Massachusetts. Now Ayşıl is gaining Ph.D. at Bahçeşehir University in Istanbul. Ayşıl has a long lecturer and instructor experience working at Bahçeşehir University, Yeditepe University, Boğaziçi University and Istanbul Kültür University, lecturing on Preventative Guidance in Schools, School Observation, Individual Counseling Applications, Life Span Development, Conflict Resolution in Schools, Learning Psychology, Human Resources Management and Community Service Applications. During years 2015-2020 Ayşıl facilitated Psychology Workshops and worked as an individual and group therapist concentrating on trauma, anxiety, depression, relational and career-based problems. Since 2008 till now Ayşıl is acquiring her counseling training experience. She executed such psychology related jobs as Somatic Experiencing, Existential Counseling, Art Therapy, EMDR Therapy at Existential Psychotherapies Association, DBE, Turkish Psychologist Association, Robert College of Istanbul, Tavistock Clinic Infant Observation, Fuller Middle School. Was honored with Nominated and selected as the representative of Turkey for the FEJS (annual media conference in Switzerland, 2007. Ayşıl is a member of EXISTanbul, TPD, and ÇYDD. In 2017 she presented a theatre play “Törpü”, and also wrote plays for Moda Sahnesi and BiSahne. Ayşıl started her own phychological YouTube channel called “Atıştırmalık Psikoloji” in 2021.
She feels like a “citizen of world” and is a true believer of common sense and technology, fond of learning languages and different cultures. Every person, every company, every nation is different and similar at the same time; so to be the solutions people need. Through the last 12 years she has been in analytics world: got technical skills on data warehousing, predictive analytics, and data visualization; has leaded a dozen of big-scope analytics projects. And she also worked on conceptual design, system architecture and planning phases of projects from various industries and business units. As a payback of all those knowledge and accumulation she positioned herself as a trainer and executive consultant. Providing both conceptual and technical trainings for businesspeople to equip them with analytics skillsets, and guiding businesspeople to make data driven decisions. She is also the first IBCS (International Business Communication Standards) certified trainer of Turkey and gives trainings on reporting and presentations according to these standards, since 2018. As a volunteer activity, she is an active member of Galatasaray Alumni Association's Mentoring Committee, works on empowering mentor-mentee relationships within alumnus via mentoring programs, trainings, and networking activities. She has a Bs degree on Management Science and Engineering, from Istanbul Technical University and Ms degree on Data Analytics from Sabancı University. Speaks English, French, and Japanese languages.
Born in Istanbul in 1974, Işılsu Vusal is a graduate of Marmara University, Faculty of Economics. She has a Master’s Degree in Communications from University of Vienna. Işılsu Vural believes that the single strength of an organization is its people and the way the work experience is designed is key to business success. As executive/team coach and trainer, she works with CEO's, board of directors, senior managers, and teams of various sizes. Her main area of focus is consulting and facilitating major change agendas of leaders. She has been advising many reputable companies in sectors such as automotive, pharmaceuticals, insurance, telecommunication, textile, retail, finance, and energy. Her areas of expertise are leadership consultancy on change management, team coaching to elicit company vision and create accountability, executive coaching and group mentoring for leadership development training and learning journey for acquiring/enhancing competencies such as inclusive decision making, resilience, building trust, leading change, shadowing and feedback for automatizing new habits in business environment. Işılsu Vural is a member of ICF / International Coach Federation & EMCC / European Mentoring and Coaching Council. She is the senior facilitator and coach at 41 North Business School.
Cenk Doğru is a graduate of Bosphorus University, Faculty of Industrial Engineering. He has a Master’s Degree in Industrial Engineering from the same university. He worked as and HR Director and CEO at Delphi Turkey (currently APTIV) between 2000 – 2014. He spent many years as a business leader for creating a “Caring” culture where main pillars are trust, transparency and collaboration. Since 2014 he has been passionate l y supporting companies and leaders to facilitate change in this direction. He has been advising many reputable companies in sectors such as automotive, pharma, insurance & finance, telecom, technology software, food & beverages, energy and health. His areas of expertise are one-to-one coaching & mentoring, group coaching & mentoring / systems & team coaching / facilitation, consulting (change management, lean, agile), leadership training and keynote. He is a member of ICF / International Coach Federation, EMCC / European Mentoring and Coaching Council and BUMED (Bosphorus University Graduates Association). He is the senior facilitator and coach at 41 North Business School.
