OVERVIEW
Management
We conduct our business with collective mind, we decide together and we build our future together with our collective mind.
Tuncay Özilhan
Chairman
Tuncay Özilhan was born in Kayseri. He studied in Saint-Joseph High School, then graduated from the Faculty of Economics of İstanbul University. He received his MBA degree from Long Island University in the United States. He started his career in 1977 as General Director of Erciyas Brewery and has undertaken responsibilities such as Coordinator of the Beer Group and General Coordinator of Anadolu Group. Tuncay Özilhan acted as the CEO of Anadolu Group from 1984 to February 2017. He is the Chairman of Anadolu Group since May 2007. He has also been serving as Chairman of Anadolu Foundation as well as various Group companies.
Tuncay Özilhan served as the Chairman of TÜSİAD (Turkish Industry & Business Association) between 2001 to 2003, as the Chairman of its High Advisory Council between 2015-2023 and became its Honorary President in 2024. His other responsibilities include; Member of The Board at the Foreign Economic Relations Board (DEİK), Honorary Consul for the Republic of Estonia and President of Anadolu Efes Sports Club. He also served as Chairman of the Turkish – Russian Business Council at DEİK. Tuncay Özilhan holds a Ministerial Medal given by the Ministry Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Estonia, a Service Medal given by the Republic of Kazakhstan and “The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star”, constituting one of the most important orders awarded by the Japanese government.
Kamil Süleyman Yazıcı
Vice Chairman
Kamil Yazıcı graduated from New York Military Academy (1996), holds a BA degree in Marketing from Emory University Goizueta Business School (2000), an MBA degree from American Institute of Business and Economics (2005) and has completed the GMP program at the Harvard Business School (2017). Yazıcı started his Anadolu Group career in year 2000 in the Finance Presidency as Assistant Finance Specialist and resumed his career in Anadolu Efes Russia Beer operations during 2002-2011 where he held multiple roles as Marketing Manager, Logistics Manager, Supply Chain Director, Business Development Director and finally led a pan-Russian effort to re-structure the sales organization for greater efficiency and effectiveness. In 2011, he was appointed as General Manager of Efes Vitanta in Moldova and continued this role until 2014. In 2014, he was appointed as Market Development Director responsible for all international markets where the group did not operate locally and held this position until 2017. Since 2017, Kamil Yazıcı has been serving as Vice- Chairman on Anadolu Group holding and subsidiary Board of Directors. In addition, he serves as Board Member for TAİK (Turkish-American Business Council), TOGG (Turkish National Auto Initiative), HBS Alumnus (Harvard Business School’s Alumni Board) and is the Vice-Chairman of KYYDAS (the Kamil Yazici Family Trust) He is also a member of TÜSİAD (Turkish Industry & Business Association).
Talip Altuğ Aksoy
Board Member
Talip Altuğ Aksoy received his bachelor’s degree in economics from Oglethorpe University in USA. He began his career as Finance Assistant Specialist at Anadolu Group in 1995 and was appointed as a Finance Specialist in 1996. Aksoy worked as Human Resources and Treasury Specialist from 1998 to 2000. He served as Director of Sales and Marketing at Efes Invest from 2000 to 2003 and was appointed as the Director of Trade and Export at Efes Beer Group in January 2003. Continuing his career at Anadolu Group as the Director of Purchasing and Logistics between 2006- 2008, Aksoy was appointed as Director of Supply Chain of Efes Beer Group in June 2008. In November 2011, he was appointed as Efes Türkiye Managing Director and served in this position until January 2017. Aksoy still continues to serve as a Board Member in various Anadolu Group companies. He is also a member of TÜSİAD (Turkish Industry & Business Association) and a board Member at Togg.
Beliz Çevik Chappuie
Board Member
Beliz Çevik Chappuie received her bachelor’s degree in environmental engineering from Istanbul Technical University and MBA degree from Indiana University with a concentration in finance. She began her career as finance program evaluator in Office of State Audits and Evaluations in 2001 and still serves as a Chief of Audit Services in California Public Employees' Retirement System. With over 20 years of experience in investment and finance, Beliz Çevik Chappuie holds Certified Public Accountant and Certified Information Systems Auditor licences.
İ. İzzet Özilhan
Board Member
İ. İzzet Özilhan was born in İstanbul in 1982. He received his undergraduate degree from Hofstra University Banking and Finance Department in 2006 in USA. Özilhan, began his career as a Brand Representative at Coca Cola A.Ş in 2006 and served as Sales Representative in Coca-Cola Hellenic A.Ş. In 2009, he started working at Efes Russia and took up dutied as Finance Manager and Brand Distribution Representative. In 2011, he started in Anadolu Efes Türkiye as Market Development Supervisor and continued as Horeca Manager, Modern Trade Sales Director and On-Trade Directorate respectively. In 2024, he became a board member at several Anadolu Group companies. Özilhan was chosen as Board Member of TÜSİAD in 2024 and also acts as the Leader of its Food, Beverage and Agriculture Roundtable. He also acts as a Board Member at TÜRKONFED.
