She graduated from Istanbul University with Bachelor’s Degree of Dental Medicine in 1985. She accomplished her master degree on Dental Medicine at the same University in 1987, and earned her MBA from Bogazici University in 1994 and then completed her Energy Technologies Master’s Degree at Sabancı University in 2015. Before joining the pharmaceutical industry in 1990 she had her career as a Medical Dentist. She has occupied Sales & Marketing and commercial leadership positions in Hoechst Marion Roussel, Glaxo Wellcome, Sanofi Aventis companies which are operating in the pharmaceutical industry. She was appointed as Vice President in charge of Marketing International in 2007 at General Electric Healthcare, Paris. She was then assigned as Chief Marketing Officer at General Electric Healthcare, USA in 2009. She came back to Paris as General Manager of Global Mammography in 2011 and led the mammography business field of General Electric (GE). She was appointed as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer at General Elektrik Ticaret ve Servis A.Ş. in 2012. Besides, she has been serving as the Chief Growth Officer in charge of MiddleEast, North Africa and Turkey since 2017. Furthermore, she is also the Vice Chairman of TEI (TUSAŞ Motor Sanayii A.Ş.) and METCAP Group KOMET (joint-ventures of GE), ABFT (American Business Forum in Turkey) and the Chairman of WCD (Woman Corporate Directors). She was appointed as Independent Board Member at Garanti BBVA on April 4, 2019, and has 32 years of experience in banking and business administration