Ergene Consulting merges with Boyden in Turkey. Murat Ergene and İbrahim Paksoy, market leaders in executive search and HR advisory named as the Managing Partners
İbrahim Paksoy leverages more than 25 years’ experience in executive management to provide executive search services, with a primary focus on C-level and director roles across a range of industries and functions. This broad expertise, along with proven business acumen, enable him to serve a diverse client base. His consistently high performance is reflected in his extensive international network.
Professional Focus
- Over 25 years’ multinational and multidisciplinary leadership experience including C-level roles in audit and business advisory, banking, and real estate
- Solid track record of placements in C-suite, general manager and other senior-level roles across sectors and functions including finance, marketing, IT, human resources, supply chain, manufacturing, legal, e-commerce and strategy
- Industry expertise in consumer & retail, financial services, technology, private equity and venture capital, industrial, and human resources
- Extensive business experience including strategic planning, risk management, finance, investment management, operations and marketing
- Expertise in advanced people analytics, with proven experience in delivering technology solutions such as AI-based candidate scoring, data visualisation tools and predictive modelling
- Native Turkish, fluent in English
Business Expertise
- Partner in one of the most comprehensive advanced people analytics technology solution provider in the market
- Partner in a market-leading boutique executive search and HR consulting firm
- General Manager at Kanyon Yönetim, a joint venture formed to manage real estate assets held by Eczacıbaşı Holding and İş REIT
- Senior Director, Asset Management at Meraas, one of the most prestigious semi-governmental investment companies in the Middle East, based in Dubai
- Assistant GM at Klépierre, French REIT and pan-European leader in shopping mall development and asset management
- Director, Asset Management at Multi Corporation, a Dutch commercial development and asset management company managing one of the largest portfolios in Europe
- General Manager at Pradera, a UK-based investment management company; provided asset management services to St. Martins Property Corporation, the real estate investment vehicle of the Kuwait sovereign wealth fund
- CEO, CFO and board roles at Anchor Grup, subsidiary of FIBA Holding, one of the leading real estate investment and development firms in South Eastern Europe; based in Bucharest, Romania
- Vice President - Financial Control, Strategic Planning & Risk Management at Credit Europe Bank, responsible for Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands, based in Amsterdam; promoted from Assistant Vice President and other management roles in Germany and Russia
- Audit and Business Advisory Consultancy Services at Arthur Andersen
Additional Expertise
- Consumer Digital
- Banking & Capital Markets
- CEI/CTO/CSO/CISO
- Financial Services
- Asset Management
- Technology
- Human Resources
- Board Services
Areas of Expertise
- Onboarding & Integration
- Assessment & Profiling
- Leadership Development
- Executive & Team Coaching
- Succession Planning
- CEO & Board Services
- Financial Officers
- Human Resources
- Boyden Tools
- Financial Services
- Fintech
- Retail & Corporate Banking
- Industrial Manufacturing
- Technology
- Digital Transformation Leadership
- Family-Owned/Privately Held Organizations
- Global/Multinational Organizations
Education & Certifications
- Master’s degree in finance from Koç University
- MBA in international business management from Istanbul University
- Bachelor’s degree in economics from Marmara University
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