About

Billed as a ‘pragmatic and result-oriented professional’ Selin Evrem has been head of legal and compliance officer at Henkel Turkey since 2013. Prior to joining Henkel, Evrem was a corporate senior counsel at Carrefour Group for three years and a corporate legal counsel in Habboush Energy Group; previously she was an associate with Ernst & Young for three years. Last year Evrem became an executive committee member at Henkel, demonstrating the business knowledge that she has acquired throughout her varied career. ‘Moving onto the executive committee was a completely different environment than the world I got used to as a lawyer. You can call it a challenge, but it sure was a nice one’. Evrem relished the opportunity to learn more about the operation of the company, using this to build close relationships with the senior management on a local and global level. She has been involved in many global M&A and restructuring projects, some of which she would class as the biggest achievements of her career. She believes that the challenges of her position have been very constructive in allowing her to develop professionally. ‘Working in a well-organised multinational company gives you the chance to discover different legal environments and business cultures. Cultural intelligence is one of the most valuable assets of today’s business world’. Evrem has participated as a panel speaker in conferences on compliance and anti-corruption practices in Turkey.