My Bio
Writer:
“Leblebi”; Deniz`s first novel was published in July 2011
“Tasmalı Kanguru”, her second novel was published in August 2018
Deniz has been a column writer with CEO’s Magazine. From 2003 to 2015, during these
years over hundreds of articles of her were published. She wrote about leadership philosophy.
CEO’s, is a monthly periodical on business and leadership, published monthly and circulated
nation-wide throughout Turkey. Deniz was also a member of the publishing board of this
magazine from 2009 to 2015.
Deniz was also a regularly contributing writer for TUGIAD Elegans Magazine from 2015 to
2018. She wrote about leadership philosohy. She has also many articles published in Hürriyet
Newspaper and İş Fikirleri Dergisi as a guest writer.
Deniz has received short story incentive prize in Toronto Canada in 2010. Story was
published together with other winning stories the same year by Toronto Ankara Kitaplığı.
She wrote a youth book called “The Sixth Hero”, published in October 2019 in Canada.
During her second university degree she has taken several additional courses at the University
of Calgary Canada, related to literature.
Consultant :
Since 1991, Deniz is a HR and management consultant. She is expert in executice search and
selection, identifying organisational structural needs, developing strategies to identify and
achieve organisational objectives, assesment of leadership practices, research and publishing.
She has expertise in global approaches to HR and management consulting. She is passionate
about creating impact by contributing to the economic, social and environmental development
of organisations. Driven by making these experiences transferrable via publications. Keeps
her enterpreneurial spirit alive and strong. In 1991, she has started her consulting career with
Ankara Business Center and since 1993 she continues to practice with Capella & Auriga
Management Consulting, a company that she is founding partner of. While she lived in
Canada, additional to her own HR practice, she has also worked as a senior consultant with
Manpower Professional Executive Search.
Trainer:
Deniz has also developed and executed the many training programs, during her professional
career. Trainings she has executed were mostly for corporations and NGOs. Among those for
her the highlight has always been leadership workshops that were prepared and presented for
female youth during annual leadership conferences and several workshops allthrough the year
with Famous Five Foundation of Canada. Empowering the less fortunate youth and children
is very important to her and she found the chance to contribute to this goal through Famous
Five Foundation and several other organisations. In 2018 she had nomination and audition for
TEDx Calgary.
Additional to trainings she has executed for corporate clients; she has given trainings at YES,
(Europe Young Businesmen Confederation), TUGIAD, Jaycees, Anadolu University, Bilkent
University and others.
Philantrophist:
Deniz has strong interest and background in philantrophic reasons and work. Some of her
philantrophic work can be summarized as, from 2008 to 2019 she has been strategic
development commitee member of Famous Five Foundation of Canada. She was Schmancy
committee member of 2014 Glenbow Museum of Canada from 2014 to 2017. Since 1994 she
has been part of TUGIAD, one of the biggest business associations in Turkey. As an active
member of this association until 2018, she has been their Canada represantative for 15 years,
board member between 1998 and 2000, Disciplinary board vice chair from 1996 to 1998 and
since 2018 she is the honorary members council member.
She was also Turkish Canadian Cultural Association of Calgary Canada’s Vice chair for
couple years from 2004. She is also a member of CESO advisors group Canada’s member
since 2014. She also has uptodate technical and some practical experience in topics of;
environment and development, economic development and gender and development issues an
also minorities, indigenious and aboriginal studies.
Empowering less fortunate youth is one of the most important causes she cares for but she has
actively supported many organisations that may help bring the society to a better state. One of
them is Canadian Cancer Society. She spent significant time learning cancer and Holistic
healing and actively supported Canadian Cancer Society by fundraising and volunteering for
them.
Student:
She has graduated from University of Calgary Development Studies Program in 2017.
Development Studies is about social, economic and political change. She has examined issues
such as poverty, hunger, environment and governance. Through courses and research and
experiental learning, community development, sustainable and participatory development,
colonialism, cultural beliefs, social justice, corruption and human rights are studied. Also
culture, gender issues, communication, anthropology, geography, political science,
economics, philosophy, history, religion, technology and others to provide broader
perspectives on societal problems has been the core of her studies. Before than this, she has
graduated from Bilkent University, Hospitality Services in 1991. She has also many trainings
and certificates related to executive search and personality tests.
When not working:
Deniz has one child. She has fluent level of English, good level of French and speaks Turkish
as a mother tongue. She is Turkish, Canadian. She is very passionate about all the other forms
of art additional to her writing career. She amateurly takes and publishes ballet photography.
She is an open water diver, certified by PADI. Has open water driver’s licence of Canada and
first level certificate of sailing. She was DSİ basketball team player during her secondary and
high school education.