“Visionary leadership begins where experience and passion meet.”
Chairman of the Board
Chairman of the Board & Founder
After roles at Arthur Andersen Turkey and NCR Turkey, Ali Emre founded PDR Group in 1989. Initially established as a TMI a/s licensee, the group was later positioned by Ali Emre as Turkey's first training and consulting firm, taking on a pioneering role in the field.
PDR Group has grown organically through strategic partnerships and inorganically through acquisitions and mergers in Turkey and abroad; following these changes and additions, it continues to operate as synergistic companies, each carrying out training and consulting activities in its own field.
Ali Emre serves on the advisory boards of various companies, focusing on growth, efficiency and competitive advantage, and offers results-oriented solutions in his work with stakeholders aiming to take their business to the next level. He also shares his expertise and skills with the organizations he advises in overcoming the turning points and artificial barriers that hold back their clients' growth.
Ali Emre handed over his active leadership role at PDR Group in 2010 and continues his responsibilities as Chairman of the Board.
Married and a father of two, Ali Emre is also the author of the business book "MBÖ / Management by Öylesine (Haphazard Management)".
Vice Chairman of the Board
Vice Chair of the Board & Founder
After graduating from Middle East Technical University and holding various management positions in the banking and finance sectors, Meltem Kömürcüoğlu Emre made a radical decision in 1990 to join PDR Group, where she played key roles in the group's founding.
In 1997 Meltem Kömürcüoğlu Emre led the founding and strategic structuring of CC Academia, while also serving on the PDR Group Management Committee.
Meltem has served as a Member of the Board since 2005 and is married and a mother of one.
Managing Partner
Managing Partner
After graduating with honors from the English Business Administration program at Yeditepe University, she first worked at leading advertising companies in Turkey. In 2005 she entered the world of corporate training as Sales Manager at FED Training & Consulting.
During her time at FED Training she organized conferences for numerous international speakers and took on roles implementing Innovation, Change and Customer Focus projects at organizations. Ayşegül Drahşan joined PDR Group in 2009 as Sales Manager and, within the global network, won the "Emerging Young Talent of the Year" award in 2010 and the "Initiative of the Year" award in 2011. In 2013 she was appointed Deputy General Manager.
Appointed General Manager in 2015, Ayşegül Drahşan received the "Business Developer of the Year" award in 2016 for the R-Touch Attitude "Excellent Customer Satisfaction" project carried out with Renault Turkey. Having completed ICF-approved Professional Coaching, Advanced Coaching and Team Coaching programs, Drahşan founded PDRICMA, the ICF-accredited coaching and mentoring school within PDR Group. Supporting organizations in their training and consulting processes while continuing her mentoring work, Ayşegül Drahşan has for 21 years helped companies in Turkey and around the world plan their corporate training processes, carry out competency-based training needs analyses, calculate the return on training investments and implement corporate culture projects. Alongside her corporate programs on Managing Corporate Training Processes and Calculating the Return on Training Investment (ROI), she continues to provide individual coaching and mentoring services.
Serving as Managing Partner of PDR Group since 2022, Ayşegül Drahşan is married, a mother of one, the author of the book "Bize Bir Eğitim Lazım" and one of the co-authors of the book SHIFT!.
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