Bilkent University Faculty of Business Administration has a reputation for excellence in business research and teaching and holds a leading position among the business schools in Turkey.
We are committed to provide business education that is cutting edge, intellectually rigorous and professionally relevant. We partner with our peers in the government, higher education, non-profit and private sectors to amplify our impact.
Advisory Board
Our Advisory Board provides us with invaluable input to ensure the Bilkent Business School continuing growth and success. They help make sure our strategic direction is informed by best practice and reflects the needs of the people and organisations we serve. Our faculty has three different advisory groups: Faculty Advisory Board, Undergraduate Program Advisory Board and Executive MBA & MBA Programs Advisory Board. The list of the board members are mentioned below:
>> FACULTY ADVISORY BOARD
- Atalay Aksu – INSEAD – Professor
- Okan Baş – THY – Deputy Chairman
- Ümran Beba – August Leadership – Partner, Bakkavor Group plc Greenwich, Connecticut – Independent Non-Executive Board Director
- Metin Canoğulları – Ernst & Young, President of Turkey
- Faruk Eczacıbaşı – Eczacıbaşı Holding Vice Chairman of the Board
- Yalçın İlik-Amazon-Head of Finance – Europe Surface Transportation
- Salim Kadıbesegil- RepMan – Founder and Member of Advisory Board
- Sevengül Karadağ- CarrefourSA – CFO
- Emre Karter – Citibank – Managing Director
- Nüket Küçükel Ezberci – Güven Hospital – Chairman of the Board
- Fatih Özkadı – Arçelik – Director – Quality, Sustainability, Corporate Affairs
- Önder Sezgi – Bilkent Holding – Executive Board Member
- Başak Vardar – Deloitte Partner
>> UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM ADVISORY BOARD
- Sibel Bostancı Çelebi – Philip Morris International-Head of Talent & Workforce Planning
- Kaan Camgöz-Meta- Chief of Staff – Middle East, Africa and Turkey
- Orhan Dağlıoğlu – A101 – Operations Committee Member and CTO
- Tuğçe Esmer-Danone-Global Talent Acquisition Project Manager
- Faruk İnaltekin – Bilkent Cyberpark – General Manager
- Bora Kıvrak – Microsoft – Corporate Consultancy and Support Services Group Manager
- Ilgaz Meydan-Dyson – Senior Commercial Manager
- Doğuşcan Oto – Peoplise – Head of HR Success Management
- Seda Öz – University of Waterloo – Associate Professor
- Çiğdem Özdemir – TANAP Doğalgaz İletim – Human Resources Director
- Ilgın Özdemir Yazgan-Accouchee -Engineer, Founder & Managing Partner, YTILI & CBFW Alumna- Instructor
- Çağlar Targotay – Boston Consulting Group – Senior Project Manager
- Emir Taşar – Grant Thornton – Partner
- Dilanur Türer – FNSS Defence Systems – Organizational Development Unit Manager
- Cem Sabutay Türkdönmez – Akbank T.A.Ş – Başkent Regional Manager
- Cantekin Ünlü- Unilever -Senior Global Revenue Growth Management Lead
>> EXECUTIVE MBA AND MBA PROGRAMS ADVISORY BOARD
- Cemal Akyel – ETİ – Management Information Systems Group President and Executive Board Member
- Mahmut Yiğit Arslan – PwC – Consumer Markets Consulting Leader
- Erhun Baş – Mobile Telecommunication Operators Association – General Secretary
- Mehmet Can Canaran – MEFA Group – Trade Director
- Mete Çakmakçı – Technology Development Foundation of Turkey – General Secretary
- Barış Dinçer – Pwc-Partner, International Development Leader (Middle East) & Public Sector Consulting Leader (Qatar)
- Nazmi Caner Elyiğit -Facebook
- Çağlar Irmak- University of Miami
- Çağlayan Karapınar – Dassault Systèmes – Aerospace & Defence Senior Client Executive
- Gönül Kızılelma Andarman – P&G – IT Group Manager
- Banu Küçükel – Güven Health Group – Chairman
- Atila Kemal Oğuz – Tepe Construction – General Manager
- Kaan Özel – Facebook – Product Manager
- Ramazan Yön – Demirexport – General Manager
Business and Academic Partners
MENTORSHIP PROGRAMS
The major aim of these programs is enlightening our students based on the dynamics of business environment. The project scope is highly based on providing help to our students in terms of their career development. As a result of one-to-one interaction, the mentors experience a reverse mentoring that will help them to cope with generation gap problems. Moreover, the mentors are organizing field trips to demonstrate the business environment to our students. As a result of this collaboration, the awareness of our students towards business life is increasing. Our partners of this program are ESİAD (Ege Sanayicileri ve İşinsanları Derneği) and Güven Hastaneleri.
STUDENT PROJECTS
In the Business Practice course, MBA students are required to either complete a management consulting project or a business plan for an organization (company, government branch, NGO, or non-profit enterprise). Participating organizations receive competent help with a business problem at a very low cost as well as an opportunity to evaluate our MBA students for possible employment. Students will propose a structured analysis, a decision support tool, a report, and/or other deliverables dictated by the organization in their terms of reference with the students. Several participating companies are: Avea, Beymen, Credit Suisse, Diesel, Eczacıbaşı Holding, Havelsan, Hewlett-Packard, IDO, Meteksan, Rönesans İnşaat, Talliani, TAV, Tepe Mobilya, Türk Telekom, Turkcell, Turkish Airlines, Unilever, Unicredit, Vestel, Borusan Enerji, TTNet.
EXECUTIVE EDUCATION
Bilkent Executive Education programs are designed for business professionals, managers, leaders, and executives who strive for professional and personal growth. We deliver executive education programs to help achieve operational business results. Our curriculum blends cutting-edge academic knowledge with real-world business insights, empowering participants to strengthen strategic thinking, enhance leadership capabilities, and navigate complex organizational challenges. Through interactive learning experiences, case-based instruction, and collaboration with distinguished faculty and industry experts, our programs foster innovation, support evidence-based decision-making, and equip executives with the skills required to lead transformative change in today’s dynamic business environment.
CFA PARTNERSHIP
Bilkent University, Faculty of Business Administration is one of only two Turkish business schools to be awarded as a CFA Program Partner by CFA Institute. CFA Institute partners with select colleges and universities around the world that have embedded the CFA Program Candidate Body of Knowledge into their curriculum. This partnership has been given us for our undergraduate, MBA and MS in Finance programs. This status means that these programs are acknowledged as providing professional excellence to be global investment community.
NIBES PARTNERSHIP
As a member of Network of International Business and Economic School (NIBES), we have collaborations to member universities in the following areas: innovative student exchanges, research, joint academic programs, field-based education (consulting projects, internships, field studies), faculty exchanges, distance learning, executive education programs and international meeting to benchmark and discuss common problems and opportunities. Furthermore, we will strive to develop these programs as multilateral initiatives.
