In 1988, she graduated from Hacettepe University, Department of Chemical Engineering. In 1997, she completed the Business Board of Directors Certificate Programme at Marmara University and in 2000, she received an Executive MBA from Koç University. She started her professional career as an R&D and Project Engineer at Eczacıbaşı Vitra Ceramic Company. In 1995, she joined the Engineering Department of the Industrial Development Bank of Turkey (Türkiye Sınai Kalkınma Bankası) as a Project Engineer Specialist, and after working in various positions, she has been the Department Supervisor Manager since 2008. Between 2006 and 2016, she also served as the Bank's Environment and Sustainability Coordinator. In 2011, she led the establishment of Escarus - TSKB Sürdürülebilirlik Danışmanlığı A.Ş., a sustainability consultancy within TSKB. Between 2011 and 2015, she served as TSKB Engineering Manager and TSKB Sustainability Coordinator, as well as Executive Vice President of Escarus, and was appointed General Manager of Escarus in 2016. Between 2009 and 2016, she chaired the Turkish Banking Association's Working Group on the Role of the Financial Sector in Sustainable Development and led the preparation of the Sustainability Guidelines for the Banking Sector project. In addition to being a member of the TÜSİAD Finance Working Group and the BIST Sustainability Platform, she was also the sustainability consultant for the TSKB Green Bond project. She also coordinated the Sustainable Development Goals Project of the Republic of Turkey on behalf of the Ministry of Development. She has experience in climate change, sustainable development governance, climate change finance, green economy, energy and energy transition.