Bekir Ağırdır

Independent Board Member

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 served as Sales Manager and Deputy General Manager at Bilsan Bilgisayar Malzemeleri A.Ş. between 1980-1984, as Sales Coordinator at Meteksan Ltd. between 1984-1986 and as General Manager at Pirintaş Computer Materials and Basım Sanayi A.Ş. between 1986-1996. He served as Deputy General Manager at Atılım Kağıt ve Defter Sanayi A.Ş. between 1996-1999 and as General Manager and Board Member at PMB Akıllı Kart ve Bilgi Teknolojileri A.Ş. between 1999-2003. From 2003 to 2005, he served as the Coordinator and then as the General Manager of the History Foundation. He served as the General Manager and Member of the Board of Directors at KONDA Araştırma ve Danışmanlık Limited Şirketi between 2005-2022, and a member of the Board of Directors from June 2022 to May 2024. Ağırdır has been the Founding Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Veri Enstitüsü A.Ş. since September 2024. He serves as an Independent Board Member at AG Anadolu Grubu Holding A.Ş., Migros Ticaret A.Ş. and Anadolu Efes Biracılık ve Malt Sanayi 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 Oksijen Newspaper, and a commentator for the T24 Internet Newspaper. Bekir Ağırdır complies with all of the independent member requirements, defined in the Capital Markets Board (CMB) Corporate Governance Principles.