Mesut Sefizade is the Founding Partner of D-Dat. He had completed his graduate degree in International Marketing at Sussex University after graduating from some universities with an International Trade undergraduate degree. He started his digital career in 2012 at iProspect, the first advertising agency in the world that dedicated its services to search engine advertisement solely. At iProspect, Mesut worked up to the Performance Marketing Director title. He tracked KPIs and helped businesses reach their objectives, whether online sales boost or increasing brand awareness. He analyzed various customer journeys to offer the most effective digital strategy for the brands. Later, he worked as the Head of Digital at GroupM, one of the biggest global agency networks. His primary responsibilities were coordinating the team of 20 people for all the digital needs of BBVA Turkey, including SEO, Analytics, and ads on all digital channels. Passionate about digital trends and the progress of programmatic marketing, he has experience in managing innovative and result-driven campaigns for various accounts like Coca-Cola Company, Garanti BBVA, Decathlon, adidas, and Opel. To contribute to the growth of the digital industry in Turkey, Mesut has been giving digital-oriented tutorials to SME business owners and brand managers.
Bayraktaroglu has 25 years of experience as a leadership training facilitator and is an internationally accredited EIA Master Coach. She has extensive experience in leadership development, teambuilding, coaching and mentoring, change management, and effective communication skills trainingShe is a co-author of the book COACHING SKILLS FOR MANAGERS. She also contributes to the Harvard Business Review blog with articles on related topics and speaks at national and international conferences. After graduating from university, she worked in investment banking for 13 years, advising institutional foreign investors on their portfolio investments and leading cross-border M&A transactions. She is a local partner of the Academy of Executive Coaching, one of Europe's leading coaching schools. Since 2014, she has served as Vice President of the European Mentoring and Coaching Council Turkey. She is a member of EMCC Turkey's Accreditation Committee for Mentoring Programs. She serves on the EMCC Global Mentor Team to help develop the global mentor ecosystem. She is a local partner of the globally recognized Search Inside Yourself Institute program and network, which was founded at Google. She served for Chamber International (JCI) ; Volvo-sponsored Leadership Academy in Sweden. She is given the title of National Senator. She graduated from the Business Administration Department of Bosporus University, Turkey's top business school; also Columbia Business School Personal Leadership Program.
She was born in 1972 in Istanbul, Turkey. In 1994, she graduated from the ITU Industrial Engineering Department. In the same year, she began working for the Koç Group as a member of the training staff program. She earned her Master of Engineering Management at ITU between 1994 and 1996. She earned her MBA as a TEV Scholar at Carnegie Mellon University in the United States in 1996-1998. In the United States, she worked for AIG and D&B. When she returned to Turkey, she first worked for Turkcell in Data Mining, Datawarehouse, and Marketing Research teams, eventually rising to team leadership. She later held positions ranging from manager to director to General Manager at one of the Koç Group's companies. She also worked as Tan's General Manager for over four years before leaving in 2021. She is now a consultancy, ICF-compliant certified coaching, and periodic trainer with her leadership, management, marketing, customer experience management, CRM, and coaching experience from her working and educational life.
Deep expertise on individual, team and group coaching & training. Having worked with almost 20 corporations in a bunch of different roles, Hande has an overall understanding of business context, company culture and change. Her corporate experience consists of global companies like Coca Cola Company and Bristol Myers Squibb, as well as local companies like Balparmak, Zorlu Holding, and startups. Besides coaching individuals and teams in corporations, Hande is working with NGO’s as coach and facilitator, with and emphasis on managing conflicts. Partnering with Anil Savas Kilic, they have their own initiative of enterpreniourship where Hande develops the methods of start-up coaching. Her goal with start-up coaching is to enable a productive and resilient culture from scratch as well as supporting them to unlock the potential for jump start and rapid growth.
