Aside from her managerial responsibilities of CBPI Turkey, our Istanbul liaison Ayca, is the Chief Representative and Country Manager of Turkey for America EB5 Visa. She is also Research and New Business Development Director for Adam Smith Conferences.
Ayca is a senior communications executive with extensive marketing & PR experience, specializing in corporate communications. She was managing Global Investment Holding’s International PR division when she moved to London in 1998. In 2001, she set up Apak Communications, a boutique communications and events consultancy with the motto “think global, act local”.
Following an extensive period in the financial sector with clients like the FT, Reuters, Thomson Financial, IFR Magazine, Incisive Media, Alfa Bank and Global Investment Holdings, she co-founded a new citizens’ NGO which advocates for “open source” approaches to the global food system. She also contributed to setting off a technology start-up, which incentivizes and encourages employees to adopt environmentally friendly habits in the workplace.
She also produced over 200 conferences, seminars and roadshows in Europe, Asia and the Middle East within many key industry sectors such as construction, finance/banking, insurance, IT and pharmaceuticals.
Since November 2012, she has also been providing services, in an advisory capacity, to leading Turkish and other emerging market companies, in their pursuit of capital raising and M&A opportunities.
Multilingual and multicultural, Ayça has experience across the breadth of Europe and wider markets working at all levels with governmental bodies, international firms and institutions.