Management

Tuncay Özilhan was born in Kayseri on 1947. Mr. Özilhan studied in Saint-Joseph high school then graduated from the Faculty of Economics of İstanbul University. He has received his MBA degree from Long Island University in the United States. He has undertaken responsibilities such as General Director of Erciyas Brewery, Coordinator of the Beer Group and General Coordinator of the Anadolu Group. Mr. Özilhan was appointed as the CEO of the Anadolu Group in 1984 and he is Chairman of the Anadolu Group since May 2007. He has also been serving as Chairman of Anadolu Foundation as well as various Group companies.
Mr. Özilhan served as TÜSİAD's (Turkish Industrialist's and Businessmen's Association) Chairman from 2001 to 2003 and he is currently Chairman of its High Advisory Council. His other responsibilities include; Member of The Board and Chairman of the Turkish – Russian Business Council at the Foreign Economic Relations Board (DEİK), Honorary Consul for the Republic of Estonia and President of the Anadolu Efes Sports Club. Tuncay Özilhan holds “The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star”, constituting one of the most important orders awarded by Japanese government.

Kamil Yazıcı holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Emory University in the US. He began his career in 2000 as a Finance Specialist and then worked as a Human Resources Specialist. Mr. Yazıcı worked as Marketing Specialist at Efes Russia from 2003 to 2005, during which he pursued MBA studies at AIBEC (American Institute of Business and Economics). He was appointed as New Product Development Manager at Efes Russia in February 2005. After serving as Logistic Systems Manager in Russia from 2006 to 2008, Mr. Yazıcı was appointed as Supply Chain Director of Efes Russia in November 2008. After carrying on with his career at the Group as Efes Russia Development Director from 2010, Mr. Yazıcı served as Efes Moldova Managing Director as of November 2011. Effective from 1 December 2014, Mr. Kamil Yazıcı was appointed Anadolu Efes Market Development Director and served in this position until April 2017. Mr. Yazıcı continues to serve as a Board Member in various Anadolu Group companies.

Jason Warner is the new Zone President Europe as of January 1, 2019 and is responsible for all aspects of the AB InBev’s operations across European markets. Prior to this, Mr. Warner 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 Renovation and Innovation.

Tuğban İzzet Aksoy, who is employed as the Energy Group Coordinator of the Anadolu Group, a well-established organisation within the Turkish business world, graduated from the Management and International Finance Department of the University of Oglethorpe in the USA, following his education at the Austrian High School. Tuğban İzzet Aksoy 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 5 years in this role, Aksoy took on the role of Manager of Corporate Financing and Risk Management at the Treasury and Risk Management Department of Anadolu Endüstri Holding A.Ş., in June 2003. In April 2008 he became Assistant Coordinator at the Business Development Directorate, and since 2009 he has been working as the Anadolu Group Energy Sector Coordinator. Aksoy, who has participated in professional training and seminars in his field, is members of energy groups of TÜSİAD, TOBB and DEİK. He has been an honorary consul of Georgia since 2016.

Born in 1946, Metin Ecevit graduated from Faculty of Political Sciences in 1967. He also received a master’s degree in Economics from Syracuse University in 1976. From 1967 to 1980, he worked as a Government Auditor and served as Deputy General Manager of General Directorate of Revenues at the Ministry of Finance. Mr. Ecevit joined Anadolu Group in 1980 and worked in various roles, serving as General Manager, Executive Director, and Chairman of the Board of Directors in automotive companies of the Anadolu Group. He retired in 2006, while he was serving as the Automotive Group President, owing to the retirement age limit regulations of the Group. He served as Board Member and Chairman of the Association of Imported Car Distributors in Turkey from 1992 to 2004. He is a member of the Board of Directors of many Anadolu Group companies and serves as the Chairman of the Board of Directors at Yazıcılar Holding A.Ş.

