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Nov 20, 25

SUBMIT NEWS

Gonca Sonmez Uyguc Appointed to Senior Director at Takeda

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.

 

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Judit Gulyas-Kovacs Returns to Private Practice by Joining Partos & Noblet

Before the move, Gulyas-Kovacs spent 12 years at Erste Bank Hungary, where she worked as Legal Counsel, Head of Corporate Work Out and Restructuring Legal Department, and, finally, as Head of Corporate Legal Department.

UiPath Appoints Diana Tatulescu as Global Employee Relations & HR Compliance Director

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