MIKADO - Key Persons
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.
Bahar Ege, graduated from International Relations at Koc University and received her master's degree in Human Rights, Development and Social Studies from the International Institute of Social Studies of Erasmus University Rotterdam. She has experience in civil society organizations focused on education, migration, and human rights issues. Since 2019, Bahar has been working on the social impact assessment studies of various projects. She is currently working as a project specialist in the Impact Programs at Mikado Consulting.
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.
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.
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.
Bilge Derdiyok, graduated from Sociology and International Relations at Ankara University and completed her master's degree in Sociology at Ankara University. She has been continuing her Phd education in the Department of Media and Cultural Studies since 2021. Since 2012, she has written articles focusing on social problems and has taken an active role in various think tanks.
Bilinç Sezgin, after graduating from Boğaziçi University, Department of Business Administration in 2012, built his career on creating social impact. He has had various roles on national and international scales, particularly in climate advocacy, non-formal education and youth work projects. He describes himself as a project developer, a learning space designer, and a facilitator. He continues to provide voluntary support to many non-governmental organizations in these fields. He is currently serving as a Board Member for Boğazici University Business People Association. Bilinç, works in corporate volunteering projects within Mikado. He likes to spend his spare time writing short essays and stories.
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.
Cansu Yüksektepeli, graduated from the Department of Civil Engineering at Gaziantep University in 2022. She has been volunteering in projects and non-governmental organizations focusing on sustainable development goals since 2020. She works as a project assistant in Mikado Consulting's Impact Programs.
Derya Ulkat, who graduated from Istanbul Bilgi University Energy Systems Engineering Department in 2015, is involved in the sustainability strategy development, environmental sustainability practices and sustainability reports projects within Mikado. Since her undergraduate years, she has been actively participating in polyphonic choirs and continuing his musical sharing.
Genar Ersoy, has worked as project coordinator in several non-governmental organizations working in the field of youth and disability since 2012. In addition, he became a youth trainer after the training he received from the SALTO-Youth Resource Centre in 2012. He has become the Founding Chairperson of the National Youth Council of Turkey. He specialized in youth rights, youth policies, social entrepreneurship and social impact management. He has been currently working as Projects Coordinator in the Future is Brighter Youth Platform since 2017.
Job Titles:
- Advisor
- Founder of Rhetoras Content Agency
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.
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.
She started her professional life in the private sector in the field of public relations, and in 2005 she headed to Civil Society. She worked as Press and Public Relations Officer at the Turkish Heart Foundation, and then as the Corporate Communications Coordinator at the Koruncuk Foundation. She carried out communication and promotional activities in different fields from the branding process of the foundation to social responsibility projects. The General Secretariat of the Child and Their Rights Protection Platform, the project coordinator of the "My Child is Special, I'm Worth It" project carried out with the funding of the Istanbul Development Agency, and the communication coordinator of the "Back to the Family Psychosocial Support Modeling Project" within the scope of the EU Presidency Civil Society Dialogue Program. She is a Project Specialist at Mikado.
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.
Nuha Boğa, graduated from International Relations at Middle East Technical University and completed her master's degree in EU External Relations and Diplomacy Studies at College of Europe. Over the last 8 years, Nuha has worked and led various refugee youth empowerment and social innovation projects within the field of development. Since 2018, she is the Coordinator of the Embark Project which is implemented in partnership with Mikado Consulting and Future is Brighter Youth Platform.
Sadan Ertekin Mis has been working for Mikado Consulting since December' 2014 and her areas of expertise include the development of sustainability strategies of the institutions, development and implementation of social investment programs, preparation of sustainability report and coordinating behaviour change projects.
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.
Serra Titiz - Founder, Managing Director
Serra Titiz has been working on sustainable development since 2003. She worked with youth, with women and vocational groups at large NGOs at managerial levels, and has participated in international programs on NGOs and Civic Activism. Her work has always been a reflection of social innovation.
Tuba Bozaykut completed her undergraduate education at Boğaziçi University and her graduate education at Marmara University. She received her Ph.D. from Istanbul University, Department of Business Administration. He has been working at universities since 2014, and gives undergraduate and graduate courses.