Born in 1946, Dr. Cem Kozlu completed middle and high school at Robert College after which he received his bachelor’s degree from Denison University, MBA from Stanford University and PhD from Boğaziçi University. Dr. Kozlu lectured International Marketing and Export Administration at Boğaziçi University from 1978 to 1981 and was a visiting Professor in the Department of Economics at Denison University in 1985. After holding executive positions in various domestic and international companies, Dr. Kozlu was appointed General Manager and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Turkish Airlines in 1988 and held these positions until 1991. He also served as the Chairman of the Association of European Airlines (AEA) in 1990. Cem Kozlu remained in public service as a Member of the Turkish Parliament from 1991 to 1995 and Chairman of the THY Board of Directors from 1997 to 2003. Dr. Kozlu has held different positions in The Coca Cola Company since 1996. He assumed the posts of Turkey, Caucasia and Central Asian Republics Executive Director and the Vienna-based Central Europe, Eurasia and Middle East Group President, retiring in April 2006. Currently, he is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Singapore based Evyap Asia. Cem Kozlu also serves as member of the Boards of Directors of İstanbul based Coca Cola Satış ve Dağıtım A.Ş., Anadolu Endüstri Holding A.Ş., Kamil Yazıcı Yönetim ve Danışmanlık A.Ş., Pegasus Airlines, and DO & CO Aktiengesellschaft (Vienna) and Global Relations Forum, as a member of Koc University Maritime Council Forum and as member of the Boards of Trustees of Anadolu- Johns Hopkins Sağlık Merkezi (Anadolu- Johns Hopkins Health Center) and İstanbul Modern Sanatlar Vakfı (İstanbul Modern Arts Foundation).

Born in 1946, Ahmet Boyacıoğlu holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from the Middle East Technical University. Mr. Boyacıoğlu began his professional career with the Efes Beverage Group (Anadolu Efes) in 1973. He served in various positions from 1973 to 2005 including Bursa Region Sales Manager, Ege Biracılık ve Malt San. A.Ş. Sales Manager, Güney Biracılık ve Malt San. A.Ş. General Manager, Ege Biracılık ve Malt San. A.Ş. General Manager, Eastern Europe President, International Beer Operations Group President, and Strategy and Business Development Director. Mr. Boyacıoğlu was appointed as the President of the Efes Beer Group in May 2005 and retired on 1 February 2007. Currently, he sits on the Boards of Directors of some Anadolu Group companies.

Born in İstanbul in 1964, Uğur Bayar graduated from New York State University, Department of Mathematics & Statistics with a BSc. degree. Mr. Bayar started his career at Citibank Turkey in 1987 and served in various roles in the treasury department until he started public service in 1992. Mr. Bayar served as the Vice President in Public Partnership Administration between 1992-1997 and President at Prime Ministry Privitization between 1997-2002. During this time, he also assumed the Chairmanships of the Board at Erdemir and Petrol Ofisi, and the Board Memberships at Turkish Airlines and Turk Telekom. Until 2017, Mr. Bayar served as the country CEO and Head of Invesment Banking at Credit Suisse Turkey where he joined in 2004. At the same time, Mr. Bayar the Chairman of the Board at WWF Turkey (World Wildlife Foundation), and a Board Member at AG Anadolu Grubu Holding, Tekfen Teknoloji Yatırım ve Tic. A.Ş. and SAMUMED, a San-Diego based biotechnology company.

Prof. Barış Tan is a Professor of Operations Management and Industrial Engineering and the Vice President for Academic Affairs and at Koç University, Istanbul, Turkey. He is the author of many publications including two edited books in the areas of design and control of production systems, supply chain management, analytical modelling, and business model innovation, and the recipient of Turkish Academy of Sciences Distinguished Young Scholar Award, TUBITAK fellowship, NATO Science Fellowship, the Rockefeller Foundation Residency Award at Bellagio Center, and best paper awards for his publications. Barış Tan received a BS degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Boğazici University, and ME in Industrial and Systems Engineering, MSE in Manufacturing Systems, and PhD in Operations Research from the University of Florida. He has been working at Koç University since 1994 and previously served as the Dean of College of Administrative Sciences and Economics and the Director of the Graduate School of Business. He held visiting positions at Harvard University Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences, MIT Operations Research Center, MIT Laboratory for Manufacturing and Productivity, Cambridge Judge Business School, and University College London School of Management. Professor Tan is a member of the international advisory boards of EM Lyon and Nottingham Business School, the chairman of the ISM University of Management and Economics Senate, and a member of the European Foundation for Management Development EQUIS Awarding Body. He served on the boards of CEMS Global Alliance in Management Education, European Foundation for Management Development, Turkish Quality Association, and Turkish Operations Research Society.

