Takeda has appointed former Dubai-based Head of Ethics & Compliance, ICMEA Gonca Sonmez Uyguc to Senior Director in Istanbul.
Uyguc has been with Takeda since 2019, first joining as a Compliance Consultant before relocating to Dubai for her previous role with the company. Before that, she was a Compliance Consultant with Shire. Earlier still, she worked as a Legal, Compliance, Risk Management Strategies & Training Consultant between 2017 and 2019 and as a Legal-Compliance & Internal Audit Director with Roche between 2014 and 2017. She also worked for Novo Nordisk between 2008 and 2013, first joining the company as a Legal Manager – Novo Nordisk Business Area Near East South Asia. Between 2003 and 2008, she was a Legal Counsel with Siemens.
Before moving in-house Uyguc was an Attorney at Law with Ersoy Bilgehan between 2000 and 2003.