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Leadership development and competency mentoring

Purposeful mentoring, tailored to the individual

KeysnLinks provides structured mentoring and professional development support for leaders, entrepreneurs, academics and professionals navigating growth, transition or increased responsibility. Each engagement is built around clearly defined priorities, practical reflection and achievable development goals.

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How it works

  1. 1

    Diagnostic and agenda setting

    We open with a structured session establishing what you actually need to work on — which is often not what prompted the call.

  2. 2

    Monthly structured sessions

    Ninety minutes, scheduled in advance, with a working agenda. Held in person in London or by video.

  3. 3

    Access between sessions

    Time-critical decisions do not wait for the calendar. Between-session access is included for the questions that cannot.

  4. 4

    Review and close

    Mid-point and closing reviews against the goals set at the outset — so the programme is accountable, not indefinite.

  5. 5

    Network introductions

    Where genuinely useful, introductions within academic, institutional and entrepreneurial networks.

Mentoring tracks

C-suite & senior executives

CEOs, directors and board members navigating transformation, succession or a step up in scope.

Founders & entrepreneurs

Growth-stage founders working on strategy, funding readiness and the transition from doing to leading.

Academic leadership

Rectors, deans and heads of school leading curriculum change, accreditation or restructuring.

Women in leadership

Senior women moving into executive and board-level roles, with attention to the specific dynamics that involves.

Next-generation family business

Successors preparing to lead a family holding, balancing family expectation with institutional need.

Doctoral & early-career researchers

Research design, publication strategy and academic career development.

Mentoring

Guiding founders, leaders, and the next generation

Prof. Dr. Ezgi Yıldırım Saatçi brings academic, consulting and entrepreneurship-mentoring experience to every mentoring relationship — from The King's Trust and university teaching to international EU and UN programmes.

Mar 2023 – Present

Cardiff, United Kingdom

Business Mentor

The King's Trust

One-to-one mentoring of young people on their entrepreneurial goals: self-assessment of the viability of self-employment, refining business ideas, and ongoing support through the early stages of their enterprises.

  • Self-employment viability assessment
  • Business idea development
  • Early-stage enterprise support

Jun – Sep 2024

Oxford, United Kingdom

Business & Entrepreneurship Lecturer

Oxford Summer Courses (Worcester & Somerville College)

Summer-term lectures for Level 6 students, building critical thinking and an entrepreneurial mindset.

Jun – Sep 2023

London, United Kingdom

Business & Entrepreneurship Lecturer

UCL–Oxford Summer Courses

Courses on business innovation and entrepreneurship, with mentoring of students through research projects; emphasis on disruptive innovation and start-up labs.

Dec 2011 – May 2023

Istanbul, Turkey

Research Centre Director & Head of Department

Istanbul Okan University

Pioneered the Social Entrepreneurship Academy and led local and global projects through the Yunus Academia Network across 32 countries. Supervised 147 business projects, dissertations and graduation reports.

  • Social entrepreneurship
  • Academic supervision
  • International project development

International programmes

Mentoring & programme expertise

UNIDO · KOSGEB

Mentoring within the UNIDO Global Cleantech Innovation Programme; KOSGEB project monitoring board member and expertise in strategic product and TechnoInvestment capital support projects.