After graduating from Glasgow University Tim delivered business communication skills training in the UK, and also worked for 8 months in Germany.

Tim moved to Turkey in 1991, recruited as Training Coordinator for a major bank. He then worked as a freelance consultant, designing and managing training programmes, advising on HR issues including executive development, and managing a team of trainers.

Tim worked with Nicholson International from 1995-2007. He was Country Manager of the Turkish office, and built the market leading team of recruitment consultants and researchers. In 1997 he was appointed as Area Manager for Turkey and Israel. Nicholson International was the first international Human Resources consultancy in Israel and grew significantly in the country.

In 1998 Tim was appointed as a Regional Director of the firm, and relocated to Hong Kong. He worked extensively across Asia and led a major successful expansion in the People's Republic of China developing four offices and negotiating a landmark joint venture with the Chinese government. The team was selected by Euromoney as the 'Best Recruitment Firm in China'.

In 2000, Tim was appointed to the Management Board of the firm, and was made responsible for the Group's operations in the USA, managing offices in New York, Princeton, and Silicon Valley.

In 2007 Tim co-founded OneWorld Consutling which provides retained executive search, coaching, mentoring, outplacement and other tailored HR consulting services in Turkey and other markets. He chairs the British Business Group in Istanbul, and is on the Senior Advisory Board of the British Chamber of Commerce.

Tim began working as an executive coach in 1997, specialising in coaching senior executives and leadership teams, with the aim of raising their levels of awareness, and providing challenge and support as they reflect, achieving real behavioural change and improving results. His experience as a corporate trainer, executive search and HR consultant, and a business manager makes him well positioned to be a highly effective coach.

Tim has coached and managed executive search assignments in 20 countries. His clients include Adidas, Anadolu Group, Aviva, Avon, Bayer, Borusan, Bosch, Brisa, Coca-Cola, Dogan Group, Anadolu Efes, Enerjisa, Google, Henkel, HSBC, Koc Group, Microsoft, Pearson, Philips, Sabanci Group, Siemens, Tesco, Unilever, Vodafone and Yildiz Holding. He currently works actively in four countries.

Tim was trained by Dr Suzanne Skiffington of the Behavioural Coaching Institute. He has qualified as a Master Coach with the Professional Development Foundation in the UK (an EMCC accredited programme at Master level) and completed a Masters Degree in Executive Coaching/Professional Development with Middlesex University.

Tim is co-founder of the European Mentoring & Coaching Council (EMCC) in Turkey and served on the International Executive Board.

Tim continues to work as an executive search consultant, leadership consultant and coach, and works in English and Turkish. He also designs and supervises corporate mentoring programmes. He has facilitated effective leadership offsite meetings in a number of countries for a range of clients. Tim also runs intercultural workshops and briefings and is a member of SIETAR – the Society for Intercultural Education Training and Research.

Joan is a co-founding partner of OneWorld Consulting which was established in 2007. Joan has business experience gained in sales, business development, management and consulting roles. This includes time working in the UK, US, Greater China region and Turkey and almost 20 years of experience as a Search Consultant in the UK, China and Turkey.

Previous employers include the UK’s London International Group, The Corporate Services Group, Nicholson International and Quintiles Transnational Corporation. Joan moved to Istanbul, Turkey in 2004 and has since been working as a Search Consultant and Executive Coach.

Joan has overseen retained searches in Turkey and regionally for senior and mid-level executives including Chairman, Non-Executive Director Board Member, General Manager and C-Level roles for country and regional level positions. Her clients include international and Turkish organizations and not for profit organizations across various industry sectors.

Joan is also an experienced Executive Coach and Career Coach and has a particular interest in career transition and cross-cultural issues.

Joan has a Bachelor’s of Arts degree from The University of Nottingham, UK, and a Master of Science degree from Manchester University, UK. She is also an accredited Coach and has completed a coaching diploma programme with the Oxford School of Coaching and Mentoring in the UK. Joan is a native English speaker.

Hale Beyhan has 17 years of experience in human resources management and consulting. This includes 6 years of experience in the banking sector as a Human Resources Specialist and more than 11 years as an Executive Search & Outplacement Consultant.

Hale has extensive experience in the design and management of recruitment processes and talent mapping. Since joining OneWorld Consulting in 2007, Hale has worked as a lead Consultant on various executive search projects across a wide range of industry sectors, including life sciences, financial services, FMCG, industrial, manufacturing and telecommunications. Hale has also completed searches where she has identified and recruited talent in Central Asia, the Middle East and North Africa.

As well as leading projects to recruit mid to senior level managers, Hale has a particular interest in career transition consulting and has worked with senior and mid-level managers on outplacement and career management programs.

Hale has a Bachelor’s degree in International Relations from Istanbul University and is fluent in Turkish and English.

Melih has 15 years of business experience with Deloitte & Touche Tohmatsu and OneWorld Consulting.

Since joining OneWorld Consulting Melih has worked as a Consultant on various searches for senior and mid-level managers for leading Turkish and international organizations. This includes Turkish Holding Companies and clients in retail, energy, FMCG, professional services, manufacturing, automotive and tourism sectors and includes talent searches across the region and Europe.

Melih has a Bachelor's degree in Economics from Istanbul Bilgi University and is fluent in Turkish and English.

Irem Kapudag Abajoli has 12 years of experience in human resources consulting and psychological counselling. This includes 5 years of experience as a Human Resources Consultant and 7 years of experience as a Psychologist in private practice.

