Our Team

Bikem Kanık

Bikem Kanık has gained experience in many different industries as an economist and finance professional in her career of more than 30 years. She has worked in the fields of Treasury and Corporate Finance in her early business life. She had been a part of many successful initiatives of financial markets in her nearly 12-year investment banking career. She has specialized in financial structuring, mergers and venture capital. She has worked as Product Development Manager and Business Development Director in various international risk management consultancy companies. During her career path, she noticed the requirement for Turkey’s risk management services in the area of sustainability so she founded her own consulting company in 2014. She has given consultancy services to local and foreign companies from every sector in the fields of Corporate Risk Management, Business Continuity Management, Sustainability Management, Corporate Governance and Process Management. She had the opportunity to experience both sides of the business world with board memberships, consultancy and auditing board memberships. She is currently an Executive Board Member at Orbit Consulting.

Faik Emir Öztürk

Orbit Consulting Co-Founder, Faik Emir Öztürk started to shape his career in textile industry and specialized in sustainability and continued his activities in this field. With the establishment of Orbit Consulting in 2019, he pursued the goal of consulting and stakeholder in the textile industry in this field. Emir is highly skilled on adding value to the clients’ corporate sustainability framework, and today he works as a sustainability expert at Orbit Consulting.

Didem Çakar

Didem Çakar, starting her career at Istanbul Textile and Apparel Exporters’ Association (İTKİB) nearly 20 years ago, has worked for the national and international funded projects aiming the development of Turkish fashion and textile industry. Taking part in the founding team of Istanbul Fashion Academy (İMA), supported IMA’s industrial training and consultancy infrastructure, while carrying out creative industries projects bringing together public-local-civil-private stakeholders. Didem Çakar, who has management experience in leading fashion and textile companies from different stages of the supply chain, specializes in system building, business modelling, corporate development and national and international funds, grants and incentives. She continues her career in Orbit Consulting by managing circularity and sustainability projects in the field of social, environmental and economic development in textile.

Sena Peri

Sena Peri works as a sustainability consultant at Orbit Consulting. Prior to Orbit Consulting, she worked in textile industry, gained experience and took part in various functions such as merchandising, operations and production. Sena is passionate about environmental sustainability and aims to combine her passion with her textile industry experience at Orbit Consulting. Sena holds a BA in Textile Engineering from Istanbul Technical University and a MA in Business Administration and Strategic Management from ESERP Business School.

Sezin Gençdal

After graduating from Sakarya University, Department of Environmental Engineering in 2009, Sezin completed her master's degree in the same field at Istanbul University. While continuing her education, she took the first step in her career as an Environmental Engineer in an innovative recycling company that produces biodiesel from vegetable waste oils. In 2014, she took her first step into the textile industry as an Environmental and Social Compliance Specialist in a company that produces and exports denim garments and developed her competences in this field. In 2017, she continued her career by working in environmental and social sustainability at one of Turkey's leading denim garment manufacturers. In this process, she had the opportunity to examine the sustainability policies and strategies of many foreign brands operating in a wide range of markets and to take part in projects carried out with the entire supply chain and stakeholders. With the extensive experience she gained in the textile industry, she decided to continue her career as a sustainability consultant and started working at Orbit Consulting.

İlknur Elbüken

İlknur, graduated from Dokuz Eylul University in 2021 with a bachelor’s degree in environmental engineering. Within the scope of her undergraduate thesis, she carried out a Life Cycle Assessment study based on the textile sector and published an article by presenting this study to an international symposium. She took an active role in international projects during her internships within the scope of environmental engineering. She is a member of Sustainable Development Goals Student Hub. She began her career at Orbit Consulting and conducts studies in the field of sustainability.

Halil İbrahim CÜLFÜK

Previously, Halil spent nine years as the Head of Sustainability at Kipas Textiles, Europe's largest textile manufacturer. During his tenure, he led numerous initiatives, including the establishment of the Sustainability Department, setting corporate objectives for the future, and coordinating compliance with European Social and Environmental standards. He also actively engaged with stakeholders, including fashion brands and public institutions, and initiated new sustainability-focused business developments. He continues his career as a Sustainability Specialist at Orbit Consulting.

Artuğ Anıl SAĞIR

Artuğ Anıl graduated from Uludağ University, Department of Textile Engineering in 2019. In 2023, he completed his Master's degree in Textile Engineering by working on "Enzymatic Finishing Processes of Cotton Fabrics" at Uludağ University. While continuing his education, he worked in the design center and production operations of a printing company producing for the European market. Afterwards, he continued his career as a Design Center and Product Development Specialist in one of Turkey's leading towel manufacturing companies. After the experience he gained in project, process and product development here, he wanted to continue his career in the field of sustainability in textiles and continues to work as a Sustainability Specialist at Orbit Consulting.

Murat Buyurgan

Murat Buyurgan has been a senior manager in international and multi-brand retail organizations for more than 25 years with his experience in business administration. He provided successful graphics in achieving sales, profitability and market growth targets. He managed sales, marketing, visual merchandising, e-commerce, and store design and implementation departments to achieve customer-focused, sustainability goals of key players in apparel retail, such as Mango, Levis, Gap, Banana Republic, Marks & Spencer. After many years of selling in the retail sector and working hard to achieve the growing targets with his teams, today he works hard for smart consumption, meaningful consumption and a sustainable industry and the world.

Prof.Dr. Nilgün Cılız

Professor Doctor Nilgün Cılız, who has a bachelor’s degree of Chemical Engineering from Istanbul Technical University (ITU) continued her doctoral studies on “Energy and Petrochemicals from Plastic Waste” at Strathclyde University in Scotland which completed afterwards at Boğaziçi University Institute of Environmental Sciences. She continues her academic career as a full-time faculty member at Boğaziçi University Institute of Environmental Sciences. Since 2007, she has been the Founding Director of the Sustainable Development and Cleaner Production Center (BU-SDCPC). Since 2010, she coordinates the Sustainable and Green Campus Project of Boğaziçi University in different management positions. Additionally, she has different responsibilities for United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network (UN-SDSN) since 2014 in Turkey.