Oya Canbaş was born in Pretoria, South Africa. She studied economics and management at Boğaziçi University. Before joining Bayer, she worked in the marketing departments at P&G and Gilette. In 2015 she was appointed as the Director of Consumer Care for Bayer Turkey. After 2.5 years managing the sales and marketing of Bayer’s consumer care products in Turkey, she moved to the UK to assume the same position at Bayer UK.