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Ayşe Ceren Sarı

Energy Market Consultant and Analyst

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39 years old
Istanbul (34722) Turkey
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About Me
Highly-analytical, self-disciplined and dedicated "Energy Market Consultant & Analyst" with international experience in Energy Sector Financial and Commodity Market Analysis, Cost-Shifting & Network Analysis, Assessment and Modelling, Strategy, Oil & Gas, Renewables, Climate Change, Carbon Markets.

Holds MSc in Energy, Natural Resources and Environmental Economics from Norwegian School of Economics & CEMS Masters in International Management, with specialization in Energy Economics & Climate Change Economics. MSc Thesis on Analysis of German Energy Sector Transition to Sustainability is invited to Best Master Thesis Session at 2013 Bergen Economics of Energy and Environment Research Conference/ Norway. Attended workshops and trainings on energy economics, finance, trading, geopolitics, and security from various quantitative and qualitative perspectives.

Native in Turkish, proficient in English (C2) and German (C1).
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Experiences
  • Contribute to the analysis of Turkey’s power system, assess the potential, costs and the various social, economic and environmental impacts of accelerated renewable energy and energy efficiency technology uptake
  • Based on these analyses, coordinate and prepare technical reports, policy papers, slidedecks and other audio-visual materials for outreach activities
  • Support the development of SHURA, research topics and ways to engage in the public debate
  • Provide support for consultation meetings, workshops, conferences including the preparation of presentations and other supplementary documents
  • Coordinate and assist in expanding the network of SHURA and contribute to creating dialogue
  • Upon request, represent SHURA at national and international meetings
  • Assist the management to mobilise additional funding
  • Perform other duties as requested
  • ACKnowl-EJ & Environmental Justice Atlas Turkey Projects, Department of Economics
  • Project Scope: Market, Network and Scenario Analysis & Forecasting on Global Energy Commodity Markets, Turkish, European and Central Asian Power and Gas Markets, with more than 120 partners around the globe

Consultant: Energy Markets and Climate Change

Independent
Since July 2011
  • August 2018 - present / Energy Consultant: Kadıköy Gazhane Energy Museum Project, Project Partners: DECOL New Media Studio, Güryapı Construction, Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality
  • Mar – Aug 2017 / Consultant: Toxic Bios: a guerilla narrative Project, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm/ Sweden. Project Scope: Market Analysis in Turkish Energy Market, collection of toxic autobiographies regarding energy investments in Turkey
  • Dec 2014 – March 2015 / Consultant: Energy and Climate Change, ÇEKÜL Foundation, Istanbul/ Turkey. Project Scope: Consultancy on energy transition project development for TÜBİTAK funding
  • Jun 2014 – Nov 2014 / Market Analyst & Researcher: Sustainable Finance & Stranded Assets, Greenpeace Med, Istanbul/ Turkey. Project Scope: Consultancy on Stranded Assets on Project Finance & Risk Management, EU ETS, Voluntary Carbon Emission Schemes, Carbon Market Outlook Turkey
  • Jul 2011 – May 2013 / Consultant: Green Public and Private Procurement (GPP), REC Turkey, Ankara/ Turkey. Project Scope: Consultancy on Energy Transition: Development of a National GPP Action Plan, a GPP Directive Draft, a Sectoral and Institutional Transition Roadmap, an empirical Life-Cycle-Cost-Analysis tool for Office IT products, and a Private Sector Declaration with more than 40 signatories as CEO level
  • Follow up Turkish Power & Gas Markets Regulations , trading concepts and options
  • Provide market analysis of & management consultancy for Turkish and European power and gas markets
  • Collect market data from various sources, and convert them into information for fundamental analysis
  • Provide energy sector and climate change policies assessment & modeling and translate these to strategy action proposals and tools
  • Develop and follow up relationships with all relevant counterparties (local government agencies, MNCs, NCs, intergovernmental organizations, top-tier universities, management consultancies and civil society)
  • Market Analysis: Implications of Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill on the structure of the energy financial and commodity markets
  • Project leads: Prof. Dr. Gunnar Eskeland and Prof. Dr. Karin Thorburn
Skills

Language skills

  • Turkish
    Native language
    Expert
  • English
    Expert
  • German
    Goethe C1 Certificate (74.5/100)
    Advanced
  • Norwegian (Bokmål)
    Intermediate

