Dilek Bil

Dilek Bil, who completed her high school education at Northport High School in the USA and her higher education at the University of North Texas on international finance and international marketing, worked in credit and marketing at American Express Bank, Koç-American Bank, BNP-AK-Dresdner and Societe Generale. He worked in banking fields. Bil, who founded Kangaroo Communication and Consultancy company in 1994, provided services on strategic brand communication and creative advertising solutions to many national and international brands until 2012. He has been providing sustainable development consultancy to institutions since 2012.

He is the founder of the Purpose-Sustainable Ideas platform and a partner of the Mentoro Platform. His areas of focus include integration of business strategies and sustainability strategies, communication with internal and external stakeholders, sustainability reporting, setting and measuring targets. It produces solutions that will pave the way for the business world in this regard. As of 2016, he is an independent member of Akmerkez GYO's Board of Directors. He serves as the Chairman of the Risk Committee and a member of the Corporate Governance and Audit Committees.

He is a member of the WWF Türkiye-DHKV Board of Directors. He manages corporate governance and risk issues. He is the Sustainability Advisor to the Board of Directors of the Turkish Clothing Manufacturers Association (TGSD), and is the founding mentor of GENÇ TGSD-Sustainability Platform, representing TGSD.

He is a member of UN Global Compact Türkiye and works in the Environmental Working Group. She served as the president of KAGİDER (Women Entrepreneurs Association) and is a member of the High Advisory Board. He is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of 'Accademia Italiana della Cucina Istanbul', affiliated with the Italian Ministry of Culture. It carries out studies focused on the development of agriculture-based economies and gastro-economy between Italy and Turkey.

He took part in the establishment of the Wine Friends Association in 1989 and has been the Chairman of the Board of Directors since January 2020. It works with the mission of developing viticulture and wine culture. He is a founding member of FODER (Financial Literacy and Access Association) and served as Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors for 6 years.

He is the advisor to the 35th President of Galatasaray Sports Club. In order to draw attention to the importance of creating economic, social and environmental benefits by integrating sustainability principles into business strategy in Turkey, he prepared and presented the program “Let This World Last!”® on CNBC-e. He was a member of the DEIK Turkish-British Business Council Executive Board and was involved in the establishment of the "Grow with Turkey" platform. She is married to Faruk Bil and is the mother of Ömer Fuad.