J. Melda Alpaydin

J. Melda Alpaydın graduated from Boğaziçi University, Department of Industrial Engineering in 1993. After Yapı ve Kredi Bank Management Trainee track, she completed Koç University MBA program in 1996. She worked at Koç Holding and Koç Information Technology Group as Strategic Planning, New Business Development and Marketing Manager. She joined Turkcell in 2004. Following management roles in Marketing, International Expansion, Investor Relations and Business Development, she became Subsidiaries Management and Business Development Director and took over the responsibility of Turkcell’s domestic and international group companies. She managed various international projects involving new business development, mergers and acquisitions, IPOs, digital transformation and agile team management during her tenure in Turkcell. She joined Özyeğin University as Sectoral Education and Professional Development Director in September 2019.