He has a passion for accelerating talent across organizations. While this passion has fueled his work in leadership assessment and development, it has crystalized in Diversity, Equity & Inclusion transformation when he joined Korn Ferry’s global solution team on inclusive leadership, teams and innovation.

His experience spans across a broad range of industries including technology, fintech, semiconductor, consumer, retail, life sciences, and industrials. His consulting experience includes assessing, training, coaching and developing leaders and serving as a trusted advisor with a global and strategic mindset. Ömer is a certified coach and facilitator for Korn Ferry’s full range of leadership assessment and development suite Leadership Accelerators, KF Potential, Assess and Coaching tools.

Ömer has delivered work in defining talent strategy, culture, values, competencies and success profiles; designing and conducting assessment centres and developmental programs; and leading engagements that integrate multiple offerings across Korn Ferry’s organization and people solution suite.

Ömer earned a BA in Business and an MA in Strategic Communication Management. He has served as a faculty member at universities in Turkey and France, conducting research on social justice at Reed College (USA) and inclusive team performance at Karlschochshule (Germany). Before joining Korn Ferry, he was the Director of Learning and Development at a global education institute. Prior to that, he worked at a technology startup as Head of Customer Service and Community Engagement. Today, he resides with his partner in Ottawa, Canada, while frequently traveling across Canada and the US for clients.