H. Emre Koyuncu, Managing Partner 4 October 2022

Emre has more than 20 years of experience on development issues in various capacities in prominent non-governmental organizations in Turkey. He was among the founders of Habitat Association in Istanbul. He served for 8 years as board member and held managerial positions in development projects focusing on local democratic governance. Between 2005-2017 he worked at TEPAV, as manager in governance program and finally as director of the cities program.

During his career he was involved in various research and consultancy projects working with multilatarerals, national governments, regional development agencies, governorates and municipalities in key expert, project manager, trainer positions. Emre has been actively involved in introduction of three international best-practice public engagement tools to Turkey i.e. 1) citizen scorecards 2) participatory budgeting 3) deliberative polling. He contributes to PAL's endevaours on impact assessment, economic development and spatial economic planning.

He holds an Executive MBA degree from the Middle East Technical University and an Industrial Engineering Degree from the Galatasaray University in Istanbul.