Riza Kadilar

Alumni of Stanford University, HEC Paris, METU, and INSEAD, Dr. Riza Kadilar is a PhD in media economics. His professional career includes senior level bank management for almost thirty years in France, The U.K., The Netherlands and Turkey. Dr Kadilar is the president of EMCC Global (formerly known as “European Mentoring and Coaching Council”, Brussels), and contributes to the democratization of learning & development with his online platform (RK Academy). He is the author of seven published books, and columnist at Harvard Business Review (HBR) Turkey and a regular keynote speaker at in-company events, and international conferences. Besides his roles in the fields of human capital and business development, Dr. Kadilar is also an investor in tech startups (with a special focus on agri-food technology) with a potential to scale up into Europe. He also serves as scientific committee member at Institut du Bosphore (Paris), president at TUSIAD The Netherlands Network (Amsterdam), vice president of DEIK Dutch-Turkish Business Council (Istanbul), and trustee & board member at Hisar Education Foundation (Istanbul).