EMCC names Dr Riza Kadilar new President

Brussels, November 28 2017 – EMCC today announced Dr Riza Kadilar has been elected new President as of 28 November 2017.

'I am excited and honoured to take on this role and look forward to building on the EMCC brand as the ‘go to body’ for coaching, mentoring and supervision as well as enhancing the operational excellence of the organisation by leading a team of highly talented, experienced, prominent leaders forming the International Executive Board, the Council and other volunteers.' said Dr Riza Kadilar.

About Dr Riza Kadilar

Dr Riza Kadilar has a PhD in Media Economics. After a BSc degree at METU in Industrial Engineering, he obtained his MSc degree at Stanford University, and completed his MBA at HEC, Paris. His past professional career includes senior level bank management experience in UK (deputy general manager, Sabanci Bank plc), the Netherlands (management board member, TEBNV), and Turkey. Since 2006 he’s been working for a French international investment banking group as their senior country manager and representative for Turkey.

Prior to taking up his role as EMCC President, Dr Kadilar was the president of EMCC Turkey. He has provided executive coaching to a large number of executives in Turkish business environment, delivered on many coaching programmes, and has advised in setting of up mentoring programmes for various leading institutions. He is an assessor/verifier for European Commission Executive Office for SMEs, and a visiting professor at two leading Turkish universities. He is a scientific committee member at Institut du Bosphore (Paris), and a trustee and board member at Hisar Education Foundation (Istanbul). He regularly speaks at international conferences. He is the author of five published books in Turkish on executive coaching, is an editorial board member of “GTR: Global Trade Review”, a London based leading trade finance magazine.

Dr Kadliar is fluent in French and English, is married to Pelin, and is proud father of Kardelen. He currently lives in Amsterdam in the Netherlands.

Outgoing President, Dr Lise Lewis (2011-2017), said ‘I am delighted to be handing over the presidency to you Riza. I’ve so valued the friendship and collegiate experience of working with all the amazing volunteers who contribute to the development of EMCC being a leading voice in mentoring, coaching and supervision. Welcome Riza! I am certain you will continue the growth and reach of EMCC’.

About EMCC

The EMCC is an international coaching, mentoring and supervision association established in 1992. EMCC is made up of Affiliated Countries in Belgium, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, and United Kingdom.

EMCC exists to develop, promote and set the expectation of best practice in mentoring and coaching across Europe and beyond, for the benefit of society. Our vision is to be the "go to" body in mentoring, coaching and supervision.

For more information on EMCC visit www.emccouncil.org

Contact: EMCC.Administration@emccouncil.org