who have worked with many leading brands.

Steve Wayman is a veteran executive who managed multi-billion pound corporations in the oil and gas industry.

Patrick Cheong-See is an ex-Accenture, Ogilvy Consulting and Prophet consultant with over a decade of experience. 

A senior marketing strategist with 15+ years of experience, Layla West has vast expertise in youth marketing.

Arda Awais is a creative professional specialising in designing digital products and seamless user experiences.

Previously a Senior Global HR Business Partner at Vodafone, Esra Canderler has led many employer branding initiatives.

A Stanford-educated innovation expert, Ismail Berkan has served global corporates like PwC and over a hundred tech start-ups.

Gulen Guigaz is an expert in consumer research and strategy who spent twenty successful years at Kantar Group.

Nur Karadeniz is a distinguished expert in service design, user experience architecture and digital product innovation.

Former Youth Segment Marketing Manager of Vodafone, Ahmet Topcuoglu has 18 years of experience at global brands.

A senior brand manager, Farnaz Mahootchi has about 20 years of experience at BAT and an MBA from London Business School.

Spanning a career of 15+ years in marketing, Gozde Scholtz held managerial positions at many large FMCG companies.

Leyla Onal is a social scientist with vast commercial experience in quantitative and qualitative market research.

Pinar Wright is an accomplished HR leader who notably helped Aon UK become a Times Top 100 Graduate Employer in 2018.

Melissa Yacoub is an innovation consultant and entrepreneur who was named in the coveted Forbes 30 under 30 list.

A tech-savvy growth hacker, Canberk Beker has years of experience in user acquisition and demand generation.

Gamze Arslan is a proficient market researcher who worked with the likes of Kantar, Nielsen and Ipsos for 10+ years.

Djan Suphi has 20+ years of experience in various senior roles at BP and ExxonMobil and an MBA from Boston University.

A biomedical engineer with a PhD from UCL, Dr. Gaia Franzetti has been a vital part of our team since 2018.

Javad Golzari is our Managing Director and responsible for the day-to-day operations of First Step Consulting.

Christopher Kerr is a senior executive at a national UK law firm and a long-standing member of our Advisory Board.

Our Head of Communications, Yasmin Ibrahim is a linguist who has studied English at the University of Oxford and KCL.

A Former VP of J.P. Morgan, Sebastian Greulich is a Finance & Strategy Lead at Square Inc. and the CFO of a tech startup.