Orhan Erkut
With management-consulting experience since 2002, Orhan Erkut empowers organizations and their leaders across generations. His focus is succession in family businesses, which he leads through the SPALDA® Academy he founded; alongside this he continues executive search and strategic management consulting, placing corporate governance principles at the centre of his work. 25+ sectors, 100+ companies, 30+ families.
Orhan Erkut's Mission
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He assists organizations in reaching their strategic goals, maximizing their potential, and further strengthening their culture by finding and placing exemplary leadership talents.
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He contributes to adopting a fair, transparent, and accountable management culture in the business world, promoting high ethical standards.
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To shape the leadership talent of the future; by passing one generation's accumulated knowledge and experience on to the next, he contributes to the development of individuals and leaders and to the continuity of institutions across generations.
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In consulting and mentoring roles, he helps individuals and organizations develop the necessary skills and competencies to succeed.
Orhan Erkut
Orhan Erkut's focus is succession in family businesses. Focusing on this field since 2018, he systematically studied academic literature from the 1960s to today and, blending it with field experience, developed an original model; he gave this body of work concrete form in the SPALDA® Academy, which he founded in 2022. He keeps his distance from the traditional notion of "picking an heir"; he treats succession as a strategic, trustworthy, and transformative development journey that the two generations walk together. He raises the next generation (NextGen) not merely as operational managers but as responsible shareholders who grasp the enterprise as a whole, while preparing the current generation (NowGen) for role transition and retirement, thereby supporting both sides.
With nearly a quarter-century of management-consulting experience since 2002, Orhan Erkut is one of the sector's trusted names. He has worked hands-on in many companies on strategic management, the design of management systems, and corporate governance, contributing directly to business outcomes alongside their management teams. In some of the companies he worked with, he also served as an independent board member. In large-scale transformation he draws on the Four Rooms of Change® model — of which he is a licensed practitioner and a co-founder of its Türkiye practice — as a framework that brings the human and cultural dimension of change together with corporate goals. One of his distinctive strengths in these processes is his command of technology: being able to read companies' technology processes and speak the same language as technical teams makes it easier for solutions to truly work in the field.
Orhan Erkut's executive search practice traces its roots to talent and recruitment work in 2005 and, since 2015, has evolved into an area of concentration. Within E&G Partners, of which he is a co-founder, he runs search projects for companies from Türkiye and many other countries; bringing the holistic perspective of his management-consulting background, he helps companies accurately define the leadership profiles they need, and is recognized as a guiding professional in his field.
Contributing to the profession and to the next generation
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Corporate Governance Association of Türkiye
Orhan Erkut has been an active Corporate Governance Association of Türkiye (TKYD) member since 2014, committed to adopting and implementing corporate governance principles. In his work, he embraces the principles of Fairness, Transparency, Accountability, and Responsibility of the Corporate Governance Association of Türkiye (TKYD). His consultancy services are conducted with suggestions and guidance that comply with laws, regulations, and industry practices, aiming to help companies manage their resources efficiently, increase productivity, and achieve long-term stability.
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Genç Başarı Education Foundation
Orhan Erkut's mentoring experience at the Genç Başarı Education Foundation aims to develop young people's entrepreneurial mindset and business skills. He works with student groups from different high schools every year, supporting their process of structuring business ideas and competing with each other. He works with young entrepreneurs to help them maximize their talents and potential. He assists future business leaders in acquiring the knowledge and skills necessary to play an active role in economic and social life.
The story behind the numbers
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25+
Sectors / Sub Sectors
He has provided consultancy across 25+ sectors, gaining a broad, multifaceted perspective.
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30+
Families
By working with more than 30 families, he has gained significant experience with different family cultures, partnership structures, and future expectations.
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100+
Companies
By working with 100+ companies across multiple sectors, he has gained deep insight into diverse corporate cultures and change dynamics, enabling him to develop effective, tailored consulting strategies.
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20,000+
Hours of Consulting
With 20,000+ hours of consulting experience, he has developed strong hands-on skills in solving complex challenges efficiently.
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200+
Executive Placements
His extensive interview and consulting experience has enabled him to identify the right leaders and successfully place 200+ executives in impactful roles.
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50,000+
Job Interview Decisions
With decisions in 50,000+ job interviews, he has developed deep expertise in selection processes and candidate assessment, strengthening his ability to manage recruitment effectively.
Companies founded and co-owned
Three areas of expertise
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Succession in Family Businesses
Learn More →Orhan Erkut serves in the field of succession in family businesses with deep, academically grounded work. Focusing on this area since 2018, he has systematically studied academic publications from the 1960s to today and, blending this with field experience, developed an original model. Unlike the traditional notion of "picking an heir," he treats succession as a strategic, trustworthy, and transformative process. Because every family's structure, partnership dynamics, and individual potential differ, he offers personalized solutions rather than one-size-fits-all prescriptions. Through the SPALDA® Academy, which he launched in 2022, he raises the next generation (NextGen) as responsible shareholders and leaders while preparing the current generation (NowGen) for retirement and role transition, supporting both sides.
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Management Consulting
Learn More →Orhan Erkut has nearly a quarter-century of experience in management consulting and is one of the sector's trusted names. By leading successful projects in strategic management, system design, and corporate governance at many companies, he has helped advance their management thinking and contributed directly to business outcomes. In some of the companies he worked with, he served as an independent board member, providing leadership so they could realize their full potential. In large-scale transformation, he works as a licensed practitioner of the Four Rooms of Change® model and a co-founder of its Türkiye practice.
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Executive Search
Learn More →Orhan Erkut's executive search practice traces its roots to talent and recruitment work in 2005 and, since 2015, has evolved into an area of concentration. He has successfully run executive search projects for companies from Türkiye and many other countries and helped them find the right leaders. With the deep knowledge gained from management consulting, he is recognized as a guiding professional in his field.