Following his graduation from Bosphorus University in 1976, Sevki Acuner continued his studies at Stockholms Universitet for a Graduate Diploma and at Montreal’s Concordia University, where he obtained his MBA. Acuner started his banking career at Turkey’s Central Bank and switched to commercial Banking after moving to Canada where he worked first for Bank of Montreal and subsequently at Royal Bank of Canada in various roles and countries such as Holland, Italy and United Kingdom. Acuner moved to European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) in 1996 working in various positions. Acuner played a leading role in opening the EBRD in Turkey in 2009, and worked as its Deputy Director for Turkey until 2013. Since 2013, Acuner is EBRD’s Director for Ukraine, based in Kiev. Acuner has represented EBRD in various Board positions in its equity investments across a number of countries. While based in London Acuner acted for many years as the President of the UK Turkish Bankers Association. In his role in Istanbul, Acuner led EBRD’s growth in Turkey. In Ukraine, Acuner is one of the drivers of the country’s economic transformation and is a leading figure in its world of finance and business. Among his various other responsibilities ,Acuner acts as the Chairman of Ukraine’s corruption fighting Business Ombudsman Institution, as Chairman of the State Nomination Committee which is responsible for the appointment of CEO’s and Board Directors for the country’s State Owned Enterprises, and as Vice Chairman of the American Chamber of Commerce.

Born in 1954, Mr. İzzet Karaca graduated from Boğaziçi University Industrial Engineering Department in 1977. Having started his professional career in 1977 at Koç Research and Development Centre, he held Industrial Engineer and IT Manager position until 1985. Between 1985-1988, Mr. Karaca worked as Systems and Organization Director at Ford Otosan. Since 1988, he held several positions at Unilever in Germany, Turkey and Baltic States including Internal Audit Group Manager, Logistics Manager, Commercial Director and Managing Director. In addition, between 2011- 2013, İzzet Karaca served as the Chairperson at YASED (International Investors Association). After serving as Executive Chairman at Unilever Turkey and Unilever NAMET RUB (North Africa, Middle East, Russia, Ukraine and Belarus) and being a member of the Unilever CEO Forum, Mr. Karaca has retired from his duties as of 31 December 2013. In 2015, he published his first book called "The New CEO is... You".

Mr. 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 Chairman 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 Turkey. Mr. Akçakoca is working as a consultant since 2004.

Dr. Argüden is the Chairman of ARGE Consulting, a management consulting firm known for value creating strategies and institution building. He is also the Chairman of Rothschild investment bank in Turkey. His career spans the private sector, public sector, multinational institutions, NGOs, and academia. Dr. Argüden served on the boards of more than 50 national and international corporations. He is an adjunct Professor of Business Strategy, an author of numerous books and a columnist focusing on business and strategy issues. He is a renowned governance expert and has been selected as a member of the Private Sector Advisory Group of the IFC’s Global Corporate Governance Group; he is also the Vice-Chairman of the Public Governance Committee of the Business and Industry Advisory Committee (BIAC) to the OECD. He is the founder of the nonprofit Argüden Governance Academy. As the elected Chair of Local Networks Advisory Group, he represented the National Networks on the Board of the UN Global Compact, the world’s largest sustainability platform. He is an Eisenhower Fellow, a recipient of numerous leadership, distinguished citizenship and career awards. Dr. Argüden was selected by the World Economic Forum as a “Global Leader for Tomorrow” for his commitment to improving the state of the world.

Can Çaka received bachelor of science degree from the Electrical and Electronic Engineering Department of Middle East Technical University and his postgraduate degree from the Administrative Sciences Department of the same university. He started his career as a business analyst and systems engineer in 1994, and has worked at various companies and was involved in various projects. He joined our Group in 1997 and worked as Finance Specialist until 2000, Finance and Administrative Affairs Manager at the Efes Ukraine between 2000-2001, Efes Beer Group Strategy and Business Development Manager between 2001 and 2005, Efes Beer Group Strategy and Business Development Director between 2005 and 2008 and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Anadolu Efes between 2008 -2012. Çaka worked as the of Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Anadolu Group between 2013 and 2018. He was appointed as Anadolu Efes CEO and Beer Group President as of January 1st, 2019.

