About

Ebru Gürdemir joined Tetrapak as a legal counsel heading all legal operations across Greater Middle East and Africa in 2011. She has already had an impressive in-house career in some of the biggest multinational companies across a variety of industries, such as Hewlett Packard, Colgate Palmolive and British American Tobacco. Currently she is involved in the establishment of the Legal Affairs Organisation, a project that started in 2009. Since assuming her role, she has led the project and worked closely with the business in assessing the legal and compliance needs and structuring the organisation for the region. Having managed legal departments of four multinational companies, Gürdemir has had many successful moments: ‘I remember assisting the global legal team of Colgate Palmolive in successfully arbitrating with the local joint venture partner and achieving the desired, fantastic result’. Gürdemir finds the complex legal environment of the Middle East and Africa to be one of the biggest challenges to overcome in her current role, but at the same time she enjoys the diversity of legal systems along with the cultural diversity.