ISTANBUL, TÜRKİYE, June 2026 — Howden Türkiye has appointed Damla Kapan as its new Head of Human Resources, strengthening its leadership team as the company continues its growth journey in one of the region’s most dynamic insurance and risk management markets.
Damla brings nearly two decades of human resources leadership experience across insurance, professional services, healthcare, and multinational environments. In her new role, she will lead Howden Türkiye’s people strategy, talent agenda, organizational development initiatives, employee engagement programs, and culture transformation efforts, supporting the company’s continued expansion and business objectives.
Prior to joining Howden Türkiye, Damla briefly served as Head of HR at OTO Plan Operasyonel Taşıt Kiralama A.Ş., where she was responsible for leading the organization’s human resources function and supporting business growth through strategic people initiatives.
Before that, she spent more than five years with Marsh & McLennan Companies, holding leadership roles including Lead HR Manager and Compensation & Benefits – Performance Management Center of Excellence Lead for Turkey, Cyprus, Greece, and Israel. In this capacity, she led human resources strategy across multiple countries, supported talent and diversity initiatives, drove organizational design programs, and played a key role in large-scale transformation projects, including HR technology implementations, flexible benefits programs, compensation and rewards frameworks, employee engagement initiatives, and merger and acquisition integration efforts.
Earlier at Marsh & McLennan, she served as HR Integration Leader, where she was instrumental in supporting the integration of JLT Brokerage, harmonizing employee benefits, developing regional HR policies, and implementing people strategies across the Eastern Mediterranean region.
Damla also built a significant portion of her career at Johnson & Johnson, where she spent over twelve years in progressively senior HR leadership roles. Her responsibilities spanned employee relations, compensation and benefits, performance management, labor relations, employee engagement, organizational development, workforce planning, and business partnering. She ultimately served as HR Leader for Vision, Consumer and Supply Chain Turkey and Cross-Sector Employee & Labor Relations Lead, partnering closely with business leaders to align people strategies with organizational objectives while driving talent development, diversity initiatives, and organizational effectiveness programs.
Throughout her career, Damla has developed expertise across talent management, organizational design, compensation and benefits, performance management, employee relations, workforce transformation, change management, HR technology implementation, merger integration, and leadership development. Her experience managing HR operations across multiple countries has equipped her with a strong understanding of navigating complex, multicultural business environments.
Her appointment comes as Howden Türkiye continues to strengthen its position as a leading insurance broker and risk management advisor in the Turkish market. Damla’s extensive experience in building high-performing organizations and driving strategic HR initiatives is expected to support the company’s continued growth and talent development ambitions.
About Howden Türkiye
Howden Türkiye is one of the country’s leading insurance brokerage and risk advisory firms. Since entering the Turkish market in 2011, the company has grown significantly and today provides a comprehensive range of insurance brokerage, risk management, and specialist risk solutions to corporate and individual clients.
Through its sister company, GRC Howden, the organization also offers independent reinsurance brokerage services to insurance companies and brokers. With deep local expertise combined with the strength of a global network, Howden Türkiye supports clients in managing risk, protecting assets, and achieving long-term business resilience.
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