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Istanbul, Turkey

Istanbul, Turkey

• Conducting detailed research and analysis on four key Non-Tariff Barriers to trade in Turkey; regulation, intellectual property, customs facilitation, and standards• Carrying out an in-depth stakeholder mapping exercise to understand the activities that other donors, such as World Bank, US aid, OECD or European Union are undertaking in removing non-tariff barriers• Collating trade research such as trade audits, market access studies, and bilateral reports to support global programme consultant• Contributing to a London-led procurement exercise to contract a service manager, highlighting and presenting opportunities and any local risks or issues• Building a strong network for the Embassy amongst trade stakeholders in Government (Federally and regionally), civil society and business; and with trade leads in London including Department for International Trade, Department for Exiting the EU, and Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office colleagues to ensure becoming a leading adviser on UK’s trading relationship with Turkey• with other Global Trade Programme priority country leads such as South Africa, Mexico and Brazil, sharing lessons learnt as and when appropriate

British Consulate General, Istanbul

• Project management, leading project identification and prospect prioritisation of the Lead Generation Project • Implementing relevant policies of British Government to increase the level of high quality foreign direct investment (FDI) towards the UK by:• Constructing convincing investment propositions and providing bespoke information to private sector companies on access to government, key commercial considerations such as company registration, financing, labour and skills, research and development, real estate, transport, utilities and regulatory issues• Planning and leading high-end, bespoke events for both existing and potential clients• Managing clients’ relations and offering services to the client-base• Building alliances within the public and private sector for advocating British Government’s commercial initiatives• Building and managing high level relations with the ministries, government officials, associations, industry leaders, chambers of commerce, CEO level contacts, service providers, universities and centres of R&D

Istanbul, Turkey

• Provided consultation on strategic and operational functions by:• Undertaking research into the industry sector, markets and competitors• Collecting, analysing and interpreting data and statistics• Compiling and presenting information verbally, visually and in writing• Participated in commercial, financial due diligence and year-end auditing projects in retail, media, travel and leisure, telecommunications, internet, manufacturing, automation, software, petrol and gas industries• Assisted in preparation of proposals for buy-side and sell-side commercial and financial due diligence advisory for corporate and private equity clients• Major clients include but are not limited to UK Trade & Investment, Turkcell, Tab Gida, MasterCard, SAP, Turk Telekom, Allianz, CGV Media and Entertainment

Istanbul, Turkey

• Assisted two executives from Germany on a project, mainly on Turkish to English translations, data organization and report formatting • Conducted detailed research on a leading holding’s general structure and services, prepared a comprehensive report and presented it to senior management