Petek Taga

About

Chief People Officer | ExCo | M&A, Integration & Org Transformation | Culture as Competitive Advantage I believe culture isn’t soft topic, it’s a business system that protects value and accelerates execution, especially during change. I’m a Chief People Officer operating at ExCo level with 23+ years of HR leadership experience across high change environments in tech and financial services ecosystems to deliver people outcomes that enable scale: speed, retention, clarity, and performance. Core focus areas: -M&A people workstream leadership: due diligence, Day integration governance, comms, and synergy enablement -Org design, operating model and workforce planning to support growth and cost discipline -Leadership capability, succession, and talent pipelines (critical roles, retention, mobility) -Reward and performance systems: market alignment, OKR-driven execution, and pay-for-performance -People experience at scale: hybrid models, manager excellence, and engagement/insights -HR tech and people analytics to drive decisions and future-proof the workforce -Building inclusive, high-performing cultures with clear accountability The future of HR is orchestration: aligning business ambition, human potential, and technology into one system. The question isn’t ‘Will AI change work?’ It’s ‘Are we changing ourselves fast enough?’ and culture will decide where we land.

Experience

• Chief People Officer | Executive Committee Member at Getir
  Sep 2025 - Present · 10 mos

  Getir is pioneer in ultrafast delivery and dark store business, a tech-driven scale-up shaping the future of convenience. Mubadala, one of the world’s leading investment funds, is the investor of Getir.

• People Director, Talent & Learning | Employee Experience | People Analytics & EVP | People Services at ING Türkiye
  Jul 2024 - Sep 2025 · 1 yr 3 mos

  People Strategy, Top-Tier Talent Attraction and Employer Branding Strategy & Framework. Learning and Leadership Development, Learning Partnerships, and the Design of ING Growth Studio. Upskill & Reskill Solutions to prepare the workforce for the future. Advanced People Insights and Analytics for Data-Driven Decisions. Pioneering People Solutions, leveraging Digital HR to create frictionless People Experience, Culture, Hybrid Work Design and Future of HR.

• Yapı Kredi (Full-time · 5 yrs)
  • EVP, HR Group Director | Center of Excellence (Talent, EX, OKR, Organization Design and Academy)
    May 2022 - Nov 2023 · 1 yr 7 mos

    Appointed as a member of Koç Holding’s Top Executive Team. -Managing a team of 40 people

  • Deputy CHRO | Director of Organizational Development
    Dec 2018 - May 2022 · 3 yrs 6 mos

    Member of Executive Leadership Team's Development Pool of Koç Holding (Completed extensive leadership development program, Lidersensin) -Serving for 15.000 employees

• HR Director | Yapı Kredi Technology at Yapı Kredi Teknoloji
  Dec 2012 - Oct 2019 · 6 yrs 11 mos

  Serving for 1500 employees

• Head of HR Business Partners | HR BP Head at UniCredit
  Aug 2012 - Nov 2012 · 4 mos

  Member of Global Talent Pool of Unicredit (TMR)