Sep 2023 – Aug 2024 · 11 mos · Greater London, England, United Kingdom

Nov 2021 – Present · 4 yrs 6 mos · Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

• ICEO empowers ambitious startups to turn into successful businesses for our society and connects instantly with the most successful business leaders to drive growth. I help startup CEOs in Europe and Middle East with people & culture-related topics as a mentor for their sustainable growth and organizational success.

May 2021 – Present · 5 yrs · Dubai, United Arab Emirates

• We specialize in global executive search and leadership hiring, helping companies identify and attract high-impact talent across international markets.
• Since 2021, we have successfully placed exceptional mid-to-senior leaders and specialists in 59 countries across EMEA, APAC, LATAM and the United States, supporting organizations from high-growth startups to multinational companies.
• Today, Uplift is powered by a team of 15 senior recruiters located across EMEA, the United States and Japan, each bringing 15–30 years of experience in international recruitment and executive search.
• Our team works across 20+ industries, including technology, fintech, pharma, healthcare, e-commerce, automotive, adtech and consumer sectors, delivering talent for critical leadership and specialist roles such as commercial leaders, marketing executives, finance leaders, HR directors, legal and compliance leaders.
• In addition to executive roles, we support our clients in hiring high-impact engineering and IT/tech professionals, particularly in areas such as software engineering, digital transformation, data, AI, automation and product development.
• At Uplift, we act as an extension of our clients’ leadership and talent teams, combining global talent mapping, data-driven insights and deep industry networks to identify the right leaders who can accelerate business growth.

Nov 2020 – May 2021 · 6 mos · Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland

• Strategic HR business partner role in EMEA Global Business Group with $6bn revenue.
• My main focus is to build People Plan & Strategy for the business focusing on org re-design, talent management, D&I and future of work design.

Oct 2018 – Oct 2020 · 2 yrs

• Senior HRBP role with talent management and organizational development focus for the US and Canada in the Consumer Products division which holds 48% of global sales of BIC.

May 2015 – Oct 2018 · 3 yrs 5 mos

• I had two roles as Global Talent Acquisition Director and Talent Development Director role for Developing Markets (Latin America, Middle East Africa, India) reporting to CHRO.

May 2014 – May 2015 · 1 yr

• Had 5 direct reports, a total of 21 HR team members in the West & Central Asia region. West & Central Asia region with revenue of over $5bn spans 18 countries (Main clusters are India, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Jordan – total 890 employees) and is the most diverse region at Maersk Line.

Aug 2013 – May 2014 · 9 mos

• As an HRBP for Chief Commercial Officer, I led the global annual performance review calibration, talent management, and succession planning process for Director+ positions in Maersk Line global commercial organization (8 regions, 120 countries, 12,000 employees)

Mar 2011 – Jul 2013 · 2 yrs 4 mos

• I led the HR function with 4 direct reports for Turkey, Romania, Ukraine, Bulgaria, and Georgia countries which include 520 employees.

May 2008 – Mar 2011 · 2 yrs 10 mos · Istanbul, Turkey

• I was the HR Business Partner for all Turkey operations which include 4 production plants and 1 head office with commercial teams (total 270 employees).

Aug 2005 – Apr 2008 · 2 yrs 8 mos · Sakarya, Turkey

• I worked in several HR specialist roles in Recruitment, Training and Employee Relations teams for Toyota Turkey plant with over 3000 employees. I completed the 2005 Toyota Graduate Development Program (18 months program with a short term assignment in the European headquarters-Belgium).