Meet TurkishWINner: Elçin Koç

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What do you do for a living? Tell us more about you.

I have been working in Customer Development department @ Unilever for 9 years. I’m married and I have a 4 year old daughter. I spend most of my time for her development and her happiness. Furthermore, I love traveling and sailing. I have a “50 age, 50 countries” dream with my husband.

What's the best piece advice you've received?

Live Love Learn and WORK 😊

Dark chocolate or milk chocolate:

my brain says dark chocalate but my heart says milk chocolate😊

One think you wish you have known earlier in your career:

networking > hardworking

If you could have any three people (dead or alive) over for dinner – who would they be?

Ataturk, Nelson Mandela, Abraham Lincoln

Name a book you read that positively shaped you.:

Ikigai

You believe in the sisterhood at work because..

We don’t have any platform like men. They do “halısaha maçı”😊 every week or they may talk on business in cigarrete break so they know each other better than women. If you’re executer (manager, director, VP etc.), you want to work people who you know.

Who are your role models?

My aunt

If you had one superpower, what would it be?

Justice Sword

Last book you read or are reading now :

Eğitimde Finlandiya Modeli

If you weren’t in your industry – what would you be doing?

I would be farmer in my organic farm and tourism sector is always in my heart…

You have a trip from İstanbul to Bodrum by car. Choose a famous people whose sit near you and join your trip.

Prof Dr. Özgür Demirtaş (bacause of economic situation in Turkey right now 😊)

If you were to create the fifth season, what would be her name and how would be the weather in your season:

Psychoweather. The weather that may change according your mood. 

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