Turhan Semizer is a consultant supporting the International Finance Corporation (IFC) for special projects related to the auto industry in Eastern Europe. He worked for Valeo—a multinational in the auto parts sector with a global footprint—for more than 20 years until 2014 as Director in Türkiye, Italy and the HQ in France with responsibility for operations in the United States, Mexico, Brazil and India. He became CEO of Standard Profil—a multinational industrial group with HQ in Istanbul—in 2014 to manage its profitable growth and globalization. He studied business administration, philosophy and law