Çağrı Alkaya

Çağrı Alkaya is Managing Partner of Stanton Chase London and currently serves as Global Chair of the Board of Stanton Chase, having previously held the role of Global Vice Chair, Regions.

With over two decades of experience in executive search and leadership advisory since 1999, he specializes in Board, CFO, and operational and transformational C-suite roles across industry and services. His work focuses on helping organizations align leadership capability with strategy, particularly in situations involving transformation, growth, succession, or greenfield build-outs.

Çağrı began his career in the Business Assurance division of Coopers & Lybrand, where he worked in audit, due diligence, and global risk management services. His involvement in HRMS and organizational projects during this period sparked a long-term interest in leadership and talent strategy, leading him to transition into executive search in 1999 with a UK-based international firm.

In 2002, he co-founded a boutique leadership consulting firm, which joined Stanton Chase in 2006. Alongside his Group Chair responsibilities, he currently serves as a Non-Executive Director in two professional services organizations.

Throughout his career, Çağrı has been particularly passionate about supporting organizations in special situations, including transformation, accelerated growth, and new market entry. Connecting strategy with people, and translating objectives into action and measurable outcomes, is what he finds most compelling about his work. Having spent many years across both management consulting and leadership advisory environments, he brings a bespoke approach to every mandate, tailoring his advice to each client’s unique strategic and cultural context.

Prior to his current global board leadership, he served as Central and Eastern Europe Practice Leader at Stanton Chase and was a member of the firm’s Business Excellence Committee.

He holds a degree in International Relations and Political Science from METU, an MBA from Yeditepe University, and did a European Studies Diploma Program  at BAU. He has also completed CTI’s Co-Active Coaching and Leadership certification programs and is an alumnus of the American Collegiate Institute.

Outside of work, Çağrı is a former amateur competitive sailor who now enjoys cruising. He has a keen interest in sport and in observing, writing and talking about how leadership behaviours manifest in real life,  whether in business, sport, the arts, or international relations.