Having graduated from Istanbul University, Faculty of Business Administration, Department of Business Administration (English) in 1998, Gül Şahin joined Grant Thornton and has since been working with the Audit Department of Istanbul Office. In 2003, she became a Certified Public Accountant and was then registered as a licensed auditor by the Capital Markets Board in 2009 and by Public Oversight Accounting and Auditing Standards Agency in 2013. She has substantial experience and expertise in the audits of manufacturing, finance, service and trade firms and publicly traded corporations.