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Seda Yalcin is the director of public affairs and business development at Grayling Turkey. She joined Grayling in August 2010.

Seda is a public affairs expert specialised in the EU affairs. Over the last 5 years, she worked at the European Commission and leading public affairs consultancies in Brussels, advising multinationals on the EU policy developments. With expertise spanning a wide range of policy issues including technology, energy and financial sector, Seda has experience of defining and coordinating local and pan-European lobbying campaigns for both single stakeholders and coalitions.

She has a degree in Political Sciences from the Marmara University, a Master’s in European Studies from the Institut Europeen des Hautes Etudes Internationales in France and a Master’s in European Economics from the European Community Institute in Istanbul. Besides her mother tongue Turkish, she is fluent in English and French. She also speaks Dutch, German and Spanish.