Istanbul, Türkiye
I have more than 8 years of experience in risk management roles in global companies. Since 2022, I’m working as a client service risk advisor at McKinsey, supporting a wide range of Partners to identify and manage legal, regulatory, and reputational risks before we propose or deliver work. I cover all clients and sectors in Turkey, the Caspian, and Central Asia, as well as private-sector and state-owned-entity work across the Middle East. I have been a Certified Internal Auditor (IIA) since 2020, and before McKinsey I worked in internal control (under the Audit Committee) and in the business control office (under the COO) at ING.
• Support the TCO (Turkey, Caspian and Central Asia) managing partner on regional risk topics and act as the de facto first point of contact on risk for partners in Turkey, Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan offices. • Lead risk reviews for all type of client proposals and engagements in Turkey, Azerbaijan and Central Asia, and also for private-sector and state-owned entity work across the Middle East. • Advise partners and office leadership on client and scope selection, including sanctions exposure, public-sector and SOE work, and practical guardrails for higher-risk cases. Help partners decide which clients and engagements to pursue, and under what guardrails. • Facilitate risk committee processes for the region, preparing materials and translating decisions into simple rules partners can actually use. • Coach and train leadership and consultants on Firm risk policies, act as the bridge between them and Risk/ Legal/ Compliance teams, and give direct, case-specific feedback where needed.
• Designing and writing rule-based SQL scenarios for branch and head office control activities • Preparing recommendations to improve processes and control environment of the bank and designing new control points for internal control department • Analyzing and evaluating adequacy of internal controls in branches and providing internal control reports • Giving trainings on subjects of AML and External Fraud for branches employees