Prof. Dr. Melsa Ararat

Melsa Ararat is an engaged scholar. She is currently a professor of Strategy and the founding director of Corporate Governance Forum of Turkey at Sabanci Business School.  Melsa has held senior management and board positions in Belgium, Singapore and Japan within Philips group prior to returning to academia in 2003. She is the initiator and supervisor of many projects that mobilizes businesses in support of  Sustainable Development Goals  including  Business Against Domestic Violence Project, Independent Women Directors Project and Carbon Disclosure Project in Turkey. She is a governor of ICGN (International Corporate Governance Network), a board member of UN Global Compact Turkey Network and a member of 30% Club Global Advisory Board. She was instrumental in formation of Borsa Istanbul Sustainability Index in 2014. Melsa’s research focuses on corporate governance and sustainability in emerging markets.