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Sibel Yamak (Conference Chair)
Sibel Yamak is a Professor of Management at the Galatasaray University, Turkey. She holds a PhD in
Organisation Theory awarded by the Bosphorous University, Turkey. Her publications, which focus on
business elites, top management teams, governance and corporate social performance, have been
published in peer reviewed journals such as British Journal of Management, European Management
Journal, and International Journal of Hospitality Management. She received the Emerald LiteratiNetwork
award in 2007. She has been a Visiting Scholar/Professor in different universities such as the Panthéon
Sorbonne University, Strasbourg Louis Pasteur University, Brunel University and Manchester University.
She is an editorial board member of the British Journal of Management and Society and Business Review.
She serves as an Associate Editor of the Yönetim Araştırmaları Dergisi. She is the former chair of Corporate
Governance Strategic Interest Group and co-chair of Top Management Team and Business Elites Track at
EURAM. She has been an Executive Committee member of the Academy of Management MED Division
(USA) since 1999. Previously, she acted as the Country Liaison, International Membership Coordinator, and
Division Research Coordinator of the same division. She has been co-organizing EIASM Top Management
Team (TMT) Workshops together with an international team of scholars and has co-edited special issues
on TMT and Corporate Social Responsibility.
Ulun Akturan
Ulun Akturan is an Assistant Professor of Marketing at the Galatasaray University, Istanbul, Turkey. Her
current research interests include retailing, branding and qualitative research. She has published
papers on consumer behaviour, branding and celebrity advertising. She serves as a board member of
the Galatasaray University Business Reseach Centre. She holds memberships in numerous academic
associations including the AMA (American Marketing Association), AM (Academy of Marketing), and
Turkish Marketing Association. She is a reviewer for several leading journals in the area of marketing.
Volkan Demir
Volkan Demir is an Associate Professor of Accounting at the Department of Business Administration
at the Galatasaray University, Istanbul, Turkey. He is a Manager of the Galatasaray University Business
Research Centre. He is a Coordinator of the Research Projects Unit of the Galatasaray University. He holds
a membership at the iEAA (European Accounting Association). He has a Ph. D. in Accounting and Finance
from Marmara University, Istanbul. He is on the editorial boards of several academic journals in Turkey.
His research expertise is on the role of accounting in capital markets and international financial reporting.
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