Ayla Goksel is CEO of Özyeğin Social Investments, a network of nonprofit organisations founded by the Özyeğin Family in Turkey, including AÇEV (Mother Child Education Foundation), Hüsnü M. Özyeğin Foundation and Özyeğin University. She has over thirty years experience in education and gender equality programs, social policy and infrastructure impacting 1.5 million people across Turkey with award winning early childhood programs implemented in 14 other countries. She  has also pioneered the establishment and success of several other nonprofit organisations in Turkey in the fields of education, gender equality, rural development, social entrepreneurship and civil society.