Professional Experience

18 years of professional experience, including 9+ years in Cash and Voucher Assistance programming, emergency response coordination, economic empowerment, and donor relations across complex humanitarian contexts.

18
Years Total Experience
9+
Years Humanitarian Programming
2M+
People Served
€2B+
Project Budget Managed

Career Timeline

05/2024 – Present
Support To Life (STL)
CVA and Livelihoods Programme Manager
  • Leading STL's CVA and Economic Empowerment programmes in Türkiye, especially in earthquake-affected areas, with focus on programme design, implementation, and coordination
  • Leading CVA training and capacity building; mentoring via CBI TWG
  • Speaker at European Humanitarian Forum 2025
  • Representing STL in local and global fora (IASC global CAG, CBI TWG, Basic Needs WG)
  • Developing gender and disability sensitive economic empowerment projects in earthquake-affected provinces
02/2019 – 05/2024
European Commission – DG ECHO
Programme Specialist
  • Managed multi-sectoral projects including the world's largest CBI programme (ESSN) at donor level, ensuring safe transition from humanitarian to development funding
  • Led world's largest Cash-Based Intervention programme (ESSN)
  • Emergency deployment post-2023 earthquakes for CVA coordination
  • Oversaw partner performance and EU regulation compliance
  • Produced SitReps, programmatic contextual and visual reports (via Tableau and PowerBI)
07/2017 – 02/2019
World Food Programme (WFP)
Programme Assistant – Cash Based Transfers
  • Delivered MPCA and vouchers to over a million refugees in Türkiye, managing implementing partner's $30M+ operational budget
  • Served over 1 million refugees with MPCA and vouchers
  • Managed $30M+ operational budget and monthly reconciliation cycles
  • Key member of CBI TWG and Reconciliation WG
  • Coordinated with UNICEF on shared programmatic aspects
03/2017 – 07/2017
World Food Programme (WFP)
Business Support Assistant - Programme
  • Provided MPCA and vouchers to over a million refugees, managed COMET system as focal point, and supported cash-based transfers workflow
  • COMET focal point for Türkiye Country Office
  • Trained and supervised CO and area office staff
  • Coordinated with Finance, Procurement, Partnerships units
08/2008 – 03/2017
Private Sector
Various Coordination and Management Roles
  • International Education Coordination
  • Customer Relations Management
  • Strategic Partnerships
  • Project and Business Management

Skills & Expertise

Core Expertise

  • Cash and Voucher Assistance (CVA)
  • Multi-Purpose Cash Assistance (MPCA)
  • Emergency Response & Coordination
  • Economic Empowerment
  • Donor Relations (DG ECHO, DG NEAR / DG ENEST)
  • Visual Reporting (Tableau, PowerBI)

Leadership & Expertise

  • CVA Technical Working Group expertise
  • Locally-led Responses and capacity building
  • HDP NEXUS implementation
  • Global coordination (global Cash Advisory Group (CAG) member)
  • Close coordination and collaboration with CaLP

Languages & Certifications

  • Turkish (Native), English (C2), German (C1)
  • Arabic (A2), French (B1 - improving)
  • CaLP Core CVA Skills Certification
  • Training of Trainers (CaLP)
  • Protection & IHL Certifications