Meet TurkishWINner: Serra Yılmaz

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

I am Sales and Marketing Executive with almost 18 years of broad experience in developing and leading teams to define and deliver differentiated brand experiences. I have been working on designing and implementing strategic plans for brand management, new business development and customer-centric operations. 

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

Remain calm and always in command of yourself. You will then find out how easy it is to get along.

Dark chocolate or milk chocolate

Milk chocolate

One think you wish you have known earlier in your career

Keep calm 

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

Luciano Pavarotti – I am a huge fan of his art and energy.

Yuval Noah Harrari – I really like his point of view point of view to humanity. I would like to spend some time with him to be inspired by his vision and wisdom.

Yılmaz Özdil – I am pretty sure that it would be full of fun and intellectuality to have a dinner together and drink raki.  

Name a book you read that positively shaped you.

Good to Great

You believe in the sisterhood at work because… 

Sisters need each other to make better workspaces and to improve women role in the society.

Who are your role models? 

My Mother, Leyla Alaton, Oprah Winfrey

If you had one superpower, what would it be?

Healing people’s physiological and psychological disease by touch.

Do you have any pets?

I had a dog when I was a child.

Describe yourself as a teenager in 3 words

Curious, hyperactive, friendly

What’s in your handbag right now?

Wallet, mobile phones, portable chargers, tissues, cosmetics, business cards, sun glasses & eye-glasses, home and car keys 

Last book you read or are reading now 

21 Lessons for the 21st Century by Yuval Noah Harari

Any tattoos?

No