A seasoned legal professional with a comprehensive understanding of her company’s business, Tuba Çetin Alpa has served the legal department in the Turkish operations of US food conglomerate Cargill since 1998. In addition to creating the domestic legal department and streamlining its processes, Çetin’s work has contributed to the corporation’s regional growth. For instance in 2014, she was the lead lawyer on Cargill’s multimillion dollar acquisition of Alemdar Kimya and Turyağ. She has also been a key figure in Cargill’s joint ventures in Turkey and Saudi Arabia, whilst handling all litigations, issues relating to food and feed laws and dealing with cases filed by NGOs in Turkey against foreign investor’s permits. A prominent figure in the country’s legal in-house market, Çetin is also credited for having the ability to provide consultancy to finance departments, having dealt with trade structured finance transactions in Turkey, the Middle East and South Asian countries in the wake of the 2008 financial crash. Before Cargill, Çetin spent almost five years at law firm Gur & Inal (now divided into to separate entities) between 1993 and 1998. She obtained her bachelor’s degree in law from Marmara University in 1992.