Turkey Speakers 2017

Dilek Bil, spent 30 years in both corporate and entrepreneurial ventures. Ten years in banking was for American Express Bank, BNP-Ak-Dresdner Bank and Société Générale. 1994, co-founded Kangaroo Advertising, 2011 concluded her exit, re-structured her business as Sustainabilty Consultancy and Communications. She is also a Board Member of Akmerkez GYO, where she heads the ‘Risk’ and ‘Corporate Governance’ committees. Dilek Bil performed a weekly TV show “Sürsün Bu Dünya” on Cnbc-e, she interviewed more than 40 opinion leaders to create awareness around sustainablity. In pursing her task, she also presents at conferences as well as to students. Dilek is among inspirational leaders in women empowerment and sustainability, works closely with many interational organizations; UNSDSN, German Bioeconomy Council. Former president of KAGIDER, Founding member and the Vice-President of FODER. Member of the Board of Trustees of WWF-Turkey. Former board member of Turkish-British Business Council. of DEIK. Dilek graduated from Northport High School-New York and University of North Texas, married and has a son.

Arzu Özyol graduated from Middle East Technical University in 1983 and received MBA degree from İstanbul Bilgi University in 2002. In May 2013, she completed her PHD study on Bioethic Environmental Politics. During the studies of her PhD, she got two courses on Global Energy and Environmental Politics an Environmental Politics from Harvard University in 2009 -2010.From 1983 to 2002, Arzu Özyol worked in Construction Company as an Environmental Engineer. She has established her own company HYDRA Project and Consulting Company in 2003. The major speciality of her company is developing and managing projects for EU-funds besides providing training programs for public and private institutions and technical, administrative and financial follow-up services for on-going projects. She is working actively for BPW since 2006.Her book about the “Environmental Bioethical Politics” has been published in August 2016.

Luxury Business Professional with a wide experience, knowledge on strategic positioning and management of multi-line international&local brands with an emphasis on sustainable growth, innovation and profitability .