Management

Tuncay Özilhan was born in Kayseri. He studied in Saint-Joseph High School, then graduated from the Faculty of Economics of Istanbul 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 re-structure 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-Chairman 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-Chairman of KYYDAS (the Kamil Yazici Family Trust).

Jason Warner is AB InBev’s Zone President Europe since 1 January 2019. Born in 1973, 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 Coca-Cola 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, will retire as of April 1, 2024. Hurşit Zorlu, a Board Member of various Anadolu Group companies, is also the Chairperson of the Sustainability Committee of the Group and leads the works within the scope of sustainability strategy, “From Anadolu to the Future”. Zorlu is a board member of DEİK Outbound Investment Business Council, 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 Department 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 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. He is also the executive board member of the Turkish Jockey Club. 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 independent 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 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 also one of the founders and 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 since June 2022. He is a Member of the Board of Directors at Vestel Beyaz Eşya Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş. and Vestel Elektronik Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş. 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 graduated from the Business Administration Department of Boğaziçi University in 1986 and completed the Finance/MBA program at San Diego State University. In 2003, she completed the Investment Management program offered by the CFA Institute and Harvard University. Starting her professional career in the Corporate Banking department of Mitsui Manufacturers Bank between 1989 and 1992, Gordon appointed to senior executive roles in leading domestic and foreign-owned banks and investment institutions in Turkiye from 1992 to 2016. In the banking sector, she served as Deputy General Manager at Koçbank and Yapı Kredi Bankası. In investment institutions, she conducted CEO positions at Finansinvest, Koç Portföy, Yapı Kredi Portföy, Ashmore Portföy, and served as CEO and Chairperson of the Board at Yapı Kredi Investment Trust. She also served as a member of the Board of Directors and Credit Committee at Yapı Kredi Yatırım. Throughout her career spanning over 30 years, Gordon focused on implementing initiatives to strengthen Turkiye's position among emerging markets. She contributed to various committees and think tanks in areas such as Corporate Governance regulations and index, Licensing criteria for Investment Professionals, Ethical Rules and Professional Standards, Sustainability Index, Financial Literacy, and Increasing Domestic Savings. During this period, she worked as a member of the Audit Committee at Borsa Istanbul, Vice President of the Board of Directors at TKYD (Turkish Corporate Governance Association), and as Chairperson of the Legislation and Tax Committee, representing the sector in the formation of the current Capital Markets Law. She served as a member of the Board of Directors at the Turkish Capital Markets Association and as Vice Chairperson of the Board of Directors at SPL (Capital Markets Licensing, Registry, and Training Institution). From 2016 to 2018, Gordon worked as a Senior Advisor in venture capital and private equity funds in the United States and the United Kingdom. In 2018, she established Phaida Ventures in Estonia to support impact investment projects and technology ventures in emerging markets, providing consultancy and mentoring for impact-focused projects. She has been serving on the Board of Directors at Re-Pie Portfolio Management Inc. since 2023 and as an Independent Board Member at Burçelik Bursa Steel Casting Industry Inc. (BURCE). Gordon has the ESG (Environmental, Social, Corporate Governance) Investment Certificate from the CFA Institute and has Level 3 and Derivative Licenses in Capital Markets.

İlhami Koç received a bachelor's degree in International Relations from Ankara University. 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. Beginning his professional career in 1986 as an inspector at Türkiye İş Bankası, Koç assigned several roles in corporate finance and capital markets at İş Bankası before becoming the founding CEO of İş Girişim Sermayesi A.Ş. in 2001. Subsequently, he served as the CEO of İŞ Yatırım, Turkiye's largest investment banking firm, for 11 years from 2002 to 2013. From 2013 to 2016, he served as Deputy CEO of Türkiye İş Bankası A.Ş. and then as CEO of Anadolu Sigorta from 2016 to 2019 after retiring from İş Bankası Group. After retiring from İş Bankası Group, Koç joined EY Turkiye as a partner in 2019, where he currently provides consultancy services in corporate finance. Throughout his career, he has managed numerous public offerings, privatizations, company acquisitions, and venture capital investments, as well as securities trading and portfolio management. He has acted board memberships in many companies in Turkiye, the UK, Germany, and Russia. Additionally, he served as the President of the Turkish Capital Markets Association, the self-regulatory organization of capital markets in Turkiye, from 2014 to 2018, representing this organization on the Board of the International Securities Association. Koç was recognized as one of the architects of transformation in the Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) region by Euromoney in May 2019. He also serves as a board member of the Association of Publicly Listed Company Managers and the Turkiye Finance Managers Foundation.

