Shirli is a trainer, a consultant and a mentor. She has expertise in the fields of leadership, talent management, performance management, organizational behavior (industrial psychology), positive psychology, mindfulness, work-life balance/integration. Shirli has also worked as a project expert at the European Union Projects department, the Istanbul Provincial Directorate of National Education and has specialized in various areas related to EU affairs –structure, historical development, values of EU; as well as development and management of EU projects, as IPA (Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance), ISTKA (Istanbul Development Agency), national and international projects (LLP). Shirli is also a part time lecturer at University of Bahçeşehir and an active member of various social associations. She is married and a mother of a daughter.