N. Orhun Köstem holds a BSc in Mechanical Engineering and an MBA from the Middle East Technical University, as well as an MA in Law and Economics from Bilgi University. Köstem joined Anadolu Group in 1994 and assumed different senior executive positions such as Corporate Finance and Investor Relations Director of Efes Beverage Group, Finance Director of Efes Breweries International, Corporate Finance Coordinator of the Anadolu Group, Coca-Cola İçecek Chief Financial Officer; Coca-Cola İçecek Middle East and Pakistan Region Director. In 2015, he was listed among “Turkey’s Most Influential 50 CFOs” by Fortune Turkey Magazine. He was awarded as Turkey’s Best CFO in the Investor Relations Awards organized by Thomson Reuters Extel in 2011 and 2013, while he was also honored with the CFO of the Year award by Management Events in 2014. Köstem is one of the three authors of the book “A Window to Capital Markets: The A to Z of Public Offering and Investor Relations” published in 2009. N. Orhun Köstem was appointed as Anadolu Efes Chief Financial Officer as of January 1st, 2019.

Tuğrul Ağırbaş received his bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Istanbul University and joined Efes Beverage Group in 1990. From 1990 to 2001, Mr. Ağırbaş worked as Project Development Specialist, Marketing Specialist, Istanbul Region Sales Supervisor, New Product Development Supervisor, Group Product Manager, Sales Manager of Marmara Region and Marketing Manager of Miller. Mr. Ağırbaş was appointed as the Marketing Director of Efes Russia in 2001 and Managing Director of Efes Russia in June 2005. He assumed the post of Efes Turkey Managing Director on 1 January 2010. Mr. Ağırbaş was reappointed as Managing Director of Efes Russia on 1 November 2011. Between 2014-2017, Mr. Ağırbaş served as Anadolu Efes Eastern Europe and the CIS Group Managing Director, Head of Corporate Functions and Sales Organization Transformation Lead, respectively. As of 1 August 2017, Mr. Tuğrul Ağırbaş is appointed as Anadolu Efes Turkey Managing Director.

Born in 1973, Mr. Shpakov graduated from National Technical University in Ukraine in 1996 after which he received his MBA degree in International Management from INSEAD Business School. Started his career at AB InBev as Sales Representative in Kiev in 1998, he was appointed as Key Account Manager and afterwards as Distribution Manager in 2001, 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 BV in February 2018.

Mr. Gökçe Yanaşmayan graduated from Dokuz Eylül University Department of Economics in 2000. He worked as an assistant auditor at Arthur Andersen from 2000 to 2002 and as senior auditor at Ernst & Young from 2002 to 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 EBI Holland Office from 2006 until 2010 and as Finance Director at Efes Kazakhstan from 2010 until 2012. Having worked as the Finance Director at Efes Ukraine from 2012, Mr. Yanaşmayan serves as Efes Moldova Managing Director since 1 December 2014.

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 Turkey in Sales Department; where he served in various positions until 2000. Between 2001 and 2005; he worked at Reckitt Benckiser Turkey 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 Nestle Waters Turkey 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. Ertan Kurt joined Anadolu Efes in February 2020 and serves as Efes Georgia Managing Director.

Ömer Öğün holds a bachelor’s degree from the Department of Geophysical Engineering at Yıldız Technical University. Mr. Öğün began his professional career at Anadolu Group as Service Representative at Çelik Motor in 1992, where he later worked as a Sales 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. Mr. Öğün was appointed as Operations Director of Efes Russia in 2006. He served as Efes Kazakhstan Managing Director from May 2008 until March 2012, until he was appointed as Efes Ukraine Managing Director. As of 1 June 2015, Mr. Öğün has been appointed as Efes Kazakhstan Managing Director. He will also be carrying on his Efes Ukraine Managing Director role.

Banu Artüz 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 assignments, she worked in Feminine care and Oral care categories. After 8 years in Sales & Marketing roles, she decided to move to Human Resources. She built her HR career in different countries including Turkey, 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 2007-2009; and she moved to Moscow, Russia as Eastern Europe Talent Manager with the responsibility of Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and Central Asia Republics between 2010-2013. Banu Artüz, who has been working as Deputy Talent Manager Coordinator at Anadolu Group Holding since March 2014, is continuing her assignment as Anadolu Efes Group Human Resources Director as of April 1st, 2018.

