Ömer Onur is Managing Director of Başakşehir Living Lab and has been running the Başakşehir Innovation and Technology Center since 2012, focused on the development of innovative products and services as well as supporting entrepreneurs and startups. He is also Project Coordinator of Başakşehir Municipality for Horizon Europe projects, and has been a trainer in ENoLL Learning Lab sessions on various topics since 2020.

Beyond Başakşehir Living Lab, Ömer is an angel investor and, as of February 2024, Chairperson of Angel Effect Pty Co, an angel investment fund based in Istanbul with 25 shareholders.

He is an expert in project management and organisational development, with more than 30 years of corporate experience at Ford Motor Company, Ericsson and Turkcell Communications. He holds a BSc in Production and Industrial Engineering from Aston University and an MBA from the Graduate School of Management, Melbourne University.