| Mr Antonio Bene
| Mr Antonio Bene is Board Member at Karsan Automotive Industry and Trade. Inc. He started to work in Alfa Romeo S.p.A in 1972. He served as director of FIAT Auto S.p.A Mirafiori plant, platform and industrial director. Later, he served as Ferrari S.p.A industrial general manager and as TOFAS Türk Otomobil Fabrikası A.Ş. CEO between 2002-2004, and until 2005 he served as senior vice president and global industrial director. |
| Mr Mehmet Altan Sungar
| Mr Mehmet Altan Sungar is Board Member at Karsan Automotive Industry and Trade. Inc. He started to work as an intern at Royal Lastikler Tevzi A.Ş, a Koç Holding company, while he was still a student in Academy of Economics and Commercial Sciences. In addition to his post in the accounting department, he also worked as an Assistant Regional Director in the marketing department in the same company, and took part in the establishment of the dealer network while he was serving as a Regional Director in various regions across Turkey. Taking part in the foundation of Otoyol Pazarlama in 1975, Sungar worked as a Marketing Manager, Assistant General Manager and Deputy General Manager in the same company. He also served as a General Manager and Board Member in Istanbul Oto A.Ş., a Tofaş Group company, between 1985 and 2001. During the same period, Sungar worked as a member of the automotive professional community of Istanbul Chamber of Commerce and as a court expert. Having served as a General Manager and Board Member in Karsat A.Ş. between 2001 and 2004, Sungar worked as a shareholder and counsel in TURAVEL (Tourism, Education and Consultancy) between 2004 and 2012. |
| Mr Nadir Özşahin
| Mr Nadir Özşahin is Board Member at Karsan Automotive Industry and Trade. Inc. He graduated from Istanbul University Faculty of Economics in 1965. Özşahin began his career as an auditor at the Ministry of Finance in 1965. In 1974, Özşahin started working in the private sector, and served as a coordinator, vice president and president of Audit and Finance Group at Koç Holding A.Ş. Following his retirement in 2003, Özşahin worked as a certified public accountant between 2004-2005, and a board member of Döktaş Döküm Sanayi A.Ş. between 2005-2008. Özşahin was a member of the Foundation Board of Trustees and Graduates in Faculty of Istanbul University Faculty of Economics between 2000 and February, 2013. Nadir Özşahin worked as a board member in Ram Dış Ticaret A.Ş. between 2008 and February, 2012. |
| Mr Jan Nahum
| Mr Jan Nahum is Board Member at Karsan Automotive Industry and Trade. Inc. He graduated from the Royal Collage of Art with a degree in Automotive Designing after his engineering education in Robert College. In 1973, he joined the Koç Group as project engineer. Until 2002, he took part in various positions in automotive companies of the Group. He served as the general manager of Otokar between 1984-1994 and then of Tofaş between 1994-1997. Between 2002-2004, he served as the head of International Business Development at FIAT S.p.A. In between 2005-2007 he served as the general manager of Petrol Ofisi. He is now the founding partner of Hexagon Danışmanlık A.Ş. |
| Mr Klod Nahum
| Mr Klod Nahum is Board Member at Karsan Automotive Industry and Trade. Inc. He joined the Koç Group after he graduated from the London University of Kings College with a masters in automotive engineering. He began his career as a technical maintenance officer in 1969 at Tofaş Oto A.Ş., a division of Koç Group. In 1980, he moved to Switzerland as the president of the Kofisa Trading Company, where he began forming Koç Group's other foreign trading companies. He was appointed as vice president of the International Trade Group in 1991 and was promoted to president in 1997. During the period of Nahum's service to the International Trade Group the gross turnover went from $10 million to $1.6 billion. He is currently the managing director and founding partner of the Kıraça Group. |
| Mr İnan Kıraç
| Mr İnan Kıraç is Board Member at Karsan Automotive Industry and Trade. Inc. He began his career as a sales officer in 1961 at Ormak A.Ş., a division of Koç Group. In 1966, he was promoted as the general manager of Otoyol, the manufacturing company of Fiat trucks and midibuses. He later became the general manager of Tofaş Oto Ticaret, the sales and distribution company of Fiat cars produced in Turkey. Kıraç was then promoted as the vice president and later on president of the Koç Holding Automotive Group. He served as the CEO of Koç Holding until his retirement in 1998. İnan Kıraç was privy to every development in the Turkish automotive industry and left his signature on many great automotive factories. |
| Mr İ Sinan AK
| Mr İ Sinan Ak is General Manager at Zorlu Energy Group A.S. He graduated from the Department of Management Engineering at Istanbul Technical University. He began his career as a bond dealer in Evgin Securities in 1996. He later completed an MBA at the Old Dominion University (USA). Having worked as a Finance Chief at Vestel Communications between 2000 and 2002 and as a Finance Manager at Vestel Beyaz Eşya between 2002 and 2006, Mr. Ak joined Zorlu Energy Group in 2006. He was the Assistant General Manager responsible for finance and accounting at Zorlu Enerji Elektrik Üretim AŞ until 2012 and recently became the General Manager at Zorlu Enerji in January 2012. |
