Adnan Tunç Kayalar
TEDYUV (The Foundation)
Foundation Executive Board Member
Adnan Tunç Kayalar was born in Bursa in 1953 and graduated from TED Ankara College in 1971. He received his B.A degree in Economics from City of Birmingam Polytehnic (United Kingdom) where he studied between 1974-1978.
He worked in the textiles sector in Turkey, being responsible for the coordination of wholesale and retail operations from 1978 to 2001.
As of 2002, he has held full-time managerial positions in the operations in Turkey of IMC International (UK) and WYG International (U.K) - consulting firms in international project management. He has worked as a senior manager in the fields of project / recruitment management, identification and evaluation of potential experts in Technical and Social Projects in various projects carried out through EU and WB funds. Since 2017, he has been working as a free-lance senior advisor in projects on the protection of the environment, climate change, civil society and human rights, development of the private sector, problems faced in immigration and the like.
Adnan Tunç Kayalar is a member of TED and TED Alumni Association.