Board Of Directors

Tuncay Özilhan was born in Kayseri. He studied in Saint-Joseph High School, then graduated from the Faculty of Economics of İstanbul University. He received his MBA degree from Long Island University in the United States. He started his career in 1977 as General Director of Erciyas Brewery and has undertaken responsibilities such as Coordinator of the Beer Group and General Coordinator of Anadolu Group. Tuncay Özilhan acted as the CEO of Anadolu Group from 1984 to February 2017. He is the Chairperson of Anadolu Group since May 2007. He has also been serving as Chairperson of Anadolu Foundation as well as various Group companies. Tuncay Özilhan served as the Chairperson of TÜSİAD (Turkish Industry & Business Association) between 2001 to 2003, as the Chairperson of its High Advisory Council between 2015-2023 and became its Honorary President in 2024. His other responsibilities include; Member of The Board at the Foreign Economic Relations Board (DEİK), Honorary Consul for the Republic of Estonia and President of Anadolu Efes Sports Club. He also served as Chairperson of the Turkish – Russian Business Council at DEİK. Tuncay Özilhan holds a Ministerial Medal given by the Ministry Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Estonia, a Service Medal given by the Republic of Kazakhstan and “The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star”, constituting one of the most important orders awarded by the Japanese government.

Kamil Yazıcı graduated from New York Military Academy (1996), holds a BA degree in Marketing from Emory University Goizueta Business School (2000), an MBA degree from American Institute of Business and Economics (2005) and has completed the GMP program at the Harvard Business School (2017). Mr. Yazıcı started his Anadolu Group career in year 2000 in the Finance Presidency as Assistant Finance Specialist and resumed his career in Anadolu Efes Russia Beer operations during 2002-2011 where he held multiple roles as Marketing Manager, Logistics Manager, Supply Chain Director, Business Development Director and finally led a pan-Russian effort to restructure the sales organization for greater efficiency and effectiveness. In 2011, Mr. Yazıcı was appointed as General Manager of Efes Vitanta in Moldova and continued this role until 2014. In 2014, he was appointed as Market Development Director responsible for all international markets where the group did not operate locally and held this position until 2017. Since 2017, Mr. Yazıcı has been serving as Vice-Chairperson on Anadolu Group holding and subsidiary Board of Directors. In addition, Mr. Yazıcı serves as Board Member for TAİK (Turkish-American Business Council), TOGG (Turkish National Auto Initiative), HBS Alumnus (Harvard Business School’s Alumni Board) and is the Vice-Chairperson of KYYDAS (the Kamil Yazici Family Trust). He is also a member of TÜSİAD (Turkish Industry & Business Association).

Jason Warner is AB InBev’s Zone President Europe since 1 January 2019. He is a dual British and U.S. citizen and received a BSc Eng Hons Industrial Business Studies degree from DeMontfort University in the United Kingdom. Prior to his current role, he was Business Unit President for North Europe between 2015 and 2018. He joined AB InBev in July 2009 as Global VP Budweiser, based in New York, before moving into a dual role of Global VP Budweiser and Marketing VP. He has also held Global VP roles for Corona as well as Innovation and Renovation. Prior to joining AB InBev, he held various positions at The CocaCola Company and Nestlé.

Hurşit Zorlu holds a BCs degree in Economics from Istanbul University. Before joining the Anadolu Group as a Marketing Specialist at Efes Beverage Group in 1984, he held various positions in Toz Metal and Turkish Airlines. During his career at Efes Beverage Group, he assigned various positions including Assistant Marketing Manager, Assistant Project Development Manager, Project Development Manager and Business Development & Investor Relations Director respectively. Zorlu worked as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) at Efes Beverage Group between 2000-2008 and CFO at Anadolu Group between 2008- 2013. Zorlu served as Deputy CEO at Anadolu Group between 2013-2017. Hurşit Zorlu, who has been serving as the Chief Executive Officer of Anadolu Group since February 2017, retired as of April 1, 2024 from this position. Currently Hurşit Zorlu, is a Board Member of all Anadolu Group companies. Zorlu also served as the chair person of Anadolu Group Sustainability Committee of the Group and lead the works within the scope of the sustainability strategy, ‘’From Anadolu to the Future’’. Hurşit Zorlu is a High Advisory Council Member of the Turkish Investor Relations Society (TÜYİD) and served as the 8th term Chairperson of the Corporate Governance Association of Türkiye (TKYD) between 2015-2017.

