Duygu YÜCESOY

Government Affairs and Public Policy Manager at Google Turkiye / Jean Monnet Scholar

Istanbul, Türkiye

About

Before and after all, and in between, I am a musician :) Music is my life that can tell you a lot about who I am :) And proud to be a Googler, and growing with Google ♥️

Experience

  • Government Affairs and Public Policy Manager Istanbul at Google
    Aug 2022 - Present · 3 yrs 11 mos

  • Ministry of Treasury and Finance (Full-time · 15 yrs 5 mos)
    • Head of Investor Relations Office (Daire Başkanı), DG Debt Management
      May 2021 - Aug 2022 · 1 yr 4 mos

      • maintaining investor engagement with top credit rating agencies as well as portfolio and fund managers, real-money investors and international financial institutions • building and shaping the external narrative by following closely the global and domestic macroeconomic policies, trends and developments • following up with investors and credit rating agencies by way of data and information provision and investor presentations • monitoring data and preparing briefs about areas of responsibility; using Bloomberg systems and tools for data reporting and comparison • drafting legal documents or providing legal opinion for the government policies that impact investor engagement

    • Senior Associate in Investor Relations Office
      Feb 2020 - May 2021 · 1 yr 4 mos

    • Specialist in European Union Affairs and External Relations
      Apr 2007 - Feb 2020 · 12 yrs 11 mos

      • organizing and coordinating the official visits of the Minister and senior management, including dealing with administrative, logistical and technical matters • preparing speech notes, briefs, country reports and in-house reports; doing research on global matters for the Minister and senior management • maintaining official correspondence of the Ministry with foreign counterparts • coordinating the relations between the Ministry and the OECD, OECD – SIGMA, IMF and the World Bank; arranging the meetings of the Minister to be held under annual meetings of these organizations • coordinating relevant negotiation chapters between Turkey and the EU • coordinating Fiscalis 2020 Programme run by the European Commission; handling routine financial and administrative matters regarding Turkey’s participation in the Programme; organizing national and international events under the Programme • writing articles in areas of interest for the journals of the Ministry; proof-reading and editing the articles • attending the meetings of the Minister and senior management as interpreter upon request • coordinating the translation of relevant EU legislation into Turkish and attending meetings as the contact person of the Ministry of Finance

  • Research Intern at Dstl
    Jun 2019 - Oct 2019 · 5 mos

    • doing research on the use of soft operational research methods and problem structuring in the defence setting

  • National Expert in DG International Cooperation and Development (DEVCO) at European Commission
    Oct 2015 - Mar 2016 · 6 mos

    • management of Regional Facility for International Cooperation and Partnership Programme for Latin America and the Caribbean • drafting documents for and assisting the organization of EU-CELAC Seminar on Gender Equality and Women's Economic Empowerment

  • Researcher at Peppers and Rogers Group
    Oct 2005 - Feb 2006 · 5 mos

    • doing research for the “E- Transformation Turkey Project” executed in cooperation with (then) State Planning Organization on the programmes and projects promoting the use of ICT by SMEs