Dr. Argüden’s career spans the private sector, public sector, multinational institutions, NGOs, and academia. He is the Founder and Chairman of ARGE Consulting, a globally recognized Turkish management consulting firm known for value creating strategies, governance, and sustainability. ARGE Consulting has served as the B20 Knowledge Partner for Governance & Sustainability, as EFQM Certified Advisory Organization, IIRC Licensed Training Partner and has been recognized at the European Parliament as one of the best three companies “Shaping the Future” with its commitment to corporate social responsibility. He is also the Chairman of Rothschild & Co investment bank in Türkiye and has served on the boards of more than 70 corporations in 4 different countries. Dr. Argüden is a renowned governance expert and served as the Chairman of the Governance Committee of the Business at OECD; as a member of IFC’s Corporate Governance Advisory Board; and as the Chairman of Trustees of the Argüden Governance Academy. As the elected Global Chair of the National Networks, he has served on the Board of the UN Global Compact, the world’s largest sustainability platform. He is an adjunct Professor of Business Strategy, an author of numerous books, and a columnist focusing on governance, strategy, and sustainability. As a social entrepreneur he has founded and led numerous NGOs and initiated the National Quality Movement. He has also served as the Vice-Chairman of the Turkish Basketball Federation. Dr. Argüden is an Eisenhower Fellow, a recipient of numerous leadership, distinguished citizenship, and career awards, and was selected by the World Economic Forum as a “Global Leader for Tomorrow” for his commitment to improving the state of the world.

He completed his secondary education at German High School and continued his higher education in Istanbul Technical University, Mechanical Engineering, and then he earned a Master’s degree in International Business from Istanbul University, Institute of Business Administration and Economics. After starting his career in 1989 at Koç Holding as a Management Trainee in the Planning Coordination Department, he assumed the duties of Specialist, Manager and Coordinator. He continued his career as Strategic Planning President at Koç Holding between 2004-2011. During this period, he took an important role in determining the strategies of the group companies while ensuring Koç Group's main strategies and portfolio structures are built. He carried out very important M&A projects. These include the acquisitions of Tüpraş, Yapı Kredi and sales of Migros, Koç Allianz, Demir Döküm, Döktaş and İzocam. He served as the President of Tourism, Food and Retailing Group at Koç Holding from April 2011 to April 2022. In this role, he assumed the management responsibility of a total of 12 companies, including Koçtaş, Tat Gıda, Düzey Pazarlama, Divan, Setur, Setur Marinas, Koç Sistem, KoçDigital, Ram and Inventram. Tamer Haşimoğlu serves as a Board Member of some Koç Group companies. In addition to these duties, he is a Board Member of TÜSİAD and Hisar Educational Foundation (HEV). He also served as a Board Member of YASED, as a member of the Turkish Tourism Investors Association and as a Board Member of the IMEAK Chamber of Shipping.

Onur Altürk was graduated from Middle East Technical University, Faculty of Architecture, City and Regional Planning Department in 1998. He started his career as Site Leasing & Procurement Specialist at Turkcell. He worked in various positions at Aria and Avea as Sales & Marketing Specialist and Event Marketing Senior Specialist between years 2002-2005. He joined Fritolay in 2005 and worked as Trade Marketing Specialist, POS & Channel Development Manager, Trade Marketing & Horeca Manager, Sales Development & Merchandising Manager, Sales Planning Manager, District Sales Manager, Head of Sales Operations & Development & Capability and Head of Sales Strategy & Sales Audit between years 2005-2015. Onur Altürk worked as Traditional Trade Sales Director at PepsiCo between years 2015-2018. Onur Altürk has worked as Sales Director of Türkiye Operations between years 2018 and 2022. Mr. Altürk served as General Manager of Efes Türkiye between January 2022 and March 2024. He was appointed as Beer Group President and Anadolu Efes CEO as of 1 March 2024.

