A Social Entreprise that crafts Models for Sustainable Development

Bahar Keskin den Doelder started her career in sustainable development in 1995 with a focus on integrated coastal management, sustainable tourism and cleaner production. Since 2002, she has been providing consultancy support to corporations and financial institutions in Turkey and the Netherlands on sustainability/ESG strategy, management and communication. She delivers this support based on the principle that companies should take responsibility not only towards their shareholders, but also towards their customers, employees and the society and environment they operate in. Bahar has a B.Sc. degree in Environmental Engineering from METU and a M.Sc. degree in Environmental Management from Lund University, Sweden.

Betul Bozkurt is working within the fields of personal, organizational and community based development. She attaches specific importance to “training” at every project she takes part in, since the development of organisations and communities is only possible through the development of individuals. She develops and implements innovative and interactive training activities on topics differing from motivation to project management, from training of trainers to active citizenship. Each training content is developed according to the needs of the individual participants and the organization.

Meanwhile, as a civil society expert and a volunteer she is working for community investment and volunteering projects of NGO’s, public and private institutions.

In addition to her degree in psychology, Betul Bozkurt attended several international leadership and training programs. Currently, she is continuing her psychodrama training at Istanbul International Zerka Moreno Institute.

Being graduated from Koç University Economy department, she worked in Turkey for nearly 8 years in pioneering enterprises (some were: dDf, Bilsar, Titiz, İstanbul Modern) on design, communication, process, event management before setting about her own endeavors. In parallel to her work experience in design and communication she attended in between 2001-2004 to ‘Design Management Certificate Program’ and ‘Visual Communication Master Program’ in Bilgi University. Especially 2008 onwards she has followed closely international sustainability agenda and organized the first international Eco-design Meeting in Turkey in İTÜ Taşkışla building, including two conferences and 2 parallel exhibitions that lasted two weeks on May 2009.

Her experience and network has been solidified in the master program of Strategic Leadership Towards Sustainability (MSLS) where she had the opportunity to work in a multicultural environment with sustainability enthusiasts and being included to an international sustainability expert network. MSLS has been founded by sustainability visionaries in Blekinge Institute of Technology- Sweden about ten years ago and it is still one of the pioneering master program in Europe with its holistic and innovative approach to sustainability together with education. As 2011 she works in the fields of corporate, local development, communication and event management with sustainability focus.

Having spent 25 years in wealth management and investment banking, Nilufer Aktaş has managed to oversee the radical transformation in business models affecting every industry with a keen eye on sustainability requirements emerging as a new economic model for the business world. She has managed to leverage her network power on behalf of impact start ups and fintechs co creating inclusive business projects and building a culture available for social innovation within the corporate space. As a result of those intrapreneurial projects she has been recognized as one of the ‘’Global Responsible Leaders’’ by BMW Foundation in 2021. She currently is a member of the TUSIAD-TURKKONFED Green Transformation Taskforce and sits on the board of three Non profit organisations.

Araştırma & Reklamcılık ve İnsan Psikolojisi ve Davranış Bilimleri mezunudur. Araştırma sektöründe iş hayatına Strateji-MORI’de 2000 senesinde başladı. 2003-2015 seneleri arasında pazarlama araştırmalarında GfK Tüketici Deneyimleri Bölümü Sektör Yönetimi departmanında çalıştı. 2005-2015 yılları arasında GfK’da itibar araştırmaları çalışmalarının yönetimini, bu alandaki model geliştirme çalışmalarını ve danışmanlık görevlerini üstlendi. Ülkemizin önde gelen şirketlerine, sivil toplum ve kamu kuruluşlarına kişisel katkılarının da olduğu RepMan modeli ile stratejik itibar araştırmaları yaptı, yönetti. Ayrıca RepMan İtibar Araştırmaları Merkezinin kuruluşunda aktif görev aldı ve danışma kurulu üyesi olarak görevine devam etmektedir. Kurumsal Marka Yönetimi Araştırmaları ve İletişime aktarılması konusunda ülkemizde en deneyimli kişilerden olan Aksu Kurumsal Kimlik, Değerler Belirleme, Çalışan Markası Yaratma, Itibar Riskleri Yönetimi, Marka Konumlandırma, Algı Yönetimi gibi stratejik alanlarda yıllardır bilgi, birikimini paylaşmaktadır. 2015 senesi itibariyle ülkemizdeki ilk itibar yönetimi araştırma modeli RepMan’in kullanım hakkını alan AKSU halen RepMan İtibar Araştırmaları Merkezinin danışma kurulu üyesi, Sürdürülebilir Kalkınma için Yenilikçi Çözümler Derneği Üyesi ve ZENNA Kurumsal Marka Yönetimi Araştırmaları ve Danışmanlığı Şirketi kurucusu ve yöneticisidir. Her sene ortalama 5 doktora ve tez öğrencisine gönüllü olarak destek veren Aksu ayrıca Kadir Has Üniversite Yaşam Boyu Eğitim Merkezi ve RepMan Merkez tarafından gerçekleştirilen İtibar Yönetimi Sertifika Programı’nın koordinatörlerinden ve eğitmenlerindendir. Nuran AKSU her ay BrandMap Dergisi’nde yazılarını paylaşmaktadır.

