Mar 25, 26

Gamze Sandurac Baykal Appointed to CLO at ISS Turkey

ISS Turkey has appointed Gamze Sandurac Baykal to Chief Legal Officer in Istanbul.

Baykal has been with the company since 2018, when she joined as the Head of Legal. Before that, she was the Head of Legal Affairs at Endemol Shine Group between 2016 and 2018.

Before moving in-house, Baykal was a Senior Lawyer at Postacioglu Law Office between 2004 and 2015, having first joined the firm in 2003 as a Legal Intern.

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