Gökçe Yanaşmayan graduated from Dokuz Eylül University in Economics in 2000. He worked as an Auditor at Arthur Andersen between 2000 and 2002 and as Senior Auditor at Ernst & Young between 2002 – 2004. After starting his career at Anadolu Efes in 2004 as Efes Kazakhstan Reporting and Budgeting Manager, he worked as Finance and Administration Manager at Efes Breweries International between 2006 – 2010 and as Finance Director at Efes Kazakhstan between 2010 and 2012. He worked as Finance Director at Efes Ukraine between 2012 – 2014. Mr. Yanaşmayan served as Efes Moldova Managing Director between December 2014 – June 2021. Mr. Yanaşmayan has been appointed as the Anadolu Efes Group CFO effective from 1 July 2021.

Tugay Keskin was graduated from Ankara University Faculty of Political Science. Keskin joined CCI in 1993 and served in different positions in Türkiye sales function until his appointment as Türkiye Sales Director in 2007. He worked as Türkiye Sales Director between years 2007-2011 and Türkiye Commercial Director between years 2011–2014. After serving as CCI Commercial Excellence Director between years 2014 and 2016 and as CCI Türkiye General Manager in 2017, Mr. Keskin was appointed as CCI Türkiye and Middle East Region Director in 2019 and worked as CCI Chief Operating Officer between years 2020 and 2023. Tugay Keskin served as Chief Customer and Commercial Officer of CCI between March, 2023 and March 2024. He was appointed as General Manager of Efes Türkiye as of 1 March 2024.

Uluhan Kumru graduated from Hacettepe University in Business Administration and completed his MBA degree from Middle East Technical University. He started his professional career as Management Trainee at Ziraat Bank and served as Corporate Banking and Project Finance Specialist and, he served, respectively, as Auditor at Akbank Internal Audit Presidency, Head of Internal Control at Aklease, Senior Internal Audit Manager at Starbucks (Alshaya) Türkiye, Internal Audit Manager at Sabiha Gökçen Havalimanı Yatırım Yapım ve İşletme A.Ş. while he reported to the Audit Committee. He joined our Group as Audit Manager at Anadolu Group Audit Presidency in 2013, served as Group Internal Audit Manager at Anadolu Efes between 2015 and 2016 and as Anadolu Group Audit Manager in charge of Beverage Group Companies between 2016 and 2017. Mr. Kumru has been working as Group Internal Audit Director at Anadolu Efes since January 2018. He is Certified Internal Auditor and Certified Public Accountant in Türkiye. He has been serving as the Chairman of the Board of Directors at the Institute of Internal Auditors of Türkiye, where he has worked for different responsibilities as a member of the Board of Directors since 2014. He is also a member of the Exam Development Committee at the U.S. Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) .

Banu Artüz graduated from Istanbul University in American Culture and Literature. She started her career at Procter & Gamble in Sales department. During her 16 years of Procter & Gamble career, she spent 8 years in Sales and Marketing Department with various assignments in Modern Trade, Distributor operations and Sales Marketing. During her Sales Marketing positions, she worked in Feminine care and Oral care categories. After 8 years in Sales & Marketing positions, she decided to move to Human Resources. She built her HR career in different countries including Türkiye, Kazakhstan and Eastern Europe (Russia, Ukraine etc.) markets and had different assignments as HR Business Partner, Compensation & Benefits, Employee Relations, Sales Capability Management. She relocated to Almaty, Kazakhstan and led Talent Management for Central Asian Republics between 2007 and 2009; and she moved to Moscow, Russia as Eastern Europe Talent Manager with the responsibility of Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and Central Asia Republics between 2010 and 2013. Ms. Artüz; who worked as Deputy Talent Manager Coordinator at Anadolu Group Holding between 2014 and 2018; is continuing her position as Anadolu Efes Group Human Resources Director since April 2018.

Mr. Savaş Öztürk graduated from Hacettepe University Statistics in 1995. Between 1997-2005, he worked as Central Warehouse Clerk and Purchasing Clerk at Anadolu Efes Türkiye Ankara Brewery, and later as Anadolu Efes Türkiye Logistics Supervisor. He was appointed as Anadolu Efes Türkiye Logistics Services Manager in 2005. Later, he served as Anadolu Efes Türkiye Logistics Services Manager at Izmir Brewery between 2006-2012 and Anadolu Efes Türkiye Logistics Support Manager between 2012-2014. Mr. Öztürk worked as Anadolu Efes Kazakhstan Logistics Director and Anadolu Efes Kazakhstan Supply Chain Director between 2014-2019. He has been working as Anadolu Efes Türkiye Planning and Logistics Director since January 2020.