Having graduated from Istanbul University Faculty of Law, Mr. Yıldıray Efil worked as Legal Advisor- Lawyer at Turkiye İş Bankası A.Ş. Headquarters from 2001 until 2005. Mr. Efil completed Kadir Has University Sports Law Program in 2006 and earned his master’s degree (LL.M.) in Sports Law in 2011. Mr. Efil joined Anadolu Endustri Holding A.Ş. in 2005 as Legal Advisor-Lawyer and held the positions of Legal Affairs Manager and Assistant Legal Affairs Coordinator until 2013. Since April 2013, Mr. Efil has been serving as Anadolu Efes Group Legal Affairs Director. Besides, Mr. Efil has been assigned as Anadolu Efes Group Ethics Officer as of May 2015. Mr. Efil is a member of Istanbul Bar Association..

Uluhan Kumru holds a bachelors degree from Hacettepe University Department of Business Administration (English) and an MBA degree from Middle East Technical University. He began his career as Management Trainee in T.C. Ziraat Bank and served as Project Finance Senior Associate until 2003. Between 2003 -2013, he served, respectively, as Senior Auditor at Akbank, Head of Internal Control at Aklease, Senior Internal Audit Manager at Starbucks Turkey, Internal Audit Manager at Sabiha Gökçen International Airport Investment Development & Operation Inc. and Group Companies. He joined our Group as Audit Manager at Anadolu Group Audit Presidency in 2013, served as Group Internal Audit Manager at Anadolu Efes between August 2015 and May 2016 and as Anadolu Group Audit Manager in charge of Beverage Group Companies between June 2016 and December 2017. As of January 1, 2018, Mr. Kumru was appointed as Group Internal Audit Director at Anadolu Efes. He is Certified Internal Auditor and Certified Public Accountant in Turkey and serves as board member at Institute of Internal Auditors of Turkey since 2014.

Born in 1977, Mr. Daniel Barbulescu received his Master of Science degree in Agri-Business from Babeş-Bolyai University in 2001 after receiving his bachelor’s degree in Food Products Economics from the same university in 2000. 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- 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 - April 2017, Mr.Daniel Barbulescu is appointed as Acting Market Development Director at Anadolu Efes Market Development Directorate in May 2017 and Market Development Director in October 2017.

Murat Özkan received his bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and Information Engineering from Bilkent University in 1993. He began his career as Systems Analyst in Arcelik between 1993 to 1996. Between 1996 -2014, he worked in various roles in Philips Morris Sabancı in that order, SAP Analyst, SAP Technical Development Team Leader, Financial Systems Team Leader, Operations Systems Team Leader, Technical Infrastructure Manager, SAP Program Manager, Philip Morris Turkey Program One (SAP Roll-out) Program Manager, Information Services Manager (Marketing & Sales Systems), Information Services Manager, IS Manager Regional Infrastructure Delivery in various subsidiaries. After serving as CIO in Ulker between 2014-2019, he joined Efes Beverage Group as Group Business Solutions Technologies Director as of 01.04.2019.

Dr. Stefan Lustig received his bachelor’s degree in Brewing and Beverage Technology from Technical University of Munich in 1988. He also received his PhD in Brewing and Beverage Technology from Technical University of Munich in 1994. He started his career as Project Manager in Beck's Brewery in 1989. He acted as Head of Gas Chromatography in the Chair of Brewing and Beverage Technology in Technical University of Munich between 1992-1995. He returned Beck's Brewery as Development & Technology Manager between 1995-1999, continued as Head of Quality (1999-2002). In 2002, he started to work in InBev Deutschland Holding as Brewing and Packaging Manager (2002-2006) and continued as Plant Manager (2006-2008). Between 2008-2010, he worked as Brewery Operations Director in InBev Deutschland Holding and he acted as a Member of Board. Dr. Lustig worked as Chief Operating Officer in Brau Holding International between 2010-2017. He was entrusted with additional responsibilities as Supply Chain Managing Director in BHI’s subsidary Paulaner Brewery Group between 2012-2018. As of 01.07.2019, Mr. Stefan Lustig is appointed as Anadolu Efes Group Supply Chain Director.