Mustafa Ali Yazıcı
Board Member
Mustafa Ali Yazıcı graduated from Galatasaray High School in Istanbul and received his bachelor’s degree in finance from Georgetown University in Washington D.C. After working at Morgan Stanley’s London office as a financial analyst, he served as managing director of a firm specializing in e-commerce from 2005 to 2010. He served as managing director of Cloudturk, a firm that he co-founded, which specializes in cloud computing and fintech industries from 2011-2017. Since 2017, he has been serving as a board member of Anadolu Group and its subsidiary companies.
Rasih Engin Akçakoca
Board Member
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 Türkiye. Akçakoca has been working as a consultant since 2004 and holds board member positions in various Anadolu Group companies.
Tuğban İzzet Aksoy
Board Member
Tuğban İzzet Aksoy graduated from the Management and International Finance Departments of the University of Oglethorpe in the USA, following his education at the Austrian High School. He 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 five years in this role, Aksoy took on the role of Corporate Finance and Risk Manager at the Treasury and Risk Management Department of Anadolu Endüstri Holding A.Ş. in June 2003. In April 2008, he became Assistant Coordinator at Business Development Directorate, and between 2009-April 2019, he worked as Anadolu Group Energy Sector Coordinator. He continues to serve as Vice Chairman and Board Member in various Anadolu Group companies. Aksoy, who has participated in professional training and seminars in his field, is member of energy groups of TÜSİAD and TOBB. Aksoy has been serving as an honorary consul of Georgia since 2016 and also holds Georgian Government Medal of Honor.
Hüseyin Faik Açıkalın
Independent Board Member
Hüseyin Faik Açıkalın received his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the Middle East Technical University and began his banking career in 1987 as a management trainee at Interbank. He subsequently held various positions, including Internal Auditor, Relationship Manager, Branch Manager and Marketing Manager at Interbank, Marmarabank, Kentbank, Finansbank and Demirbank. In May 1998, he joined Dışbank— later renamed Fortis following its acquisition by the eponymous international finance group—as Executive Vice President. Later that year, he was appointed as Chief Operating Officer (COO) responsible for the coordination and communication between the Board of Directors and business units. He also assumed his position as a Member of the Credit Committee. In June 1999, Açıkalın was appointed as Deputy Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and a member of the Board of Directors. In December 2000, he became CEO of Dışbank. Following the acquisition of the majority shares of Dışbank by Fortis in July 2005, he continued to serve as CEO of the bank after it was renamed Fortisbank. Within that period he worked at international management of Fortis. In October 2007, he resigned from his duties at Fortisbank and became CEO of Doğan Gazetecilik. In April 2009, Açıkalın was appointed as Executive Director of Yapı Kredi’s Board of Directors and was also appointed as Chairman of the Executive Committee. Serving as Yapı Kredi’s CEO since May 2009, in addition to his current role, Açıkalın was also appointed as CEO of Koç Financial Services in 2010. Furthermore, in August 2011, Açıkalın became the President of Koç Holding’s Banking and Insurance Group. Açıkalın also still serves as Chairman of Yapı Kredi Malta, Yapı Kredi Invest, Yapı Kredi Leasing, Yapı Kredi Factoring, Yapı Kredi Bank Nederland NV, Yapı Kredi Bank Azerbaijan, Yapı Kredi Bank Moscow, Yapı Kredi Koray Real Estate Investment Trust, and Koç Finansman A.Ş., and as Vice Chairman of Banque de Commerce et de Placements S.A. and Allianz Yaşam ve Emeklilik and as Director of the Banks Association of Türkiye. At the end of 2017, Açıkalın left his duties at Koç Holding, YKB and its subsidiaries. Hüseyin Faik Açıkalın serves as an Independent Board Member in AG Anadolu Grubu Holding A.Ş., Doğan Şirketler Grubu Holding A.Ş., Galata Wind Enerji A.Ş., Karsu Tekstil San. Tic. A.Ş. and Global Yatırım Holding A.Ş.
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.
İzzet Karaca
Independent Board Member
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, Karaca worked as Systems and Organization Director at Ford Otosan. Since 1988, he held several positions at Unilever in Germany, Türkiye 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 Türkiye and Unilever NAMET RUB (North Africa, Middle East, Russia, Ukraine and Belarus) and being a member of the Unilever CEO Forum, Karaca retired at December 2013. In 2015, he published his first book called "The New CEO is... You". İzzet Karaca also serves as board member and consultant in different companies.
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.