Ayata Hukuk Bürosu kurucusu Özlem Ayata, 1998 yılında Marmara Üniversitesi Hukuk Fakültesi’nden mezun oldu. İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi Hukuk Fakültesi Yüksek Lisans Programı’nda “Türkiye’de Uzlaşma Kurumunun Yasal Çerçevesinin ve Uygulamasının Onarıcı Adalet Prensipleri ile değerlendirilmesi” konulu tezini yazarak yüksek lisansını 2009 yılında tamamladı.

2001 yılından bu yana kuruculuğunu üstlendiği hukuk bürosunda, vekili olduğu kurumların tahsili gecikmiş alacak portföylerinin idari ve hukuki takibinde uzmanlaştı. Bu kapsamdaki çalışmalarıyla müvekkillerinin gecikmiş alacaklarının icra takibi aşamasına düşmeden önceki idari takip süreciyle tahsilatını da üstlendi. Ayrıca çalıştığı kurumların riskli alacaklarının devredilmesi öncesinde, aktiflerin yönetilip geliştirilerek satıştan önce azami değer artışının sağlanması hizmetini de sunuyor.

Ayata, iş hukuku, aile hukuku, insan hakları hukuku, medeni hukuk, borçlar hukuku, sağlık hukuku, ceza hukuku ve icra iflas hukuku alanında uzmandır. 2012 yılından bu yana İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi Adalet Meslek Yüksek Okulu’nda “İş Hukukunun Temel Prensipleri” başlıklı dersin eğitmenidir. Ulusal ve uluslararası şirketlerin etik kodlarının oluşturulması konusunda danışmanlık hizmeti sunuyor. Bu kapsamda, sayılı prestij sahibi şirketlerin insan kaynakları müdürlerine ve şirket çalışanlarına “mobbing” ve “ayrımcılık yasağı / ayrımcılığın önlenmesi”eğitimleri verdi.

2012 yılından bu yana Kadının İnsan Hakları –Yeni Çözümler Derneği’nin, Türkiye’nin 58 ilinde ve Kıbrıs’ta yürüttüğü, kadınların çok çeşitli alanlarda karşılaştıkları insan hakları ihlalleri konusunda toplumsal bilinci artırmayı hedefleyen ve dünyada bu alandaki en iyi çalışma seçilen eğitim programında eğiticilik yapıyor.

Kadının İnsan Hakları -Yeni Çözümler Derneği’nin, tüm Türkiye’de yaygın dağıtımı gerçekleştirilen süreli yayını Mor Bülten’in ve Altı Nokta Körler Derneği’nin hazırladığı sesli kadın dergisi Kibele’nin hukuk köşesi yazarlığını yürütüyor. İngilizce ve İtalyanca biliyor.

With his academic background and high referrals in Strategic Communication and Reputation Management, Salim Kadibesegil, leads Corporate Reputation Management to generate awareness and have a place in our country. Between the years of 1999-2004 Salim represented Turkey as a Board member of International Communication Consultancy Association,ICCO, based in London. He was also a consultant for one of Turkey’s top management magazines’, Capital, “Most Admired Companies” and “Corporate Social Responsibility” research projects. Salim represented Turkey in “The Reputation Institute”, centered in New York. He has an active chair in Turkish Corporate Governance Association, Bugday Ecological Transformation Association. His company Orsa Strategic Communication Consultancy, is also a member of Global Reporting Initiative. He has been a faculty member at the School of Communications, Bahcesehir University,Istanbul/Turkey since 2008.

Within 37 years of experience Salim Kadibesegil has seven books which are widely accepted as source books in business and academics.

• “The Game is Over, 2012″
• “It is time for Strategic Communications, 2009″
• “Reputation Management, 2006″
• “Here Comes Crises, 2002″
• “Where to Start in PR, 1997″
• “Prescriptions for PR, 1992″
• “Fundamentals in PR, 1986″

After his master degree in business administration (advertising and marketing) and communication arts, he worked as a copywriter and then as a creative director in the advertising sector. He took long term design lessons from important designers. As a designer, he produced many products.He is also a cartoonist. He held solo exhibitions in many countries and took part in group exhibitions; and won many awards at home and abroad. In 2005, he was selected as one of the 100 most successful graphic humorists of the 20th century by the European Academy of Humor and his works began to be exhibited in the Spanish Humor Museum. He continues to draw editorial illustrations and cartoons for domestic and foreign magazines and newspapers.He is the Editor-in-Chief of Graphic Design Magazine, the only design magazine of the sector, and BrandMap magazine, which started publishing in October 2015.

Ayşe Beyazova has a masters degree on international relations in Marmara University and human rights law in İstanbul Bilgi University and she finished her phd thesis focused on the education of Syrian refugee children in İstanbul through their parents’ perspectives in educational sciences in Boğaziçi University in 2017. Beyazova worked as a coordinator and manager in Community Volunteers Foundation between 2003-2007 and in İstanbul Bilgi University Child Studies Unit thereafter until 2016. She has been among the founders of Child Studies Unit of Bilgi University where she also worked as a lecturer during 2008-2016 giving lectures on child rights, civil society and education. Her areas of focus involves civil society, child rights, child participation, gender equality and inclusive education. Since 2016, she has been working as a freelancer carrying out consultancy, research and training based activities with several NGO’s and academic institutions.

Hakan Karakurt, the founder of Rhetoras Content Agency, provides consultancy on digital strategy and content development projects. He also leads the content team for a major brand. He sometimes writes articles on digital media, cinema and science fiction for blogs and online magazines.

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