Ozgur Koch

Bank of America, Senior Vice President

Türkiye

About

Regional HR Leader / HR Advisor to Country Management / Multi-country Governance Experience in Financial Services & Tech / regulated environments A systems thinker with foundation in industrial engineering Passionate about my job, curious about people. Frequent traveller (business & personal), I never get tired of exploring. Having lived and worked in Finland & Germany for a combined 5 years, I bring strong cross-cultural awareness.

Experience

  • Bank of America (6 yrs)
    • Senior Vice President of HR
      Feb 2026 - Present · 5 mos

    • Country HR Manager, Turkey, South Africa & Israel
      Nov 2025 - Present · 8 mos

    • Country HR Manager, Turkey & South Africa
      Oct 2024 - Nov 2025 · 1 yr 2 mos

  • Human Resources Manager at Zero Density
    Oct 2019 - Jul 2020 · 10 mos

  • German Language Education at Munich/Germany
    Sep 2017 - Jul 2019 · 1 yr 11 mos

  • Bank of America Merrill Lynch (4 yrs)
    • Head of HR, Turkey & Greece
      Aug 2016 - Sep 2017 · 1 yr 2 mos

    • Head of HR, Turkey
      Oct 2013 - Sep 2017 · 4 yrs

  • Nokia (6 yrs 5 mos)
    • Head of HR, Turkey & Central Asia
      Apr 2012 - Sep 2013 · 1 yr 6 mos

      11 Countries in Eastern Europe & Central Asia, 400+ employees

    • Country HR Manager, Turkey
      Sep 2011 - Sep 2013 · 2 yrs 1 mo

      Two sites (İstanbul & Ankara), 250+ employees, 10+ expatriates, local HR team of 6

    • Regional HR Business Partner for North East Europe
      Jan 2010 - Aug 2011 · 1 yr 8 mos

      7 Countries in Nordics, 400+ employees