Burak Başarır was appointed as CEO in January 1st, 2014. He joined CCI in 1998 and assumed increasing managerial responsibilities in finance and commercial functions. He was named CFO in 2005 and played an integral role during CCI’s IPO process, while effectively managing the financial integration of Efes Invest with CCI in 2006. He was honored as the Best CFO in Turkey by Thomson Reuters Extel in 2009. He led the largest operation of CCI in terms of volume and sales as the Turkey Region President between 2010 and 2013. Başarır holds a BA in business administration and a minor in computer sciences from American River College. He studied management in California State University of Sacramento between 1990 and 1992 and received a B.S. degree in Business Administration from the Middle East Technical University in 1995. Başarır has more than 20 years of work experience and prior to joining CCI, he worked for Arthur Anderson as a Senior Auditor. He is the President of the Corporate Volunteers Association (ÖSGD) and a member of the Turkish Industry and Business Association (TUSIAD).

Ali Hüroğlu has been serving as CCI Group Supply Chain Services Director for Turkey and International Operations since 2001. He joined the Coca-Cola system as the plant manager of the former Trabzon production facility under the responsibility of the Black Sea Sales Center in 1990. Following this, Mr. Hüroğlu worked on the construction of the Mersin production facility and was responsible for the South and Southeast Sales Center. In 1995, he was transferred to the operations department, assuming the position of operations manager of the Mersin plant in 1996, and later he was promoted to be the Ankara Plant and East Region Group Operation Manager. Prior to joining the Coca-Cola system, he worked for HEMA Gear manufacturing as a process engineer from 1983 to 1985 and for General Dynamics Forth Worth-Texas as a trainee from 1985 to 1986. He then returned to Turkey in 1986 and worked on an F-16 aircraft design and manufacturing project in Turkish Aerospace Industries in Ankara from until 1990. Mr. Hüroğlu holds both Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Black Sea Technical University and he is a member of the Association of Beverage Producers (MEDER). Since 2008 he has been an Executive Committee member of the Coca-Cola Global Supply Chain Council. Mr. Hüroğlu has 36 years of professional experience.

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 Turkey 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 Turkey. Mr. Onur has 29 years of work experience and is a member of the Istanbul Bar Association.

Servet Yıldırım has joined CCI as Group Corporate Affairs Director as of September 2018. He started his career at İşbank and worked in Economic Research and Treasury Departments. In 1989, Servet joined Reuters News Agency. During his tenure, he also assumed managerial roles and managed the Turkish branch. Moving to Turkey’s most influential finance/business channel CNBC-e, Servet assumed News Director and Editor-in Chief roles at the channel over the course of seven years. In 2011, Servet assumed the position of Group President of Economics branch of Doğuş Media Group. At the same time, he continued to anchor various financial shows aired on CNBC-e. During his career in the media sector, Servet wrote several columns on finance and Turkish economy in newspapers like Yeni Binyıl, Sabah, Referans and Radikal. Before joining CCI, Servet was a columnist at one of Turkey’s most selling newspaper Milliyet and commentator on NTV Para program on Turkey’s leading news channel NTV. He has a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from the Middle East Technical University.

Ahmet Öztürk graduated from the Department of Economics at Bilkent University and joined Anadolu Group in 1995. He began his professional career as Assistant Financial Control Specialist in the Finance Presidency and later served in various responsibilities at international companies operating under Anadolu Group. He worked as Financial Control Manager at Coca-Cola Rostov Bottlers in 1998 and as CFO at Coca-Cola Turkmenistan, Coca-Cola Azerbaijan, Efes Ukraine and Efes Serbia operations from 1999 to 2007. Mr. Öztürk assumed Internal Auditor role for Anadolu Efes international beer operations, in Efes Breweries International, in 2007. Mr. Öztürk has been working as the Internal Audit Director at Anadolu Efes since January 2011.

Meltem Metin, a graduate of Istanbul University with a major in Business Administration in English, started her career in Pamukbank as a management trainee. She transferred to Anadolu Group to work as a specialist in the Financial Control Directorate in 1995. She became a Financial Controller in Anadolu Endüstri Holding before being transferred to Efes Sınai Yatırım Holding in 1998, working first as a Financial Controller, then as the Regional Finance Manager. In May 2000, she was appointed as the Finance Manager of Efes Sınai’s Kazakhstan operations (CCAB), and in 2005 she additionally assumed the role of Finance Manager for its Kyrgyzstan operations (CCBB). Subsequently she was appointed as the General Manager of CCAB in February 2002, and she was additionally appointed to the same position for CCBB in June 2005. With 19 years of professional experience, Metin has been serving as the Group Strategic Business Development Director in CCI since May 2009.