Daniel Barbulescu graduated from Babeş-Bolyai University in Food Products Economics in 2000 and earned his Master of Science degree from same university in Agri-Business. Having started his professional career in 2004 as a Brand Manager at Unilever South Central Europe (USCE), Mr. Barbulescu worked at Unilever Poland as Central Eastern Europe Brand Development Manager and as European Brand Development Manager between 2005 and 2008. Having served as Category Manager and Marketing Manager at USCE since 2007, Mr. Barbulescu joined our group as Marketing Director at Efes Moldova in May 2013. After serving as International Marketing and Sales Director at Anadolu Efes Market Development Directorate between January 2016 and April 2017. Mr. Barbulescu was appointed as Acting Market Development Director at Anadolu Efes Market Development Directorate in May 2017 and Market Development Director in October 2017.

Melis Alkan Bölükbaşı graduated from Galatasaray University Law School in 2007 and completed her LL.M. in Business Law at Istanbul Bilgi University Law Faculty in 2009. Bölükbaşı worked as a lawyer and senior lawyer respectively at Aksu Savaş Çalışkan Law Office between years 2007-2014. Later, she worked as the Legal Counsel at Polat Enerji Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş. between years 2014-2018. In 2019, she was appointed as the Group Legal Affairs Manager at Anadolu Efes. Bölükbaşı worked as Anadolu Efes Turkiye Legal Affairs Manager between 2022-2023. Bölükbaşı has been serving as Anadolu Efes Group Legal Affairs Director since 1st of January 2024.

Having graduated from Bilkent University in 1993, Murat Ozkan started his career in Arçelik as a system analyst. After spending 3 years as an engineer, he decided to make a change and joined Philips Morris Türkiye and held various managerial roles over 17 years. During this period, he has completed several business and IT projects globally. Later, he was assigned as CIO at Ülker in 2014 and became the Vice President of Shared Business Solutions Services in Pladis and Yıldız Holding starting from 2017. As of April 2019, he was appointed as Anadolu Efes Group Information and Digital Solutions Director.

Ms. Selda Susal Saatçi received her bachelor’s degree from Istanbul University in German Language and Literature. Before joining Anadolu Efes group, she served as Communication and Public Relation Assistant Manager at Turkcell between 1995 and 1996, Corporate Communication and Public Relations Specialist and Public Relation Manager at Telsim between years 1996-2001 and Public Relation Manager, Corporate Communication Manager, Mediterranean and North Africa Area Corporate Communication Manager, Corporate Communication Director at DHL Worldwide Express, respectively between years 2001-2009. She worked as Head of Corporate Communications at Philip Morris between years 2009-2015, Advisory Board Member, Strategic Communications Consultant at askbmm Consulting and also served as Founder at LiveGlobalEatLocal/YeatUp between years 2015 and 2019. Ms. Saatçi who has been working as Corporate Communications and Affairs Director at Efes Türkiye since November 2019, has been appointed as the Group Corporate Communications and Affairs Director as of January 1, 2022. Ms. Saatçi, who serves as the President of the Beer and Malt Producers Association, is also a member of the Federation of Food and Drink Industry Associations of Türkiye (TGDF) Supervisory Board.

Ms. Serim Yıldırım was graduated from Boğaziçi University in Sociology and started her career as Product Manager at Evyap in 1996 and then joined Efes Beer Group in 1997. She served as Research Executive between years 1997-1998, Marmara Beer Brand Manager between years 1998-2001 and Efes Marketing Manager between years 2001-2006 in Türkiye. She was then appointed as Marketing Director in Anadolu Efes HQ between 2006-2008. Ms. Yıldırım joined Britsh American Tobacco Türkiye and served between 2008-2016 as Türkiye Head of Strategy, Planning & Insights, Türkiye Head of Brand Marketing Türkiye and in her last role as EEMEA Dunhill Brand Director at British American Tobacco in London HQ office. She moved on to Chief Marketing Officer at Pozitif Entertainment between years 2016 and 2017 and in 2018, Ms. Yıldırım has rejoined Anadolu Efes Türkiye as Anadolu Efes Türkiye Marketing Director. Ms. Yıldırım has been appointed as the Group Strategy, Insight and Innovation Director as of January 1, 2022.