| Mr Burak İsmail Okay
| Mr Burak İsmail Okay is Board Member at Zorlu Energy Group A.S. He graduated from the Faculty of Law at the Ankara University in 1990. After completing an international law certificate program in New York, he started his career at the Department of Legal Consultancy in Türkiye İş Bankası. He later worked in various posts in Garanti Bank, MNG Bank and Nortel Networks Netaş before moving to the Bener Law Firm where he worked as an executive. Joining Zorlu Group in 2006, he played an active role in the configuration of the Law Department serving all the Group companies. Mr. Okay still serves as the Legal Coordinator of the Zorlu Group. He has been a Board member of the Zorlu Energy Group since 2007. |
| Mr Bekir Cem Köksal
| Mr Bekir Cem Köksal is Board Member at Zorlu Energy Group A.S. He graduated from Boğaziçi University, Department of Mechanical Engineering in 1988, and received his master’s degree from Bilkent University in 1990. Subsequently, he worked in the banking industry from 1990 to 2001. In 1997, he was appointed Assistant General Manager at Denizbank, and in 2002 he joined Vestel as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Köksal currently serves as Executive Board Member in charge of Finance at Vestel. He was elected Board Member at the 2011 Ordinary General Meeting of Zorlu Enerji Elektrik Üretim AŞ, held on May 31, 2012. |
| Mr Olgun Zorlu
| Mr Olgun Zorlu is Board Member at Zorlu Energy Group A.S. Mr Olgun Zorlu began his career in 1986 and gained managerial experience in the Zorlu Group’s textiles companies. He started to serve as a Board Member for Zorlu Holding in 1998. In addition to being a member of the Zorlu Enerji Board of Directors, Mr. Zorlu also serves on the boards of Zorlu Holding and other group companies. |
| Mr Zeki Zorlu
| Mr Zeki Zorlu is Chairman of Zorlu Energy Group A.S. Mr Zeki Zorlu began his career in a family company operating in the textiles sector and opened his first textiles store in Trabzon. Having founded Korteks in 1976 during his career, which began in Babadağ, Denizli and continued in Istanbul, Zeki Zorlu laid down the foundation of Zorlu Holding which today has 25,000 employees and 60 companies. Besides its new investments in the textiles sector, Zorlu Group stepped into the electronics and white goods sector with Vestel which was acquired in 1994 and entered the energy sector in 1996 and the real estate sector in 2006. As well as serving as the Co-Chairman of the Board of Directors of Zorlu Holding, Zeki Zorlu also serves as the Chairman of the Group companies operating in the textiles and energy sectors. |
| Mr Sedat Birol
| Mr Sedat Birol is General Manager at EIS Eczacıbaşı Pharmaceutical and Industrial Investment Co. Mr Sedat Birol completed his undergraduate degree in Chemical Engineering of Aachen University in Germany and his master’s degree in Organic Chemistry at Florida Atlantic University. Before joining the Eczacıbaşı Group in 1990, Birol worked respectively at Bayer Türk, Process Products (USA) and ICC Chemicals (USA). At Eczacıbaşı, Birol has served as General Manager of Eczacıbaşı Fine Chemical Products (1990-1994), General Manager of Eczacıbaşı-Baxter Hospital Supply (1994-2001), and General Manager of Eczacıbaşı Pharmaceuticals Manufacturing (2001-2004). Birol was appointed Executive Vice President in charge of Healthcare in January 2004. |
| Mr Akın Dinçsoy
| Mr Akın Dinçsoy completed his undergraduate education in the department of Chemical Engineering at the Faculty of Chemistry in Istanbul University and his postgraduate education in the same department of the same university and thus, became a Chemical Engineer, MSc. Starting to work in 1970 as the production supervisor at Eczacıbaşı Pharmaceuticals Manufacturing, Dinçsoy was appointed as the Production Planning Manager in 1980, Production Manager in 1989, Assistant General Manager for Production in 1990, and Production and Technical Assistant General Manager in 2001. After continuing to serve in this position at Eczacıbaşı Health Products, which was founded in 2004, he retired. He served as a board member at Eczacıbaşı Fine Chemical Products between the years of 2003-2007 and at Eczacıbaşı Health Products between the years of 2004-2007. He also served as the advisor to the General Manager between the years of 2005-2007. He served as the manager of Eczacıbaşı Pharmaceuticals Manufacturing responsible before the Ministry of Health between the years of 1985-2005; and in addition to this position, he has also acted as the Chairman of the Product Development Sub-Committee, Member of the Supreme Board of Product Development, the Chairman of the Occupational Health and Safety Committee, and the Chairman of GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice) Committee in the last 10 years. Currently, Akın Dinçsoy is the independent board member of the company. |
| Mr Şenol S Alanyurt
