Gülven Aytekin is a consultant in Spencer Stuart’s Turkey office, based in Istanbul. She is a core member of the global Consumer Practice and leader of the firm’s Marketing and Sales Officer Practice in EMEA. Gülven provides full range of leadership advisory support to multinational and prestigious local clients with a focus on the consumer goods, retail, technology, media and telecommunications sectors.
Leadership advisory and executive search expertise
- Gülven conducts senior-level executive search and leadership advisory assignments in Turkey and the surrounding region, and she plays a critical role in international assignments for consumer clients that have operations in Turkey, CIS and the Middle East.
- Gülven’s 20-plus years’ experience in executive search includes work with organizations ranging from large multinationals to family-owned companies. Prior to joining Spencer Stuart, Gülven was a partner at another international executive search firm, where she was co-leader of the global consumer & retail practice group. Her clients included consumer goods, retail, industrial, technology, media and telecommunications companies, as well as family-owned businesses in diverse sectors.
- Gülven served as an independent board member for a publicly traded international fast-moving consumer goods company. She is also a founding member of PWN Turkey (Professional Women's Network Turkey).
Gülven holds a bachelor’s degree in guidance and psychological counseling from Boğaziçi University. She later also obtained her M.B.A. from Yeditepe University. She has completed executive training programs at IMD University. A native Turkish speaker, she is also fluent in English.