Arda Gürtuna

Arda Gurtuna is a senior strategy and transformation leader who is an Associate Partner in a hyper-growth consulting company with Nordic heritage.
He is leading 4 verticals including private equity across +8 countries.
In his career, Arda had key roles in consulting, sector companies (including B2B industrials) and private equity organizations which he enjoyed delivering high impact initiatives and had a chance to be part of many success stories in the EMEA region throughout his career. Arda had played key role in IBM’s capability development in strategy and transformation practice across Turkey and CEE, Hepsiburada’s 120% annual revenue growth and positive EBITDA in 2016 and 2018 by securing its market leadership against Alibaba and Amazon, Pladis Global’s successful new portfolio and value creation strategy and plan formation after the acquisition of Godiva and United Biscuits, Borusan Holding and Ten Oaks Investment’s improved ROI for technology and new venture investments (focusing on value creation) as well as Civitta’s continued growth across designated verticals in the last 3 years.
As an accomplished and results-driven senior professional with a career spanning over a decade, Arda has honed his expertise in corporate strategy and transformation topics from design to execution for the organizations. With his versatile knowledge and experience, Arda has delivered +80 successful initiatives in the EMEA region through both internal leadership and consulting roles fostering change and innovation