Former Teva General Counsel & Local Compliance Office for Turkey & MEA Dinc Sanver has joined Pearson as its Legal Director Turkey & Middle East.
Sanver had been with Teva since 2020 (as reported by CEE In-House Matters on August 21, 2020). He started his career in private practice in 2008. In 2010, he joined the Istanbul Patent Trademark Consultancy as a Legal Consultant & IP Specialist. In 2011, he moved to Samsung Electronics Turkey where he worked as a Legal Compliance Manager until 2017 when he joined Zimmer Biomet as its Compliance Manager EMEA, a role he held until joining Teva this year. Since 2005, Sanver has also been serving as the General Counsel at the Istanbul Bar.
"I am excited to join Pearson because their mission and values exactly fit with my personal ambitions because in Pearson: We believe that every learning opportunity is a chance for a personal breakthrough," Sanver commented. "As compliance professionals, our aim is to educate people on compliance to maintain an ethical business environment. So learning is the key to achieving this goal. Further, I believe my background in regional healthcare will support me a lot for this purpose as well as my legal background due that this role is a legal and compliance combined role in the complicated MEA region."
In 2021, Sanver was interviewed by CEE In-House Matters for our In-House Buzz series, an interview you can find here.
