Seyda CASKURLU
A philomath, life-long learner (3L), and a relentless strategist and business developer with diverse experience across the biotechnology & healthcare industry for almost two decades.
Broad functional experience in strategy building, business development, alliance management, portfolio prioritization/optimization, and lifecycle management with leading and managing cross-functional teams in matrix organizations at leading pharma companies locally and globally.
Worked on the country level as well as had multiple country experiences on the regional level. Acted on several M&A evaluations and greenfield investment projects both in Turkey and MEA region. Throughout those evaluations & negotiations, coordinated the entire internal and external communication with key stakeholders (including authority side – MoH, MoF, MoD, and C-Level internally).
Very determined and goal oriented person with a desire for hard work and success. Primary interests and inclinations are analytics, financial evaluation, strategy, and negotiations in the healthcare industry.
Pharmacist, with Executive MBA from Koc University and graduated from Harvard Business School (HBS) 1 year sponsored program on “Strategy in Emerging Markets” and a prospective graduate of London School of Economics’ (LSE) MSc. in Health Economics, Politics, and Management.
Today, I proudly introduce myself as a successful woman executive with significant and diverse experience in the business development & strategy areas across the pharmaceutical/biotechnology industry.
On every project I work, my passion, competency, and full commitment is guaranteed to succeed.
Specialties
- Merger & Acquisitions & DDs, Joint Ventures (JVs), Negotiation
- Business Development, In & Out-Licensing, Co-Marketing Agreements
- Market Entry Strategies, Feasibility and P&L Analysis
- Market Analysis & Market Intelligence
- Portfolio – Project & Pipeline Management
- Launch Planning & Management, Footprint Expansion