OVERVIEW
Management
We conduct our business with collective mind, we decide together and we build our future together with our collective mind.
Burak Başarır
CEO
Burak Başarır holds a BA in Business Administration and a minor in Computer Sciences from American River College. He studied management at California State University of Sacramento and received a BSc degree in business administration from Middle East Technical University in 1995. Başarır joined Anadolu Group in 1998 with his first post at Coca Cola İçecek (CCI) and assumed increasing managerial responsibilities in finance and commercial functions. He was assigned as Coca-Cola İçecek CFO in 2005 and has played a significant role during CCI’s IPO process and effectively managed the financial integration of Efes Invest with CCI. Başarır led the largest operation of CCI in terms of volume and sales as the Türkiye Region President between 2010 and 2013. Başarır was appointed as Coca-Cola İçecek CEO in January 2014. He served as Anadolu Group Soft Drinks Group President and Coca-Cola İçecek CEO between 2014 -2023. Başarır was appointed as Anadolu Group Deputy CEO in September 2023 and has been serving as Anadolu Group CEO since April 1st, 2024. Başarır is the Chairman of Anadolu Group Sustainability Committee and a member of the Turkish Industry & Business Association (TÜSİAD).
Onur Çevikel
Chief Financial Officer
Onur Çevikel graduated from Istanbul University Business Administration (English) faculty in 1993. His career started at Ermenegildo Zegna Giyim Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş. as Finance Specialist. He joined Anadolu Group in 1995 as a Finance Specialist at Efes Beer Group. Çevikel continued his career holding positions such as Finance Manager at Coca-Cola Kuban Bottlers, Finance Manager at Coca-Cola Rostov Bottlers, Finance Director at Efes Russia, Operations Director at Efes Russia. Following the announcement of the strategic alliance with SABMiller Plc. in 2011, he was appointed as Integration Director leading the integration team coordinating the integration activities in Russia. He served as Anadolu Efes Chief Financial Officer between January 2013 - December 2018. Çevikel has been serving as Anadolu Group Chief Financial Officer since January 2019. Çevikel is also a member of Anadolu Group Sustainability Committee and a board member at TÜYİD (Turkish Investor Relations Society) and TKYD (Corporate Governance Association of Turkey).
Onur Altürk
Beer Group President and Anadolu Efes CEO
Onur Altürk graduated from Middle East Technical University, Faculty of Architecture City and Regional Planning in 1998. He started his career as Site Leasing & Procurement Specialist at Turkcell. He worked in various positions at Avea as Sales & Marketing Contracting Specialist and Event Marketing Senior Specialist between years 2002-2005. He joined Fritolay / PepsiCo 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 2005-2015. He worked as Traditional Trade Sales Director at PepsiCo between 2015-2018. Onur Altürk, who worked as Sales Director of Anadolu Efes Türkiye Operations between 2018-2022, worked as Anadolu Efes Türkiye General Manager between 2022-2024. He was assigned as Beer Group President and Anadolu Efes CEO as of March 2024. He is also a member of Anadolu Group Sustainability Committee.
Menteş Albayrak
Head of Audit
After finishing Kadıköy Anatolian High School in 1991, Menteş Albayrak graduated from Economics department at Istanbul University in 1995. In 2007, he received his post graduate degree, Executive (MBA) from Sabancı University. He started to work in Anadolu Endüstri Holding in 1995. He served in various Anadolu Group companies and assumed finance and audit roles between 1995-2018. Starting from 2018, he has been working as Audit President of Anadolu Group. In his professional field; Albayrak acted as Board Member and Vice President of Türkiye Internal Audit Institute (TİDE) between 2010-2016. He also acted as the Chairman of the Board role at Türkiye Internal Audit Institute (TİDE) between 2016-2018. Additionally, he was a member of Public Affairs Committee of European Confederation of Internal Auditors (ECIIA) between 2014-2016. He serves as a member of Anadolu Group Sustainability Committee, and as Board Member and President at TEİD (Ethics and Reputation Society).
Karim Yahi
Soft Drinks Group President and Coca-Cola İçecek CEO
Karim Yahi graduated from Audit Department of EM Strasbourg Business School in France. He worked as Auditor at Segec Audit (now KPMG) in Strasbourg, France from 1997 to1999, Assistant Controller for the Europe, Middle East & Africa regions at Crown Cork & Seal in Paris-France between 1999 and 2001, Deputy Finance Director at Berlinwasser Holding in Berlin, Germany from 2001 to 2003. Yahi has nearly 18 years of experience in various roles at The Coca-Cola Company (TCCC) across multiple geographies. He held positions 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. On March 1, 2023, Karim Yahi was appointed as Deputy CEO of Coca-Cola İçecek at Anadolu Group. As of September 1, 2023; he assumed the roles of Anadolu Group Soft Drinks Group President and CEO of Coca-Cola İçecek. Karim Yahi is also a member of the Anadolu Group Sustainability Committee.
Mustafa Yelligedik
President Legal Affairs
Mustafa Yelligedik graduated from Darüşşafaka High School in 1990 and from Ankara University Faculty of Law in 1994. He also completed Sports Law Program at Kadir Has University Faculty of Law in 2006 and the General Management Program at Bled School of Management in Slovenia in 2008. He began his career in Anadolu Group at Efes Beverage Group as a lawyer in 1997. Afterwards, he worked at Anadolu Group as a lawyer, Legal Affairs Manager, Assistant Legal Affairs Coordinator and Legal Affairs Coordinator, respectively. Mustafa Yelligedik has been Anadolu Group Legal Affairs President since 1 February 2018. Yelligedik is also a member of Anadolu Group Sustainability Committee.