| Mr Şenol S Alanyurt completed his undergraduate studies at Istanbul Technical University and his graduate studies at Istanbul University, Faculty of Economics, Institute of Business and Economics. Şenol Alanyurt started his professional life in 1968 at Eczacıbaşı Pharmaceuticals Manufacturing as the Head of Business Studies Department. Alanyurt was appointed as Baxter Serum Department Head in 1971 and assumed the posts of Serum Plant Project Manager in 1979, Serum Plant Manager in 1982, Hospital Products General Manager in 1989, Board of Directors member and consultant of Eczacıbaşı-Baxter Hospital Products in 1994 and Eczacıbaşı Fine Chemical Products General Manager in 2000. Alanyurt retired in 2002. Currently, Şenol Alanyurt is the independent board member of the company. |
| Ms Ayşe Deniz Özger
| Ms Ayşe Deniz Özger received her undergraduate degree from the Pharmaceuticals Faculty of Hacettepe University in 1981. Özger commenced her career in 1982 at Eczacıbaşı Pharmaceuticals Manufacturing, where she served first as Product Manager and then Product Group Manager. In 1989, she was appointed Marketing Manager at Eczacıbaşı Pharmaceuticals Marketing, and, in 1992, Vice General Manager in charge of Marketing and Sales. In 1995, Özger became General Manager of Eczacıbaşı-Rhone Poulenc, and in 2003, General Manager of Eczacıbaşı Pharmaceuticals Marketing. In 2011, Özger was appointed Vice President of the Eczacıbaşı Group’s Healthcare Division in charge of Business Development, where she remained until January 2015. Presently, Özger continues her involvement with the Eczacıbaşı Group an advisor to the Executive Vice President of the Healthcare Division. |
| Mr Mustafa Sacit Basmacı
| Mr Mustafa Sacit Basmacı received his undergraduate degree from the Economics-Finance Department of the Faculty of Political Science of Ankara University in 1974. Sacit Basmacı began his career in the Ministry of Finance as a tax accountant between 1974 and 1981. In 1981, he joined Eczacıbaşı Holding as an auditor, remaining here through 1983. In 1984, he moved to Cankurtaran Holding as Vice President of Financial and Administrative Affairs, later becoming Member of the Management and Executive Board, and Certified Public Accountant and Financial Advisor. Basmacı returned to the Eczacıbaşı Group in 2003 as Assistant Vice President of Financial Affairs. Since January 2004, Basmacı has served as Executive Vice President, Head Comptroller and Legal Affairs, and General Manager of Eczacıbaşı Holding |
| Mr Faruk Eczacıbaşı
| Mr Faruk Eczacıbaşı is a graduate of the Istanbul German Lycee and Berlin Technical University’s School of Management, where he earned his undergraduate and MBA degrees. Faruk Eczacıbaşı began his professional career in the Eczacıbaşı Group in 1980. After working in the United States for several years, he served in various positions in the Eczacıbaşı Group. Currently Vice Chairman of Eczacıbaşı Holding, Faruk Eczacıbaşı was instrumental in the Group’s e-Transformation as head of Eczacıbaşı’s IT company, Eczacıbaşı Information and Communication Technologies. Faruk Eczacıbaşı is Chairman of the Turkish Informatics Foundation (TBV), which was founded in 1995 to assist Turkey make the transformation to an information society. In this role, he has helped to prepare various research reports and contributed to the shaping of public policy. He served on the e-Transformation Executive Board established by the e-Transformation Turkey Action Plan and was influential in establishing jointly with the Turkish Business and Industry Association (TÜSİAD) Turkey’s first and only private sector awards for the public sector, the e-Turkey Awards. He participated in national efforts to align Turkey’s legislation with the EU Acquis Communautaire and helped to establish Turkey’s first company providing legal and technical infrastructure for secure e-commerce and e-government. He has also led efforts to generate public consensus in favor of EU internet standards in place of internet surveillance. Currently, he is working on a project to create Turkey’s first technology map. Faruk Eczacıbaşı is also President of the Eczacıbaşı Sports Club, a position he has held since 1999. |
| Mr Bülent Eczacıbaşı
| Mr Bülent Eczacıbaşı is Chairman of the Eczacıbaşı Group, graduated from the Imperial College of Science and Technology, London, and obtained his master’s degree in chemical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. After initiating his professional career in 1974 in Eczacıbaşı Holding, Bülent Eczacıbaşı held a variety of management positions in Eczacıbaşı Group companies. Over the years, Bülent Eczacıbaşı has been involved in a large number of civic associations, including TUSIAD, the Turkish Industy and Business Association, where he was Chairman of the Board (1991-1993) and Chairman of the High Advisory Council (1997-2001). He was also founding Chairman of the Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation (TESEV) (1993-1997) and Chairman of the Board of the Turkish Pharmaceuticals Manufacturers’ Association (2000-2008). Presently, Bülent Eczacıbaşı continues to serve TUSIAD as Honorary Chairman, TESEV (The Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation) as a member of the High Advisory Board, and the Turkish Pharmaceuticals Manufacturers’ Association as Honorary President. He is also the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Istanbul Modern Art Foundation, the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (IKSV). |
| Mr Kadir Büyükkara
| Mr Kadir Büyükkara is General Manager at Konya Cement Industry Inc. |
| Mr Tahir Büyükhelvacıgil
| Mr Tahir Büyükhelvacıgil is Board Member at Konya Cement Industry Inc. |
