Zehra Öney, who is a futurist, mobile transformation specialist, investor, pragmatist and speech-giver, was born in Istanbul, in 1964. After studying Economy at İstanbul University, she worked for 10 years in senior positions in Turkey’s leading agencies in the tourism sector. She has continued her career as a Professional manager in telecommunications, mobile and digital areas for the last 16 years. Between 2002 and 2007, she worked as a director in International Business Development, The European Union and The United States Relationships at Turkcell, and also, between 2007 and 2011, she worked as a General Manager at Mobilera Inc. and Deputy General Manager at Mobilera BV simultaneously.

Zehra Oney founded her own agency, 360+ Media Interactive in 2011 and has been serving as Chairman of the Agency. In 2013, she introduced Turkey with augmented reality. Blippar is an augmented reality app that was founded in 2011 in London and has over 65 million members worldwide. Zehra Oney was the CEO of Blippar Turkey from 2014 to 2017, and also worked as the Exclusive Representative of Blippar Global SMT (Senior Management Team) and Blippar Turkey.

Zehra Öney continues her career as a member of Independent Executive Board and Board of Directors, Dorçe Prefabricated, Board Member of Graduate School of Business, Bahcesehir University, a member of Executive Board and Board of Directors, MMA Turkey (Mobile Marketing Association), member of KAGİDER (Chamber of Turkish Women Entrepreneurs), digital communication consultant in TAİK (Turkey-the USA Business Council) the founder-president of the platform “Teknolojide Kadın Gücü” (Women Power in Technology), the mentor of Turkey Mentor Movement based in Startupbootcamp, and the lead mentor of the Mentor Effect platform. Mrs Öney is also an expert and practitioner of augmented reality, artificial intelligence, Internet of things and virtual reality applications in the areas of marketing and advertising. She is married with two daughters.