Tuğban İzzet Aksoy graduated from the Management and International Finance Departments of the University of Oglethorpe in the USA, following his education at the Austrian High School. He began his professional career as an Assistant Expert in the Financial Affairs Directorate at Anadolu Endüstri Holding, in 1996. In December 1998 he was appointed as a Senior Broker at the Alternatifbank Treasury Department. Following five years in this role, Aksoy took on the role of Corporate Finance and Risk Manager at the Treasury and Risk Management Department of Anadolu Endüstri Holding A.Ş. in June 2003. In April 2008, he became Assistant Coordinator at Business Development Directorate, and between 2009-April 2019, he worked as Anadolu Group Energy Sector Coordinator. He continues to serve as Vice Chairperson and Board Member in various Anadolu Group companies. Aksoy, who has participated in professional training and seminars in his field, is member of energy groups of TÜSİAD and TOBB. Aksoy has been serving as an honorary consul of Georgia since 2016 and also holds Georgian Government Medal of Honor.

R. Engin Akçakoca received his undergraduate degree from Middle East Technical University in Management and started his career in banking in 1974. He assumed Deputy General Manager position in Koç-Amerikan Bank during 1986 and 1991 and General Manager position in Koçbank A.Ş. during 1991 and 2000. He was appointed as the Chairperson of the Banking Regulation and Supervision Agency and the Savings Deposit Insurance Fund in 2001 responsible for a large-scale banking sector restructuring program held in Türkiye. Mr. Akçakoca has been working as a consultant since 2004; he holds board member positions in various Anadolu Group companies.

Beliz Chappuie received her bachelor’s degree in environmental engineering from Istanbul Technical University and MBA degree from Indiana University with a concentration in finance. She began her career as finance program evaluator in Office of State Audits and Evaluations in 2001 and still serves as a Chief of Audit Services in California Public Employees' Retirement System. With over 20 years of experience in investment and finance, Beliz Çevik Chappuie holds Certified Public Accountant and Certified Information Systems Auditor licences.

Born in Istanbul in 1968, Lale Develioğlu graduated from the Industrial Engineering Department at Boğaziçi University and pursued her postgraduate studies at Rensselear Polytechnic University in USA. She started her professional career in 1992 at Unilever and acted as Marketing Director between 1998-2003. In the end of 2003, Mrs. Develioğlu started working in Turkcell and acted as Chief Marketing Officer responsible from Consumer Business between 2006- 2011 and VP of International Businesses and Subsidiaries between 2011–2014. Mrs. Develioğlu has started working in Yıldız Holding and acted as Global Marketing President in Pladis, Yıldız Holding’s UK based global snacks company until 2018. Mrs. Develioğlu acted as board member for several companies in telecommunication, technology, FMCG, consumer durables and retail industries across Türkiye, Middle East, CIS countries and Europe. She currently serves as board member at Aksa Akrilik, Coca-Cola İçecek, Anadolu Isuzu and as board advisor at Nobel İlaç. Mrs. Develioğlu also supports companies as a strategic advisor and business mentor. She was selected as “Best Marketing Person” of Türkiye in 2009; won the “Women to Watch” award for Marketing in 2014 and was listed among “Top 25 CMOs” in Global Creativepool Annual in 2018. She has served as Executive Board Member of Advertisers’ Association of Türkiye (RVD) and Advertising Self-regulatory Body in Türkiye (RÖK) for 6 years. She is the chairperson of the Qualified Risk Directors Governance Council. She is also one of the founding board members of Women on Board Association in Türkiye. She is the author of the business and memoir book titled ‘Karar Verdim’.