Irem joined OneWorld Consulting in 2008 and worked as a Researcher and Consultant on multiple search and outplacement projects.
This included work with clients from a wide range of industry sectors including life sciences, energy, financial services, FMCG, technology, telecommunications and textiles. This includes projects in Turkey and abroad.

Irem has a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and Psychology (double major) from Webster University in Switzerland, and a Master of Science degree in Psychology. Besides her university degrees Irem has received extensive trainings in psychotherapy techniques looking into the human nature in all dimensions, which enriches her approach as an Outplacement Consultant.

Irem is fluent in Turkish, English and French and speaks Greek at a conversational level.

Okan is an executive coach and leadership mentor, and a senior executive in the insurance field with more than 25 years' corporate experience. During his professional career, he spent 14 years in executive and CEO level roles. Alongside his coaching work with top executives, Okan is currently MD and country head for Guy Carpenter (part of the Marsh & McLennan Group of Companies). Previously, he was CEO of Eureko (Garanti) Sigorta, part of Achmea, a Dutch insurance company.

In his role as an executive, he led senior teams and high potential individuals in various change projects, transformation programs and organizational development initiatives.

Okan has worked as a Board member in quasi-government institutions (Association of Insurance Companies, the Turkish Catastrophe Insurance Pool and the Turkish Agriculture Pool) where he gained experience of working with regulatory authorities and various governmental bodies in Turkey.

Okan reflects his own execution and leadership experience in his coaching. The experience, wisdom and know-how gained during his executive roles are harmonized with his positive energy, calmness and confidence. This defines the flavor of his coaching style and enables him to create the right atmosphere for his coachees to inspire, attain self-confidence to improve and to execute change.

Okan's main area of expertise is leadership, strategy, change projects, career development, innovation climate, corporate culture and organizational wellbeing. Okan is passionate about the human perspective in the work environment. As well as the "financial performance" dimension of business life, he truly values the "wellbeing and health" element in organizations. He focuses primarily on areas such as corporate identity, leadership culture, values, motivation, engagement and execution power.

While working as a CEO, Okan attended various coaching & mentoring programs and initiated several internal projects in this field. He used coaching skills actively both in formal and informal coaching projects within the organization. He has taken many training programs in coaching. He completed a number of Adler advanced coaching programmes and is certified as an ATC (Adler Trained Coach). He is also ACC (Associate Certified Coach) accredited by ICF (International Coach Federation).

Okan is actively involved in the European Mentoring and Coaching Council (EMCC) Turkey and is a member of EMCC Turkey's Executive Committee.

Okan also writes a column in a monthly insurance magazine about new generation insurance, disruptive technologies, digitalization and the transformation of organizations and leaders. He also writes a blog about his life journey, organic leadership and organizational fitness.

Okan works with OneWorld Consulting on a range of projects, mostly focused on coaching and mentoring senior executives.

Burcu is an ICF certified professional coach (PCC), with over 3,000 hours of coaching experience, and an experienced facilitator, bringing over 20 years of work experience in professional and entrepreneurial life in the US and Turkey.

She works primarily with executives and management teams on change, growth and leadership. Previously she worked as an investment banker and corporate finance person with employers including World Bank (Washington DC), Global Securities (Istanbul), Euro-Phoenix (HQ in Budapest) and her own company Fora Corporate Finance (İstanbul).

She worked for projects in numerous countries such as Jordan, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary, Egypt, Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan. Currently, Burcu coaches primarily senior level executives including Chairman, Board Members, General Manager and C-Level roles.

She facilitates workshops and coaches management teams for senior and mid-level executives. She coaches/facilitates both in Turkish and English.

Burcu is also the founder of Coachzone, a transformational solution provider; Faculty Leader in the Adler International School of Coaching; Country Associate for Pluribus Europe, a global company focusing on D&I; and a Global Faculty for Coming Into Your Own, a women leadership and empowerment program offered for over 20 years in 18 countries, including Turkey.

Furthermore, she is a certified Council Guide, exploring and disseminating earth-based teaching and traditions of Native Americans.

Burcu holds a BA in Business Administration from Bosphorus University and an MBA from George Washington University. She is a mother of two children; San and Sim.
As a way to honor her values of freedom, curiosity and self-development, Burcu enjoys traveling, reading and connecting with the nature and her inner world.

Bengisu started her career with Ernst & Young as a Tax Consultant but knew her heart and future belonged in Human Resources.

Having worked with OneWorld Consulting as an intern in 2017 she rejoined the team in 2018 and has been working as a Researcher.

Bengisu has worked on various search projects for senior and mid-level executives for leading Turkish and international companies across different industry sectors including retail, energy, consumer, manufacturing and life sciences.

In addition to her Researcher role, Bengisu is responsible for the OneWorld Consulting candidate and client satisfaction survey feedback process.

Bengisu has a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science and International Relations from Marmara University and is fluent in Turkish and English.

Betul has almost 20 years of professional work experience which has taken to her various countries and engaged her in a diverse range of work-related projects. This includes 10 years of experience with the British Consulate in Istanbul and her work with international NGOs.

In 2018 Betul joined the team as Office Manager and keeps all office and administrative operations running smoothly.

She is responsible for finance, legal, and all other office management duties.

Betul studied Economics in Bucharest, Romania and Ankara and she recently went back to school to continue her studies.
Betul is fluent in Turkish and English and has conversational Arabic.