Çiğdem Önsal

Çiğdem ÖNSAL, who has worked for many years as the Deputy Secretary General in charge of the industrial sectors in the Aegean Exporters' Association, was born in Cologne, Germany. Önsal graduated from İzmir Bornova Anatolian High School and after completing her undergraduate education at the Ege University Textile Engineering Department, she completed herMBA in Dokuz Eylül University and still continues her doctorate studies in the same University in the field of business administration. She took part in many projects in the field of export promotion and capacity building globally in the textiles, apparel, leather, natural stone, ferrous and non-ferrous sectors in the Aegean Region. She contributed to projects and design competitions to develop the design culture and increase the export of value added products. She represented the industries mentioned above in many international institutions like ICAC -International Cotton Advisory Comitte and the OECD. Recently, he has been leading projects on "Virtual Fairs and Events", "Industry 4.0" and "Sustainability". She has been appointed as the Head of the Sustainability Working group within the Association. She is the founder of the "Export-up" mentoring program for women and young exporters at the Association which is known to be the first and only example of its own ever to be introduced at an Exporters Association in Turkey. Önsal, who is married and has a daughter, is fluent in English and German.