Ö. Özgür Tort
Migros Group President
Ö. Özgür Tort, PhD, joined the Business Development Department of Migros in 1996 and went on to lead, in chronological order, International Investments Coordination and Customer Relationship Management. In 2002, he became the Chief Operations Officer of Ramstore retail operations in Russia, where he stayed for the next four years before returning to Migros Türkiye as Chief Human Resources Officer in 2006. In 2008, Dr. Ö. Özgür Tort was appointed as Chief Executive Officer of Migros and since then, has served in this role. Özgür Tort has also taken the lead in founding new generation retail services and is the chair of all Migros subsidiaries: Dijital Platform Gıda Hizmetleri A.Ş. (MigrosOne – E-Commerce), Mimeda Medya Platform A.Ş. (Retail Media) , MoneyPay Ödeme ve Elektronik Para Hizmetleri A.Ş. (Fintech), Migen Enerji ve Elektrikli Araç Şarj Hizmetleri A.Ş. (EV Charging Services), Paket Lojistik ve Teknoloji A.Ş. (Paket Taxi – Last Mile Logistics) and CRC Danışmanlık ve Organizasyon A.Ş. (Gurmepack – Ready Meal Production). Tort is a member of Anadolu Group Sustainability Committee. In addition, since 2013, Dr. Ö. Özgür Tort has been a board member of the Consumer Goods Forum (CGF), a global organization formed by the world’s leading retailers and manufacturers. Between 2019 – 2021, he took over as the Co-Chair (retail) of the CGF. On the national level, Dr. Ö. Özgür Tort is the Vice Co-Chair of Food Retailers Association (GPD) and board member of the Turkish Federation of Shopping Centers and Retailers (TAMPF). In 2020, Tort became a board member of both GS1 Global and GS1 Türkiye. Tort graduated from Istanbul Technical University with a BSc in Industrial Engineering and in addition holds an MS degree in Engineering Management from Missouri University of Science and Technology. He gained a PhD degree in Engineering Management researching Value Chain Based Agricultural Financing Model.
Osman Alptürer
Human Resources President
Osman Alptürer completed Moda High School in 1984. He graduated from Marmara University Economics Department in 1989 and obtained Postgraduate Diploma in Economics from University of Surrey, UK in 1992. He began his career in Anadolu Group as an operation specialist at Efestur Turizm İşletmeleri A.Ş. in 1994 and continued his career in Anadolu Group, Efestur, Anadolu Endüstri Holding A.Ş., Honda Türkiye and Efes Beverage Group, respectively. Osman Alptürer currently holds Anadolu Group Human Resources President position. Alptürer is also a member of Anadolu Group Sustainability Committee.
Bora Koçak
Automotive Group President
Bora Koçak graduated from the Turkish Naval Academy, Department of Mechanical Engineering. In the following years after his graduation, Koçak received education in the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School. He served as Chief Technician Officer in the technical management positions at the Naval Forces between 1989 – 1996 and later started working in the automotive industry. As of 1996, he gained experience in Çelik Motor as Chief Trainer, After-Sales Services Chief and After-Sales Services Manager. He became KIA Product Manager and then KIA-HondaLada Product Manager between 1999 – 2005. He served as the General Manager of Citroen Baylas Otomotiv between 2005- 2008. He was the General Manager (Turkey) of Mazda Motor Europe from 2008 to 2010. Appointed as the General Manager of Çelik Motor in April 2010, Bora Koçak continued his duty until July 2016. Since August 2016, Bora Koçak holds the office of President for Anadolu Group Automotive Group. Bora Koçak is a member of Anadolu Group Sustainability Committee, the vice president and board member of MESS and board member of TİSK.
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.
Demir Şarman
Agribusiness, Energy and Industry Group President
Demir Şarman started his career in 1993 as a Financial Audit Specialist at Arthur Andersen Türkiye and joined Anadolu Group’s Beverage Division (Anadolu Efes) in 1997 as a Financial Controller. Between 1997-2009, Şarman held various positions at Anadolu Efes including CFO of Efes International and Group’s Strategy and Business Development Director. Şarman served as the Chief Executive Officer of Anadolu Etap since its incorporation until June 2019. Demir Şarman, who assumed the responsibilities of Anadolu Group energy companies in April 2019, was appointed as Anadolu Group Agribusiness, Energy and Industry Group President in July 2019. Şarman is also a member of Anadolu Group Sustainability Committee. Besides carrying out his duties as the Chairman of the Federation of Food and Drink Industry Associations of Türkiye (TGDF) and Vice President of the International Fruit and Vegetable Juice Association (IFU), Şarman also performs his duties as the member of the Private Sector Advisory Committee of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Demir Şarman graduated from Middle East Technical University, Department of Economics in 1993. He has an MBA degree from University of Chicago and is also a Certified Public Accountant.
Serkant Paker
Chief Information Officer
Serkant Paker graduated from the Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering Department of Istanbul Technical University in 1995 and started his career in Hürriyet Gazetecilik A.Ş. as Technical Supervisor in 1997. Between 1998 and 2014, he worked at Coca-Cola İçecek A.Ş. as Information Systems and Technologies Specialist, Business Systems Group Project Leader, Business Systems Infrastructure & Technology Manager and Business Solutions Group Manager respectively. In March 2014, he was appointed as Anadolu Efes Information Systems Director and in October 2014, was appointed as Anadolu Efes Business Solutions Technologies Director. In July 2015, he was appointed as Anadolu Group Chief Information Officer (CIO). Serkant Paker worked both as Anadolu Efes Business Solutions Technologies Director and Anadolu Group Chief Information Officer (CIO) between July 2015 and November 2017. Since November 2017, he has been working as Anadolu Group Chief Information Officer (CIO). Paker is also a member of Anadolu Group Sustainability Committee.