Dmitry Shpakov graduated from National Technical University in Ukraine in 1996 after which he earned his MBA degree from INSEAD Business School in International Management. Also he graduated from InterRegional Academy of Personnel Management with a degree in Economics in 2007 and International Management Institute (Kiev, Ukraine) in 2008. Started his career at AB InBev as Sales Representative in Kiev in 1998, he was appointed as Key Account Manager in 2001 and afterwards as Distribution Manager in 2002, and became the Regional Sales Manager in 2002. In 2007, Mr. Shpakov was appointed as the National Sales Director in AB InBev Ukraine where AB InBev became #1 due to his work. After having served as the CEO of AB InBev Ukraine in 2014 and the CEO of BU East (Russia and Ukraine) in 2015, Mr. Shpakov was appointed as the CEO of AB InBev Efes in March 2018.

Ömer Öğün graduated from Yıldız Technical University in Geophysical Engineering. Öğün started his professional career at Anadolu Group as Service Representative at Çelik Motor in 1992, where he later worked as a Sales Service Supervisor. He served as Planning and Logistics Manager at Coca-Cola Russia (Rostov) Operations from 1998 to 1999 and Operations Manager at Efes Russia Rostov Brewery from 2000 to 2006. Öğün was appointed as Operations Director of Efes Russia in 2006. In November 2007, Öğün has been appointed to the role of Task Force Director for Uzbekistan country market at Anadolu Efes Beer Group. Later he served as Efes Kazakhstan General Manager between May 2008 and March 2012, until he was appointed as Efes Ukraine Managing Director in March 2012. Öğün was appointed as Efes Kazakhstan Managing Director in June 2015, together with Efes Ukraine Managing Director role. Öğün was appointed as Central Asian Republics (CAR) Managing Director in August 2018. He served as CAR and Azerbaijan Managing Director between August 2018 and February 2023. Öğün worked as General Manager responsible from Special Projects in 2023. Öğün has been serving as General Manager of the Russian Operations since 1st of January 2024.

Ertan Kurt graduated from Istanbul University in Economics in 1994 and completed his MBA courses in Istanbul University in 1997. He started his professional career in 1994 at Procter & Gamble Türkiye in Sales Department; where he served in various positions until 2000. Between 2001 and 2005; he worked at Reckitt Benckiser Türkiye as Trade Marketing Manager, Central Region Manager, Senior Trade and Shopper Marketing Manager, respectively. Between 2005 and 2009 he worked as Country Manager at Reckitt Benckiser Slovenia and then served as Global Trade and Shopper Marketing Director at Reckitt Benckiser Global HQ UK until 2012. Having worked as Sales Director in Nestlé Waters Türkiye between 2012 and 2016, he worked as International Markets Director at Brisa Bridgestone Sabancı between 2016 and 2017. He worked as Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Şişecam between 2018 and 2020. Mr. Kurt served as Efes Georgia Managing Director between February 2020 and February 2023. Mr. Ertan Kurt has been appointed as Anadolu Efes Kazakhstan General Manager, effective as of 1 February 2023.

Mr. Veli Dinçel graduated from Boğaziçi University, Bachelor of Arts in History in 1996 and completed his IESE Business School Executive Program in 2019. He started his professional career as Management Trainee, and continued to serve as Field Sales Supervisor, Key Account Manager, Trade Marketing Manager and National and Merchandising Manager respectively at Gillette between 1996-2006. Later, he worked as Head of Traditional Trade, Head of National Key Accounts, Country Manager Baltics & Kaliningrad, at Reckitt Benckiser (Household and Health Care between 2006-2013. Between 2013-2023, he was the Sales Director Turkey and General Manager of Adrian Region and General Manager Poland at Henkel (Laundry & Home Care).

Alphan Akpeçe graduated from Marmara University Faculty of Communication, Public Relations and Advertising in 2003. He started his career in 2005 in Anadolu Efes Türkiye Marketing Directorate. Between 2005 – 2014, after serving as Marketing Representative, Product Supervisor (Efes Dark & Efes Xtra), Product Supervisor (Efes Pilsen), Communications Supervisor, he was appointed as Efes Pilsen Marketing Manager. After working as Channel Development Manager in Anadolu Efes Türkiye Marketing Directorate between 2014 – 2015, he moved to Anadolu Efes Türkiye Sales Directorate. Between 2015-2018 he served as In-store Marketing and Key Customer Development Manager and Trade Marketing Manager, then he served as Efes Georgia Commercial Director between May 2018 – June 2021. Mr. Akpeçe has been appointed as Efes Moldova Managing Director effective from 1 July 2021.

