Yildiz Gunay
2023 ALI Fellow

Yildiz Gunay brings to ALI social sector leadership experience. Most recently, she was the general manager of TEV, the largest education foundation in Turkey. As its first woman, and youngest leader, she spearheaded institutionalization and modernization of the foundation while constructing and implementing award-winning growth strategies. Yildiz started her career at Citibank and was at the forefront of developing local derivative markets. Before TEV, she worked for Cargill and founded Black River Asset Management Turkey. Her responsibility area broadened over years to comprise Turkic Republics, Middle East and Africa.

Currently, she is a board member at Unlu & Co Investment Advisory and Asset Management Holding. She also served as the vice chairman of the board of Third Sector Foundation of Turkey.