Tugay Keskin was appointed as Coca-Cola İçecek Turkey General Manager as of 1 January 2017. Keskin joined CCI in 1993 and served in different positions in Turkey sales function until his appointment as Turkey Sales Director in 2007. He worked as Turkey Sales Director between 2007-2011 and Turkey Commercial Director between 2011–2014. Having served as CCI Commercial Excellence Director between 2014 and 2016, Keskin is a graduate of Ankara University Faculty of Political Science.

Andriy Avramenko has 25 years of experience, including 20 years of Coca-Cola tenure, after starting his career in Arthur Andersen’s Kiev office in 1994. In 1999, he joined TCCC as a Principal Internal Auditor and moved to the Mergers & Acquisitions team as a manager in 2003. Mr. Avramenko served as Supply Chain Development Director of the Global Juice business between 2008 and 2011. He then served in the India & South West Asia Business Unit as Vice President and General Manager of the Juice Business until 2013, and Vice President of Strategy and General Manager of the Still Beverages Business until 2015. Between March 2015 and May 2018, he served as Group Director responsible for Mergers & Acquisitions for the Eurasia & Africa region. Currently, Mr. Avramenko is serving as Group Director of Corporate Development for the Europe, Middle East and Africa Group and is a Board Member of Coca-Cola Beverages Africa. Mr. Avramenko has a Master of Science Degree in International Economics from Kiev State University in Ukraine.

Lisani Atasayan graduated from Boğaziçi University with a major in Economics and later went on to study Business Administration and Computer Science majors at the University of Guelph, before obtaining an MBA degree from the University of Windsor in Canada. Atasayan began his career in Coca-Cola İçecek as a Financial Analyst in 1997, continuing as the Financial Analysis and Planning Manager between 1999 and 2004. He was appointed as the Finance Manager for Coca-Cola İçecek’s Marmara Region in 2004 and later as the International Operations Finance Director with increasing management responsibilities in 2006. Between 2010 and 2013, he made important contributions to the growth of Coca-Cola İçecek in Azerbaijan where he served as the General Manager. Between 2014 and 2016 he served as Coca-Cola İçecek General Manager of Turkey operation. As of January 2017, Atasayan was appointed as CCI Central Asia Regional Director responsible for Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan and Tajikistan.

Osman Kazdal was appointed as the Commercial Excellence Director of Coca-Cola İçecek as of 1 January 2017. He started his career in CCI in 1990. He assumed several senior leadership roles in the commercial function until 2010. He served as the General Manager of CCI Kazakhstan between 2010-2014 and as the Central Asia Regional Director responsible for CCI Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan and Tajikistan between 2014 and 2016. Kazdal holds a BA degree in Economics from Uludağ University and an MBA degree from Marmara University. He is married and has three children.

Ebru Özgen was appointed as the Group Human Resources Director for Coca-Cola İçecek A.Ş. as of 1 January 2017. She joined CCI as Budget and Planning Supervisor in 1997, worked as Finance Manager between 1998-2000 and East Region Finance Manager between 2000-2005. Özgen was appointed as Turkey Budget Planning and Commercial Finance Manager in 2010 with increased management responsibilities. In 2013 she was promoted to become Turkey Finance Director, and as a member of CCI Turkey Leadership Team she was responsible for the coordination of finance operations that support strategic business targets. Özgen started her career in 1992 in Arthur Andersen. She has a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from the Middle East Technical University and an MBA in International Banking and Finance from the University of Birmingham. In 2009, she earned a master’s degree on Law and Economics from Bilkent University. Özgen is a CIM certified CPA and independent auditor, and has two children.

Leyla Deliç was appointed as Coca-Cola Icecek Chief Information Officer on July 2nd, 2018. Mrs. Deliç started her career in 1995 as Network Engineer at Time Trend Computers in United States and then served in different companies and countries. She worked as Chief Information Officer in Aras Holding between 2008-2010. Before joining CCI, she served in different positions in GE Healthcare, USA and she worked as CIO in GE Healhtcare between 2016-2018. Mrs. Deliç has a bachelors degree of Electrical Engineering and masters degree of Computer Engineering in Southwestern University.