Emre Laleli Email & Phone Number

Amsterdam, NH, NL

Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

• Leading investment and growth efforts of Sabanci Materials Technology Group:
• Leading the project on identification of optimal sub-sectors to establish a new vertical through a company acquisition within Sabanci Materials Technology Group (Deal size: USD 1B and above)
• Leading discussions with investment banks and private equities to identify ideal acquisition targets
• Managing post-merger integration for a prominent building solutions portfolio company (Deal size: EUR 330M)
• Directing venture building initiatives for a portfolio startup, with a focus on scaling production to an industrial level
• Leading discussions / negotiations to forge partnerships that drive growth for the materials technology group portfolio companies

Netherlands

C2CA is a Netherlands-based startup upcycling waste concrete into sustainable substitutes for virgin cement, sand, and aggregates, aiming to create a closed-loop concrete recycling process

Switzerland

FenX is a Swiss startup transforming industrial waste into high-performance, non-flammable insulation panels for the building industry, offering turnkey production units to building material producers

Spain

Driving the creation of a corporate venture with FenX (an ETH Zurich spin-off) under Cimsa (a Sabanci Materials Technology Group company), to develop and deliver innovative circular and non-flammable panelized solutions

Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

• Led two workstreams of transformation project for a sector-leading company, identifying EUR 100M+ in opportunities to drive growth and enhance efficiency
• Designed a new operating model for a pioneering multinational company, identifying tangible initiatives to achieve 10% cost reduction through digitalization, centralization, and organizational restructuring.
• Advised a financial technologies firm in their all-rounded transformation. Took role in designing and executing the new operating model. Oversaw 7 streams as part of the Transformation Office
• Conducted an overall assessment for a pioneering global retailer for their Data Governance; Defined a prioritization strategy; Developed recommendations and implementation roadmap
• Developed an approach for calculating revenue pool in biodiversity for major banks in Europe and Asia

Switzerland

Advised a global pharmaceutical company for its strategic transformation and in its efforts to expand into the European market.

Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

• Worked on the market entry strategy project for a PE owned pioneering pharmaceutical company for its access to biosimilars market in Germany.
• Created a lead and prepared a proposal document for a global conglomerate that is aiming to penetrate into the Electric Vehicle Charging Station business.

Istanbul, Turkey

Board member, responsible for the commercial activities and the education committee of the foundation. Led or supported the following activities:- Increasing the number of scholarship recipients from 10 to 60- Establishing the brand "Melin" as a commercial olive and olive oil brand. Creating extra funds for the students.- Creating a system for selecting 10.

Istanbul, Turkey

• Boston-based start-up enhancing the performance and experience of esports players by utilizing cutting-edge AI technologies
• Collaborated with co-founders to create, communicate and execute company strategy. Translated strategies into operational plans to be executed by 5+ functions, leading to acceptance into Y-Combinator Summer-21 Batch
• Created business models and detailed financial projections and participated in investor relations.
• Led product management, defining roadmaps and engineering features used by over 5 million unique users
• Increased number of active monthly users from ground level to 500,000 in 12 months through strategic partnerships and marketing efforts, becoming one of fastest-growing AI platforms in esports ecosystem
• Interviewed 200+ applicants to build a high-performing team of 20. Defined KPIs, monitored the team performance and gave coaching, enhancing team performance by approximately 30%

Istanbul, Turkey

• Managed an EBITDA improvement project for a private equity owned packaging company. Created detailed business cases and identified opportunities leading to 10% EBITDA growth, which later realized by company
• Conducted supply chain transformation for a diversified industrial products company. Identified +$20MM in annual savings. Project named Most Influential Supply Chain Project of the Year by industry experts
• Advised the C-suite of a multinational Tier 1 automotive company to assess prospective target markets and determine market entry strategies: company invested in recommended markets

İstanbul, Türkiye

• Received a double promotion, becoming a senior consultant 1 year earlier compared to peers
• Performed target operating model design and implementation project for a leading FMCG company's HQ in Turkey and rolled out new model to its 4 subsidiaries in Egypt, Iran, Algeria and Russia
• Collaborated with government offices to support Turkish companies in brand-building efforts in international markets. Significantly increased the export revenues and international presences of the companies

Nürnberg Area, Germany

Worked on a EU Project called “SmartFiber”, particularly on wireless data and energy transmission at low frequency by means of inductive couplingHelped the program reach to the maximum data transfer speed forecasted by the designers of the project by programming the microcontrollers

Nürnberg Area, Germany

Worked on a EU Project called “SmartFiber” and mainly worked on wireless data transmission by programming two different boards with C and Assembly programming languages.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Business Administration And Management, General

• Awarded INSEAD Deepak and Sunita Gupta Endowed Scholarship • Member of Private Equity & Venture Capital, Consulting and Technology.

Bachelor Of Science (Bsc), Electrical And Electronics Engineering

Activities and Societies: IEEE Student Branch Executive Committee Chair (2013-2014)

Bachelor Of Science (Bsc), Electrical And Electronics Engineering

Economics (Minor) Erasmus Exchange Semester with Scholarship

Education record

AFS Exchange Program for 1 year with Full Mercator Scholarship

Education record

Activities and Societies: Destination Imagination Athletics TeamGraduated with IB Diploma (32 points) Destination-Imagination Global.