Atilla D. Yerlikaya

President of Corporate Affairs, Communications and Sustainability

Atilla Yerlikaya received his BA degree in Economics from the Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences at Boğaziçi University in 1996. He started his career in 1994 in Doğan Media Group. He worked as the General Manager of the Magazine Segment of Doğuş Media Group between 1999 and 2001, as the Corporate Affairs Manager at PMSA between 2001 and 2005 and as the External Affairs Director at Shell Türkiye between 2006 and 2007. Yerlikaya started at Anadolu Group first as Coca-Cola İçecek Group Corporate Affairs and Communications Director and he occupied this post between 2007 and 2018. In 2018, he led Amazon’s launch in Türkiye as the General Manager of Corporate Strategy and Policy before rejoining Anadolu Group in 2022 as Coca-Cola İçecek Chief Strategy and Business Development Officer. As of the 1st of July, 2023 he was appointed as President of Corporate Affairs, Communications and Sustainability at Anadolu Group. Yerlikaya is a member of Anadolu Group Sustainability Committee and is also responsible from its coordination. Atilla Yerlikaya acted as YASED (International Investors Association) as a member of audit committee between 2005 and 2009 as the Chairman of Food and Agriculture Working Group between 2011 and 2014. Yerlikaya was elected as a board member of GSSB (Global Sustainability Standards Board) and served until 2018. He is the founding chairman of the Public Affairs Institute of Türkiye and elected as the Chairperson of Türkiye-Pakistan Business Council of DEİK (Foreign Economics Relations Board) until 2026. Yerlikaya is also the Chairman of TÜSİAD Retail Working Group.