Having worn the entrepreneurial hat in the corporate arena, he has overseen the internal communication endeavors of global brands for over 27 years. During this time, he has conceptualized and managed more than a thousand internal communication events, with a focus on fostering teamwork, togetherness, belonging, communication, motivation, experience, development, behavior, cultural change, and transformation. Moreover, he has curated distinctive gatherings aimed at nurturing connections among individuals, communities, and brands. Recently, his attention has turned towards facilitating change, transformation, and cultural adaptation within individuals and teams. In this capacity, he offers services such as team coaching, executive coaching, individual awareness and development expertise, as well as facilitation and leadership workshops. He has completed all five modules of ORSC Organization and Relationship Systems Coaching training from CRR Global and holds memberships with ICF and ORSC Trained Coach, and Adler Certified Professional Coach. In addition to his professional accolades, Aliözgür, who holds an undergraduate degree in Economics and received Video Production Training in London, is guided by a life purpose centered on humanity. This ethos has steered him towards pursuing a Master's Degree in Psychology, aligning his career aspirations with his core values.
Nesli Üner has over 25 years of professional experience and more than 6000 hours of coaching expertise, making a profound impact in leadership and management. She began her career in various roles, including Human Resources Training and Development Manager at the National Bank of Abu Dhabi, Private Secretary at the Prime Ministry Investment Agency, and Promotion Manager at Kavaklıdere Wines. Continuously evolving, Nesli received certifications such as Leadership Coach Advantage and she has training in Gestalt Therapy. She offers leadership coaching and training on platforms like Neoskola, where her "Time and Life Leadership" course became the most-watched in Turkey. Currently serving as an international executive coach at CoachHub, Nesli is also a global educator for the Center for Creative Leadership (CCL), renowned as one of the top three Leadership Institutes worldwide. With a background in Archaeology from Ankara University and a master's degree in Business Administration from the University of Westminster, speaks fluent English and intermediate French, delivering her workshops also in English. She emphasizes personal development as the cornerstone of professional growth, with a mission to learn, improve, and serve others. Noteworthy, has collaborated with prominent companies like CarrefourSA, Pfizer, Unilever, and Vodafone, providing coaching and training services.
Selen, a graduate from Deutsche Schule Istanbul and Bosphorus University's MIS Department, began her professional journey at Hewlett Packard, where she held various roles encompassing sales, marketing, channel development, distribution channel management, and brand management. With a focus on personal development and wellbeing, she obtained a Health Coaching certification from IIN in 2015, leading her to initiate her coaching career and establish Juice Up, a company offering healthy nutrition services. Selen furthered her coaching expertise by becoming a CTI Co-Active holistic life coach and a Points of You®️ Master Trainer. Today, she specializes in delivering training and coaching services enhanced with therapeutic photography techniques to both individuals and corporate clients. Drawing from her background as a professional ballerina, Selen integrates the transformative power of art and physical activities into her practice. Throughout her career, Selen has conducted sessions for prominent companies such as Coca-Cola, Henkel, HP, Reckitt Benckiser, and Socar, among others.
Mark Doughty is a seasoned Tetramap coach and senior facilitator at 41 North Business School, with over 30 years of experience in Leadership and Organisation Development. His career has spanned top-tier global brands, including Hitachi, Motorola, Dell, Deutsche Bank, Tate & Lyle, and KPMG, where he has consistently helped HR and business leaders solve critical business and performance challenges. Known for his commercial acumen and ability to design award-winning solutions, Mark has made a significant impact in enhancing strategic capabilities while driving financial growth. Mark is a long-standing advocate of TetraMap, having incorporated it into his leadership development work for over 15 years. He describes its impact as being as effective as "a hot knife through butter," which reflects his belief in its transformative potential. As a significant ambassador of the TetraMap brand, Mark values its ability to unlock deeper insights and drive practical, actionable change in organizations. His expertise covers leadership and management development, coaching, change management, and learning design, along with talent development and organizational design. Mark is also well-versed in strategic account management, Six Sigma, e-learning, and AI integration, which he leverages to help businesses build high-performing teams and create sustainable growth pathways. Mark holds an M.Ed and an M.A. and is a member of the British Psychological Society. He has shared his insights as a keynote speaker at the Oxford Union and served as a judge for President Clinton’s Hult $1M Prize Award for Innovation. In 2017, he took a five-year sabbatical to focus on his family, becoming a stay-at-home father to support his wife and two children. Now residing in Cambridge, England, Mark continues to play a vital role in shaping leadership development, with TetraMap at the core of his approach.