Mr. Karim Yahi has almost 18 years of experience across diverse roles at The Coca-Cola Company in multiple geographies. He held roles of increasing responsibility in strategy, growth, finance and mergers & acquisitions, in multiple locations including France, Türkiye, Germany, Latin-America and the United States, and he served as the Chief Operating Officer of Fairlife LLC, a wholly owned dairy company of The Coca-Cola Company. Mr. Yahi, who was appointed as the Deputy Chief Executive Officer to CCI on March 1, 2023, has taken over the CEO role as of September 1, 2023.

Kerem Kerimoglu, a graduate of Middle East Technical University with a major in Mechanical Engineering, worked for Denizli Cam as R&D engineer before joining CCI. Since joining CCI in 1993, Mr. Kerimoğlu held various positions, including Maintenance Supervisor, Production Manager and Operation Manager roles in Ankara Plant, and served as the Operation Manager both for Ankara and Bursa plants between 2003 and 2006. After serving as Türkiye Supply Chain Director between 2006 and 2015, Mr. Kerimoğlu worked as CCI Turkmenistan General Manager between 2015-2017 and CCI Iraq General Manager between 2017 and 2019. Mr. Kerimoğlu assumed the role of CCI Supply Chain Development Director in 2020 and has been working as Supply Chain Director since September 1st 2020.

Ahmet Öztürk was appointed as Coca-Cola İçecek Internal Audit Director as of 1 January 2018. He joined Anadolu Group in August 1995, having graduated from Bilkent University, with a major in Economics. He started his career as an Assistant Financial Control Specialist and continued to work in different roles and responsibilities in group companies, serving as CFO of Coca-Cola Turkmenistan, Coca-Cola Azerbaijan, Efes Ukraine and Efes Serbia between 1999 and 2007 respectively. Öztürk was appointed as the Internal Auditor of Efes Beer Group International operations in July 2007 and promoted to become the Internal Audit Director of Anadolu Efes in January 2011.

Having assumed various roles in information technology organizations at Aras Kargo and Turkcell in the early years of her career, Ms. Aslı Kamiloğlu continued her career in GE Healthcare as Commercial Digital Leader in Eastern and African growth markets, a large and diverse set of growth markets, comprising over 80 countries. She then held various Global digital and technology leadership roles in GE Healthcare and GE Digital. Ms. Aslı Kamiloğlu has been leading digital products strategy and execution in the Customer digital domain for all CCI Countries since 2019. Ms. Aslı Kamiloğlu graduated from Galatasaray high school and holds a bachelor’s degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering and a Master’s degree in Software Engineering from Joseph Fourier University.

Erdi Kurşunoğlu had joined CCI as Finance Director of Coca-Cola Beverages Pakistan in 2021 and prior to joining CCI , Mr. Kurşunoğlu served as the Chief Financial Officer at Walmart Africa. Before that, he held the position of Chief Financial Officer in different regions at Ericsson, including Sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East. Additionally, while at Ericsson, Mr. Kursunoglu also served as the Vice President of Sales for the Eastern Europe & Central Asia Region. Mr. Kurşunoğlu holds an MBA Degree from Imperial College University of London, a Postgraduate Diploma in International Management from Istanbul University, and a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from Boğaziçi University. With 25 years of professional tenure, Mr. Kurşunoğlu brings strong global financial experience from multiple senior positions in international companies and from various industries.

Atty. R. Ertuğrul Onur has been serving as the General Counsel of CCI since 2007. He is also currently the Head of CCI Ethics and Compliance Committee. He established the CCI Compliance & Ethics Program and served as CCI Ethics and Compliance Officer between 2013 and 2016. He graduated from Istanbul University’s Law Faculty in 1988. Following the completion of his traineeship in the Konya Bar Association, he worked as a research assistant in the same Law Faculty. Mr. Onur served as Legal Counsel for Mobil Oil Türk A.Ş. and BP Petrolleri A.Ş. between 1995 and 2000. He also worked as BP Türkiye Employee Representative, BP Oil Europe Works Council Member and BP Oil Europe Works Council Link Committee Member. Prior to joining the Coca-Cola system, he set up the legal department in Pfizer İlaçları and served as Assistant General Manager and Legal Director. Mr. Onur implemented various compliance programs as the Compliance Liaison Officer in Pfizer Türkiye. Mr. Onur has 29 years of work experience and is a member of the Istanbul Bar Association.

