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Melsa Ararat

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Research Professor and Director, Sabanci University Corporate Governance Forum
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Melsa Ararat is the principle researcher and founding director  of Corporate Governance Forum of Turkey(CGFT) hosted by the Sabanci University.  A  professor of management at the School of Management  at Sabanci University, Dr. Ararat has also been involved in practice. Prior to returning to the academia in 2003, she held various international management and board positions in Asia Pacific, Japan and Europe  with specialization in  joint ventures and entry into new markets.  

 

Dr. Ararat is involved in policy work; she has participated in the authorship  of the the first CG Principles of Capital Markets Board of Turkey in 2003, and her research provided the background for the launch of Borsa Istanbul Sustainability Index in 2015. Dr. Ararat's academic work focuses on boards, business groups  and corporate governance  in emerging economies. She coordinates IFC endorsed Emerging Markets Corporate Governance Research Network, chaired by Professor Stijn Claessens, together with Professor Burcin Yurtoğlu since 2009.  Ararat has been a member of the board of governors of ICGN since 2015. Ararat  is an engaged scholar; she 's the founding chair of  30% Club Turkey Campaign Chapter, Independent Women Directors  Program, Business Against Domestic Violance Project and CDP Turkey Climate Change and Water Programs .

Dr. Ararat holds a PhD in Management-  Strategy and Organization- from Istanbul University and an MSc in Thermodynamics  and BSc in Chemical Engineering from METU. She has dual citizenship of the UK and Turkey, with a dual base  in the Netherlands and Turkey.

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