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4.2. 41 NORTH and its affiliated companies will collect information about the User's name, surname, gender, date of birth, full address, work and education status, work experience information, cv information, program preferences, e-mail address, phone number, title, city he/she resided in and his/her nationality, payment and invoicing information, internet protocol (IP) address, access date and time to the Platform, the pages he/she accesses when he/she is on the Platform, and the internet address of the website that provides a direct connection to the Platform
4.3. Personal data belonging to User will be shared with 41 NORTH business partners and cloud service providers, including 41 NORTH and its affiliated companies, third party service providers, in accordance with the following purposes.
4.4. 41 NORTH will process and store User data only for marketing and system support purposes such as sales, loyalty programs, special offers, discounts, promotions and informations about campaigns and activities, software development, to provide Users with better services , and within the framework of the legal obligation arising from the related legislation, particularly Law No. 5651 on Regulation of Publications on the Internet and Combating Crimes Committed by Means of Such Publications and related secondary legislation, Law No. 6563 on Regulation of Electronic Commerce and related secondary legislation, Turkish Criminal Code No 5237 and The Law on Protection of Personal Data No 6698; in order to fulfill its aforementioned purpose and legal obligations, based on explicit consent, taking into account the information security measures, provided that it is not used outside the scope and purpose specified in this Agreement
4.5. .41 NORTH processes the User data to ensure the fulfillment of the rights and obligations of both 41 NORTH and the User arising out of this Agreement (based on the agreement), to fulfill our legal obligations arising out of the Law on the Protection of the Consumer and Turkish Code of Obligations in connection to this Agreement, to offer discounts, opportunities, benefits in line with their preferences and likings and send commercial electronic messages upon their approval, as per Law on the Regulation of Electronic Commerce, the Turkish Commercial Code, Law No. 5651 and the Tax Procedure Law (based on the legislation), within the scope of various CRM applications used to increase user satisfaction/commitment, and transfers these data for these purposes. However, 41 NORTH accepts and declares that it will take the required measures to ensure that personal data are processed and protected in accordance with the LPPD.
4.6. 41 NORTH undertakes to take all necessary technical and other measures to protect personal data against unauthorized or illegal processing, loss, destruction or wipe out, and to establish appropriate level of security for the storage of data. 41 NORTH takes the necessary precautions and monitors the systems regularly to prevent unauthorized access to the systems in information collection, storage and processing applications. 41 NORTH restricts access to user data only to employees, contracting parties, intermediaries and other relevant parties who require strict access to this data and have a strict contractual confidentiality obligation.
4.7. Personal data processed for the purposes specified in this Agreement will be anonymized and continue to be used by 41 NORTH when the purpose for processing the data in accordance with Article 7/f.1 of Law No. 6698 ceases to exist, and when the time limits set out by the law have expired in accordance with Article 138 of the Turkish Criminal Code. The User has the right to always delete and revoke his/her consent regarding the processing and use of his/her personal data.
4.8. Pursuant to LPPD, the User has the right;
a. to know whether or not if his/her personal data have been processed.
b. to request information on the procedure, if personal data have been processed,
c. to obtain information on the purpose of processing personal data and find out whether personal data were used as fit for the purpose,
d. to obtain information about the third persons with whom personal data were shared domestically or abroad,
e. to request the correction of personal data that may have been incompletely or inaccurately processed,
f. to request the deletion or destruction of personal data in the event that the reasons for the processing of the personal data have ceased to exist.
g. to require that the above mentioned correction, deletion or destruction to be notified to the third party to whom his/her personal data is transferred, in accordance with Article 7 of the LPPD,
h. to object to the occurrence of an adverse outcome which is detrimental to him/her by the analysis of the processed data exclusively through automated systems
i. to request compensation for damages in the case where damages are sustained as a result of the illegal processing of personal data..