Computer Skills

  • MS Office
    expert knowledge of the entire suite
    Expert
  • Econometric Analysis (R, PcGive, E-Views)
    Expert
  • Programming Languages (Python, MATLAB, Octave)
    Intermediate
  • Cluster Computing (Apache Spark)
    Intermediate
  • Graphic skills (Inkscape Vector Graphics Editor)
    Intermediate

Other hard skills

  • Power & Gas Markets
    Global, Turkey, Central and Northern Europe, Gulf of Mexico, Western Balkans, Central Asia
    Expert
  • Market Analysis, Research (through quantitative & qualitative methods) & Reporting
  • Financial Markets (particularly options, energy derivatives & hedging strategies)
  • Econometric Analysis (cash-flow analysis & forecasting, time series analysis & forecasting, stochastic analysis & risk modelling), particularly Energy Financial and Commodity Markets

Other soft skills

  • Project Management
    Expert
  • Analytical & Problem Solving Skills
    Expert
  • Planning & Self-Discipline
    Expert
  • Stress Management
    Expert
  • Detail Oriantation
    Expert
  • Proactive Mind-set
    Expert
Interests

Arts

  • May 2017 - present / Cofounder, birbuçuk (one-and-a-half): Ecology and Art Studies Collective, Istanbul/ Turkey
  • 1992 – present / Performance Arts: Ballet, Contemporary Dance, Yoga. Turkey, Norway, Austria. (2003: The Ministry of National Education -MEB- approved Ballet Graduation Certificate)
  • Sep 2004 - Sept 2013 / Dancer, Instructor, Choreographer (Ballet and Contemporary Dance) of METU Contemporary Dance Society; Team Member & Project Manager of METU International Contemporary Dance Days (2004-2009)

Sports

  • Outdoor Sports (Climbing, Snowboarding, Trekking, Camping)

Travel

  • Cultural

other

  • Sept 2014 - Jun 2017 Green Newspaper - Energy and Climate Change Editor
  • Jun 2010 - Oct 2010 / Team leader: Stand & Sales Management/ Stage Design/ Food and BeverageTEDxNHH, the first ever TEDx event in Norway
Education

CEMS Masters in International Management

Home School: NHH, Bergen/ Norway; Host School: Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU

August 2010 to December 2018
Some of the courses attended: Block Seminar: ‘Energy, Climate Change and Innovation’, International Strategy, Cross Cultural Management, Ecological Economics

Feb 2011 – Jun 2011 / Student Project Manager (CEMS Business Project): Market Research, Analysis and Strategy Development on Funding Possibilities in Energy & Infrastructure Investments in Western Balkan Area, Siemens CEE & Vienna University of Economics and Business, Vienna/ Austria

MSc in Energy, Natural Resources and the Environment (Economics and Business Administration)

Norwegian School of Economics (NHH), Bergen/ Norway

August 2009 to December 2012
MSc Thesis: “Sustainable development policy and strategies: an assessment of transition to sustainability in German energy sector.”

MSc Thesis is invited to and presented at Best Master Thesis Session at Bergen Economics of Energy and Environment Research (BEEER) Conference 2013, Bergen/ Norway

Some of the courses attended: Petroleum and Natural Gas Economics, Empirical Analysis of (Energy) Financial and Commodity Markets, Alternative Energy Sources in Physical, Environmental and Economic Perspectives, Economics of Climate Change, Optimization and Microeconomic Theory

BSc in Economics

Middle East Technical University (METU), Ankara/ Turkey

September 2003 to January 2009
Some of the courses attended: Financial Markets, Monetary Theory and Policy, Economics of Natural Resources, Econometrics I&II, Statistics for Economists I&II, Introduction to International Economics I&II, Microeconomic Theory, Macroeconomic Theory

Erasmus Year, University of Paderborn, Department of Economics , Paderborn/ Germany September 2006 to August 2007

MA in Social Projects and Management of NGOs

Istanbul Bilgi University, Istanbul/ Turkey

September 2014 to January 2019
Thesis - on progress: Behavioral Analysis (trading positions, structuring, pricing and utility investment behavior) of Actors in Turkish Electricity Spot Market and the correlation of investment behaviour of these actors with environmental justice struggles on the ground

Research presentation: “Enclosure of ecological commons in Turkey: climate finance, project finance flow and the case of river-run HEPPs”. Undisciplined Environments. International Conference of the European Network of Political Ecology, Stockholm/ Sweden

Some of the courses attended: Political Ecology: Society Beyond Humans, Organization Theory and Organizational Management, Advocacy and Policy Influencing
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