Nominations Committee Slate of Board Member Nominees
July 2024
Anıl is an established Leadership Coach with over 25 years of corporate experience. Anıl's international perspective was shaped by his upbringing in Africa, where his father worked for the United Nations. This background has given him a strong global outlook, allowing him to connect effectively with clients from diverse cultures and backgrounds. As the founder of Paramita Partners, a coaching company based in Turkey, Anıl serves primarily corporate clients. Before transitioning to coaching, he held significant roles at Arthur Andersen, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Citibank, and Mazars. He also served as the Chief Risk Officer at STFA, a large Turkish conglomerate.Anil was committed to volunteer work and has served multiple periods as board member and in his last period as the President of ERMA Turkey (Enterprise Risk Management Association). He has also contributed to ICF Turkey’s “New Members” committee in 2023 and has volunteered as a coach. Anil holds a high honors degree in Business Administration from Bilkent University and an Executive MBA. He speaks English and French along his Native Turkish language. He lives in Lisbon, Portugal with his wife.
Nominee for Communications Director - Sadia Rahman
Sadia Rahman is an ATCK who lived in Bangladesh, Thailand, and the US before the age of 18. She attended an international school for high school, and got her undergraduate degree from Princeton University in the US. She has worked in the corporate, governmental and nonprofit sectors in a variety of roles. Sadia’s professional experiences include helping to start a new university for women in Bangladesh, and helping to write new eldercare laws in Canada. Her core skills are project management, data analysis, and acting as a bridge between technical and nontechnical staff. Sadia has an MA in International Affairs and has 5 years of experience working for nonprofit organizations, where her work included supporting nonprofit boards. She currently lives in the US.