4.9. You can send an e-mail to kisiselverilerim@41north.com.tr from your registered email address to request that your records related to your personal data be updated/corrected/deleted in accordance with Article 11/d of the LPPD, to exercise any other rights you may have under article 11, you can send an e-mail signed with your secure electronic signature to kisiselverilerim@41north.com.tr, or you can forward a file in the form of "word or pdf.” addressed to 41 NORTH to kisiselverilerim@41north.com.tr mail address by signing with a secure e-signature, or you can apply to registered e-mail address existing on the 41 NORTH's web page with your registered e-mail address with secure electronic signature, or you can apply to the current address of 41 NORTH with a petition bearing your wet-ink signature with cargo.
5. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
The intellectual property rights of “41 NORTH” brand and logo application and Platform design, software, domain name and all kinds of trademarks, designs, logos, trade dress, slogans and other content produced by 41 NORTH which are related to these, belong to 41 NORTH. User cannot use, share, distribute, exhibit, copy or reproduce work derived from the property of 41 NORTH or its subsidiaries which are subject to intellectual property rights, without written consent. user cannot use the mobile application or the Platform, in full or partially, in another environment without the written consent of 41 NORTH. In the case where a User acts in breach of the intellectual property rights of 41 NORTH or third parties, the Member shall be obliged to compensate for the direct and indirect damage and loss of 41 NORTH and/or the third party in question.
6. AMENDMENTS TO THE AGREEMENT
41 NORTH may unilaterally amend this User Agreement and any policy, term and condition included in the Platform by means of an announcement via the Platform, provided that they comply with the applicable legislation provisions. Changing provisions in the hereby User Agreement will become valid as of the date on which they are announced on the Platform, the remaining provisions will remain valid and continue to bring about consequences.
7. FORCE MAJEURE
Events occurring beyond the control of 41 NORTH preventing the 41 North from fulfilling its obligations liabilities under the hereby User Agreement or delaying its fulfillment shall be considered as force majeure such as insurgency, embargo, government intervention, rebellion, invasion, mobilization, strike, lockout, work actions or strikes, cyber attacks, communication problems, infrastructure and internet breakdowns, system improvement and renewal work and breakdowns due to , electricity cuts, fire, explosions, storms, floods, migration, epidemics or other natural disasters , and 41 NORTH cannot be held liable for the non- fulfillment or delay in fulfilling the obligations due to Force Majeure and this situation cannot be deemed as a breach of the hereby User Agreement.
8. GENERAL PROVISIONS
8.1. User accepts that in the case of a dispute which may arise from the hereby User Agreement, 41 NORTH’s official books and commercial records and the e-archive records kept in 41 NORTH’s database and servers, electronic information and computer records will be considered as binding, crucial and exclusive evidence and that this clause will be considered as an evidential contract in terms of the 193rd clause of the Civil Courts Law no.6100.
8.2. The hereby User Agreement will be exclusively governed by the Laws of the Republic of Turkey. Istanbul Consumer Arbitration Board and Istanbul (Caglayan) Courts and Enforcement Office shall have jurisdiction over the settlement of all kinds of dispute arising from the hereby User Agreement or related to this hereby User Agreement
8.3. 41 NORTH will contact the User via the e-mail address, via telephone or by sending an / SMS, details of which were provided by the User during the membership process. The User is responsible for keeping their e-mail address and telephone number up to date.
8.4. This hereby User Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the Parties in relation to the matter. If any term or other provision of this User Agreement is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced, all other terms, provisions and conditions of this User Agreement shall nevertheless remain in full force and effect.
8.5. User cannot completely or partially assign his/her rights or obligations specified in the hereby User Agreement without the prior written consent of 41 NORTH.
8.6. Failure to exercise or perform any right granted under this User Agreement by either Party shall not be construed as a waiver of such right or shall not prevent future exercise or performance of such right.
As of the 8th clause onwards, this hereby User Agreement, will enter into force as from the moment the User has read and acknowledged each provision in full and approved it in the electronic environment.