Welcome to Stoika Consulting
We are a boutique consulting firm based in İstanbul, advising family-owned businesses and medium-sized enterprises on growth, professionalization, and generational transition.
We help organizations and families move beyond founder-dependent structures by building clear systems, strengthening leadership, and preparing the next generation for sustainable success.
Our Team
Osman is a third-generation member of a family business whose textile manufacturing and export company did not survive the transition to the second generation. This experience shaped his commitment to helping family enterprises navigate succession, strengthen governance, and build organizations that endure across generations.
His work focuses on supporting owner-managed and family-controlled companies in evolving into professionally governed, scalable organizations. He works closely with families and leadership teams to strengthen governance structures, clarify accountability, and develop leadership pipelines that enable sustainable growth beyond founder dependency.
He is currently working on his doctoral degree in "Change Management, Leadership, and Resistance to Change" at Grenoble École de Management (France). He has an MBA in International Business from the International University of Japan, and a BSc in Business Administration from Babson College (USA). He is a graduate of Koç High School (Turkey).
He is an active member of the Corporate Governance Association of Türkiye (TKYD), the Management Consultants Association of Turkey (YDD), and the International Coaching Federation (ICF).
Osman Çakıroğlu, DBAc, PCC
Managing Consultant
Kübra İleri
Operations Lead
Kübra graduated from the Department of English Language and Literature with a pedagogical formation training at Hacettepe University in 2024.
Throughout her university years, she has actively participated in sports. She has been both a licensed rugby player and a rugby referee since 2020. She speaks Turkish and English. Kübra focuses on streamlining complex processes, organizing workflows, and enhancing operational efficiency.
Enes Mankırcı
AI and Data Analysis Lead
Enes graduated from the Philosophy Department of Boğaziçi University in 2023.
Specializing in artificial intelligence, he worked across various sectors, including data analysis, AI-based solutions, and the development of autonomous systems. He speaks Turkish, English, and French.
During his studies, he developed a multidisciplinary perspective shaped by his interest in cognitive science, learning processes, and artificial intelligence. His main areas of interest include cognitive science, learning theory, artificial intelligence, and finance.
Başak Pınar Önder
Economics Lead
Başak Pınar graduated as the top student of her faculty from Marmara University's Department of Economics in 2023.
Currently, she is a research assistant at Marmara University's Department of Economics and is pursuing a master's degree at Istanbul Commerce University. She speaks Turkish and English.
Throughout her academic career, she conducted research on business management and the economic analysis of SMEs and has played an active roles in various international academic projects.
Latte the Dog
Motivation Specialist
Our four-legged team member, Latte, joined us under unexpected circumstances. After being abandoned by her first owner, she was on her way to a shelter when she burst into our lives. Since then, she has become an irreplaceable part of our team.
Latte excels in tail-wagging, enthusiastic licking, and expertly receiving belly rubs. She keeps team morale and motivation high, carries out her "duties" with dedication, and never misses a coffee break!
Our Services
Family Business Consulting
We help family-owned businesses evolve from founder-dependent structures into professionally managed, sustainable organizations. Our work addresses both the business and family dimensions, including governance structures, leadership development, succession planning, and the implementation of effective management systems. The objective is to preserve the family’s legacy while ensuring the organization can grow, adapt, and successfully transition across generations.
Corporate Governanace Consulting
We help medium-sized enterprises transition from informal, personality-driven management to structured, governance-based operations. Our work focuses on clarifying roles, responsibilities, and decision rights, and establishing effective management routines and performance indicators. The objective is to strengthen accountability, improve alignment, and enable sustainable growth beyond individual leaders.
Corporate Training
We deliver corporate training programs that strengthen governance, leadership, and management capabilities in family-owned businesses and medium-sized enterprises. Our workshops focus on corporate governance, accountability, succession readiness, and professional management practices. The objective is to equip leaders with the tools and discipline needed to support sustainable growth and long-term continuity.
References
"Osman is fantastic to work with."
“Osman fantastic to work with. I collaborated with him the last 2 years on a project helping train disadvantaged community members to become food entrepreneurs in Turkey. I came into a highly dynamic situation with a team of 20 people, from four agencies and five sites, with three languages in play. At the center of all the teams at work in Turkey was Osman, and I always appreciated his calm and professional leadership.
Osman does an excellent job working across cultures and engaging with his subordinates at a personal level. He has a gift for engaging his team in discussions about context and purpose of the work, ensuring unity of effort and high motivation. He goes out of his way to monitor the needs of his subordinates and ensure they are supported in their work. As someone who teaches the core course in a #1 ranked undergraduate Entrepreneurship program, I can attest that Osman's personal interest and skill in, as well as his ongoing study of, entrepreneurship definitely enhances his effectiveness on our project. I would work with him again in any context.”
Dr. Eric Fretz | Faculty Lecturer in Entrepreneurship, University of Michigan
