Manşet TV, Gündem Özel
Risks in Foreign Trade
November 2026
Management consulting since 1995
Founder
Akdan is led by its founder’s thirty-plus years in finance and management.
Nilüfer Arıak
Founder
Nilüfer Arıak founded Akdan Consultancy in 1995. Over a career spanning more than thirty years she has led strategy, financing and restructuring processes for hundreds of institutions across the public and private sectors.
She graduated from the Department of Economics and Statistics at METU and pursued postgraduate studies at Ankara University’s Faculty of Political Sciences.
She held general manager and board chair positions in the finance sector in Türkiye and abroad, and left a general manager role in 1995 to found Akdan Consultancy.
Today she continues to serve as board chair and board member at various companies, and appears on television programmes and professional trainings with her views on the economy.
On every engagement Akdan works with experts from the disciplines the job requires, bringing the right knowledge in valuation, financing, law and sustainability to the right table.
Broadcasts
Akdan on air
Nilüfer Arıak’s television commentary on the economy and business (in Turkish).
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Crisis Management: What Companies and People Can Do
February 2021
CoZone Zoom
Introducing Akdan Consultancy
August 2019
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10 November 2026
Akdan Consultancy at COP31 Antalya
The UN Climate Change Conference COP31 is being held in Antalya on 9-20 November 2026; Akdan Consultancy founder Nilüfer Arıak attended the conference.
8 November 2026
Nilüfer Arıak on Manşet TV: Risks in Foreign Trade
Akdan Consultancy founder Nilüfer Arıak, guest of Manşet TV’s Gündem Özel programme, assessed insurance, transport and country risks in foreign trade through examples from practice.
24 October 2026
At the Kozmetek Finals
The finals of Kozmetek, the Cosmetic Technologies Competition organised by the Agarta İleri Teknoloji ve Dayanışma Derneği, were held in Ankara on 24 October 2026, with Nilüfer Arıak attending as a guest.
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