After graduating from Istanbul University's Social Sciences department in 2005, Pınar Nokay completed her master's degree at Boğaziçi University and her PhD at Istanbul University in 2011. Pınar Nokay started her career as a Channel & Category Development Specialist at Kraft Foods, worked as a Commercial Marketing Manager, Brand Manager and Group Brand Manager at Ülker and later worked as Marketing Director at Balparmak. In 2019, she started her new position at Bunge as Marketing and Trade Marketing Leader.