Ayşegül Dicle Aydın

Ayşegül Dicle Aydın
Ayşegül Dicle Aydın
ADA Global Partners, Founding & Managing Partner

Ayşegül Dicle Aydın is one of the prominent figures of the international arena, focusing on both Executive Search and Leadership Consulting, for more than 20 years.

Based in Istanbul, she established and managed the Turkish operation for Heidrick&Struggles between 2001-2022 and later inaugurated ADA Global Partners. 

Her search experience encompasses all main sectors such as Banking, Industry, Manufacturing, Consumer, HealthCare, Technology, and Retail. She has filled in primary functions such as Chief Executive Officers, Board Members, Chief Financial, Chief Marketing, Chief Sales Chief Strategy, Legal, Compliance, Human Resources, and Government Affairs Officers. Her work within Leadership Consulting includes projects on Succession Planning, Talent Management, Board Structuring and of course Leader Suite Assessment. Furthermore, she owns considerable experience in serving the Global Private Equity Funds, establishing their new C-Suites following the acquisitions of the investment companies.

Prior to her executive search practice, Dicle Aydın gathered work experience in the multinational arena working for McCann Erickson, Procter & Gamble (P&G) and British American Tobacco (BAT) mainly in Commercial Managerial roles. She established her own Executive Search Company in Turkey in 1997, which became the beginning of her Search and Leadership Consulting career.

Dicle Aydın is a licensed Executive Leadership Assessor since 1997 and has been the only Turk to be selected among the Global Top 200 Executive Search Consultants by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU).

Since the beginning of 2000, Dicle Aydin has been one of the prominent opinion leaders regarding Corporate Governance, Women Leadership, Diversity&Inclusion, and Entrepreneurship. She serves as an Advisory Board Member in AmCham and is also a Member in TUSIAD, 30% Club Turkey, Women in Technology Association (WTECH) as well as ODTU Alumni and MSU Alumni.

She holds a BS degree in Business Administration from the Middle East Technical University (ODTU) and owns a Master’s degree in Marketing & Advertising from the Michigan State University (MSU).