Burçun İmir was appointed as the Coca-Cola İçecek Chief Corporate Affairs and Sustainability Officer as of September 1, 2023. İmir served as Corporate Communications, Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility Leader at Coca-Cola İçecek between 2023-2021. Before joining Coca-Cola İçecek, between 2021-2019, İmir served as the General Coordinator of DasDas, in addition to providing Sustainability, Communication, Brand and Management Consultancy services in the consultancy company she founded. She served as Corporate Communication and Sustainability Officer at Allianz Türkiye between 2019-2016, Chief Marketing and Communication Officer at Aras Kargo between 2016-2013, and Corporate Communications Manager at Turkcell between 2013-2008. Between 2008 and 1995, Burçun İmir worked as a senior manager, Middle East Representative and reporter in various media outlets such as Habertürk TV, TV24, Doğan News Agency (DHA), CNNTÜRK, CNN International, German News Agency (DPA) and Turkish Daily News. In 1998, she earned a bachelor’s degree in International Relations from Bilkent University.

Mr. Burak Gürcan joined Anadolu Group 28 years ago and assumed roles of increasing responsibility, accumulating experience in Information Systems through ERP projects, Marketing Management, and Human Resources Systems at Efes Beverage Group, Anadolu Bilişim Services and Anadolu Medical Center. Mr. Gürcan, who was responsible for Talent Management, Rewards & Benefits Management, and Employee Experience Management at Anadolu Group , holds a MSc degree (2001) and BSc degree (1996) in Industrial Engineering, both from Istanbul Technical University. Mr. Gürcan has taken over the Chief Human Resources Officer role as of September 1, 2024.

Ahmet Kürşad Ertin moved to Pakistan as General Manager, after successfully completing his assignment as GM Kazakhstan. Ahmet has been part of CCI for the last 20 years showing profound leadership and business devotion to CCI’s vision. Ahmet Kürşad Ertin was appointed as General Manager of CCI Pakistan on 1 January 2019. Ahmet joined CCI in 1998 in commercial department and assumed different roles in the organization until 2009 when he moved to Baku as General Manager of Azerbaijan. He moved to Turkey in 2010 and assumed CCI Turkey Traditional and Distribution Channel Sales Director role and then in 2014 he was appointed as Turkey Sales Director. In 2015, moving to Almaty, Ahmet took the role of General Manager of CCI Kazakhstan. Ahmet has a total of 25 years of work experience and holds a bachelor’s degree in Economics from Hacettepe University in Ankara, Turkey.

Born on July 18, 1970 in Balıkesir, Erdinç Güzel graduated from Middle East Technical University, Department of Political Science and Public Administration. Starting his career at Nestle in 1999 as Regional Sales Coordinator, Mr. Güzel quickly rose to various positions and demonstrated his leadership skills by assuming responsibilities such as Key Account Operations Manager and Western Turkey Sales Center Manager. Mr. Güzel joined the CCI family in 2009 as Customer and Commercial Operations Manager at CCI Azerbaijan and was appointed as Customer and Commercial Operations Director at CCI Kyrgyzstan in 2013. In January 2014, he was promoted as the General Manager of CCI Kyrgyzstan. In 2016, Mr. Güzel continued his career as General Manager of CCI Azerbaijan and in 2019, he was appointed General Manager of CCI Kazakhstan. In February 2023, he was appointed Regional Director for Central Asia and Caucasus Countries. In his new role, Mr. Güzel is responsible for managing the company's business in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan.

Hasan Ellialtı has been appointed as Regional Director as of April 1, 2023. Mr. Ellialtı joined CCI in 1997, served in different positions in Turkey sales function until 2015. He worked as Turkey Sales Director between 2015 and 2019. He held the position of General Manager of Coca-Cola İçecek Azerbaijan from 2019 to 2020. Ellialtı assumed the role of General Manager for CCI Turkey from 2020 to 2023. Since 2023 he continues to lead as Regional Director. Mr. Ellialtı graduated from the Business Administration Department of Anadolu University and completed the Business Administration Certificate Program at the University of New South Wales, Sydney.