Dr. Argüden worked at the RAND Corporation, a leading think-tank institution in the US, and the World Bank.
In addition to having received many professional awards and scholarships, including Fulbright, NATO and Eisenhower, he was chosen among the Global Leaders for Tomorrow by the World Economic Forum.
He has made intellectual contributions to global developments in governance, sustainability, management quality, and integrated thinking. He served as the Chairman of National Networks of UN Global Compact, Chairman of the Governance Committee of the Business at OECD, and as a member of the IFC’s Corporate Governance Advisory Board.
He has also been a member of the executive boards of international companies operating globally across continents.
RAND Corporation
RAND Corporation is a leading think-tank that helps improve public policy and decision making through research and analyses. At the RAND Corporation, Yılmaz Argüden worked on research projects including improving the effectiveness of energy policies and tax policies, developing human resources systems, and management of mega projects. Many policies were influenced and updated based on [...]
World Bank
Dr. Yılmaz Argüden represented the World Bank in over 100 loan negotiations with more than 20 countries in the Europe, Middle East, Africa and Latin America regions between 1985-88. He helped implement an infrastructure for coordination of multinational aid programs for Sub-Saharan countries and served as a member of the Information Technology Working Group for [...]
World Economic Forum
Dr. Argüden has been selected as one of the “100 Global Leaders for Tomorrow” by the World Economic Forum for his commitment to improve the management quality throughout the community. He is a member of the Professional Services Group Governors and also served on the Digital Divide Task Force of the World Economic Forum. News [...]
Eisenhower Fellowship
Dr. Argüden has received Eisenhower Fellowship in 1993 to concurrently pursue interests in three different areas: 1. Strategy development and implementation 2. Fund raising for NGO activities 3. Effectiveness of Regulatory Bodies Eisenhower Fellowship celebrates its 70th anniversary by hosting a global conference with the “Leaders Confronting Global Challenges: What Works” theme. Eisenhower Fellowship celebrates 60th [...]
IFC-PSAG
Dr. Argüden has been selected as the member of Private Sector Advisory Group (PSAG) of the IFC. The World Bank and the IFC are providing corporate governance support to clients and stakeholders and utilize the practical experience of global thought leaders through PSAG. The PSAG brings together international leaders of the private sector whose shared [...]
Business at OECD
Established in 1962, Business at OECD is the institutional business stakeholder at the OECD, representing 10 million companies globally. Dr. Yılmaz Argüden served as the Chairman of Governance Committee at the Business at OECD (Business and Industry Advisory Committee - BIAC) and contributed to the OECD guidelines for good governance. OECD Global Forum & Public [...]
IFRS / Integrated Reporting
As a B20 Knowledge Partner, ARGE Consulting has been instrumental in bringing integrated reporting as a recommendation to G20 Leaders. ARGE has been selected as a Licensed Training Partner by International Integrated Reporting Council (the IIRC). ARGE also was the consulting firm to help Kadıköy Municipality to communicate 2017 operations as an integrated report, thereby [...]
B20 / C20 / G20
As the only national B20 Knowledge Partner, ARGE Consulting was instrumental in bringing Responsible Leadership, Integrated Reporting, and UN Global Compact Principles to the attention of G20 leaders. Argüden Governance Academy served as C20 Working Group Member to advocate Good Governance and Integrated Reporting. Chairman of ARGE Consulting, Dr. Yılmaz Argüden has been invited to [...]