Ahmet Cemal Dördüncü

Independent Board Member

Ahmet Cemal Dördüncü was born in 1953 in İstanbul. After graduating from Çukurova University, Department of Business Administration, he did post graduate studies at Mannheim and Hannover Universities. He started his career at Claas OHG company in Germany. He continued his career at Mercedes Benz A.Ş. in Türkiye between 1984-1987. Dördüncü joined Sabancı Group in 1987 and took on various positions at Kordsa A.Ş. until 1998. In 1998, he served as General Manager/President of the Group's DUSA company, DUSA South America and later DUSA North America. After serving as Sabancı Holding Strategic Planning and Business Development Group President in 2004, he served as Sabancı Holding Chief Executive Officer between 2005 and 2010. Between 2013-2023, he served as CEO of Akkök Holding A.Ş. He continues to work as a Board Member at Akkök Holding. He is also the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Epsilon Composite, one of the Akkök Holding group companies, Chairman of DoWAksa and board member of Zorlu Holding. Dördüncü is the founder Member of “Yanındayız” Association, United Nations Global Compact Türkiye Chairman, board member of International Paper Co. and the President 30% Club Türkiye. Ahmet Cemal Dördüncü complies with all of the independent member requirements, defined in the Capital Markets Board (CMB) Corporate Governance Principles.