Bekir Ağırdır was born in Denizli in 1956. After graduating from Middle East Technical University, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Department of Business Administration in 1979, he worked as Sales Manager and Deputy General Manager at Bilsan Bilgisayar Malzemeleri A.Ş. between years 1980-1984, as Sales Coordinator at Meteksan Ltd. between years 1984-1986 and as General Manager at Pirintaş Computer Materials and Basım Sanayi A.Ş. between years 1986-1996. He served as Deputy General Manager at Atılım Kağıt ve Defter Sanayi AŞ between years 1996-1999 and as General Manager and Board Member at PMB Akıllı Kart ve Bilgi Teknolojileri AŞ between years 1999-2003. Between years 2003 and 2005, he worked at the History Foundation, first as the Coordinator and then as the General Manager. He has been the General Manager and Member of the Board of Directors at KONDA Araştırma ve Danışmanlık Limited Şirketi between years 2005-2022, and a member of the Board of Directors between June 2022 and April 2024. He is the Vice Chairperson of the Board of the Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation (TESEV), the Founding Member of the Yanındayız Association, the Democratic Republic Program and the EYMIR Culture Foundation, a member of the METU Alumni Association, a writer for Oxygen Newspaper, and a commentator for the T24 Internet Newspaper.

Didem Gordon is an accomplished professional in the finance and banking sectors, with a career spanning over 30 years. She is recognized for her significant contributions to enhance Turkish capital markets particularly in areas such as corporate governance, sustainability, and implementation of best standards and ethical practices. Gordon graduated from Boğaziçi University with a degree in Business Administration in 1986 and completed an MBA in Finance at San Diego State University. Her career began at Mitsui Manufacturers Bank in the Corporate Banking department from 1989 to 1992 in the US. From 1992 to 2016, she had leadership roles in various banks and investment institutions that include Finansbank, Garanti, Koçbank, Yapı Kredi and Ashmore. During this period, she worked closely with leading global institutional investors and DFIs to enhance Turkiye’s standing in emerging markets. She held board positions at the Turkish Institutional Investment Managers Association (Vice Chairperson), Turkish Capital Markets Licensing Inc. (Vice Chairperson) , and Turkish Capital Markets Association (Board Member). She has also served on the Audit Committee at Borsa Istanbul. After her tenure in Türkiye, she worked as a Senior Advisor for venture capital and private equity firms in the US and UK from 2016 to 2018. In 2018, she founded Phaida Ventures in Estonia, focusing on impact investments, social entrepreneurship, and ESG. Gordon currently serves on the Board of Directors at Re-Pie Portfolio Management Inc., Doğan Burda, and as a non-executive Board Member at Burçelik. Gordon holds an ESG Investment Certificate from the CFA Institute and completed the Investment Management program by the CFA Institute and Harvard University in 2003. She has the ESG (Environmental, Social, Corporate Governance) Investment Certificate from the CFA Institute and has Level 3 and Derivative Licenses in Capital Markets.

With over 35 years of experience in management and finance, including investment banking, capital markets, venture capital, and insurance, he has served as a senior executive in leading financial institutions in Turkiye. He has also undertaken various voluntary roles in both local and international organizations. Mr. Koç graduated from Ankara University Faculty of Political Sciences in 1986 and started his career the same year at the Board of Inspectors of Türkiye İş Bankası A.Ş. After holding various positions related to capital markets at İş Bankası, he was appointed as the General Manager of İş Girişim Sermayesi Yatırım Ortaklığı A.Ş. in 2001. He then served as the General Manager of İş Yatırım Menkul Değerler A.Ş., Türkiye's largest investment banking institution, from 2002 to 2013. At the beginning of 2013, Koç was appointed Deputy General Manager at Türkiye İş Bankası A.Ş., and from 2016 to 2019, he served as the CEO of Anadolu Sigorta A.Ş. After retiring from the İşbank Group in 2019, he joined Ernst & Young Türkiye, one of the world's leading consulting firms, as a partner. He continues to work at the same company as a business partner. In addition to his professional roles, Koç has served on the boards of numerous companies both in Türkiye and abroad; between 2014 and 2018, he was the Chairperson of the Turkish Capital Markets Association. He has also been a Board Member of the International Capital Market Association and Borsa İstanbul A.Ş.