Mr. Raif Ali Dinçkök was born in 1971 in Istanbul. After receiving his bachelor’s degree from the Departmet of Business Management in Boston University in 1993, he began his professional career at different group companies of Akkök Holding A.Ş. He worked at the Purchasing Department in Ak-Al Tekstil San. A.Ş. from 1994 to 2000. Acted as the Coordinator of Akenerji Elektrik Üretim A.Ş. between 2000 and 2003. Raif Ali Dinçkök functioned as the Board Member and Vice Chairman of Executive Board of Akkök Holding A.Ş. before he was assigned as the Chairman of Akkök Holding. Raif Ali Dinçkök is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Akkök Holding as well as the Chairman of Aksa Akrilik, Akkim Kimya, Akiş REIT and Akkök Next. He also serves as Vice Chairman and Board Member in other group companies within Akkök Holding A.Ş.
Murat Gigin was born in İstanbul in 1952. Having received his B.Sc. degree from the Construction and Building Engineering Department in University of Bradford in 1974, he completed his M.Sc. degree studies at the Department of Mechanical Engineering in University of London in 1975. He was conferred the diploma of Ocean Engineer by University College London in 1976.
Gigin started his career at Tekfen İnşaat as civil engineer at the construction sites in Kuwait in 1977 where he worked until turning back to the head office in Istanbul in 1983. He assumed the position of coordinator in the Business Development Division in addition to several international projects until 1986, and as coordinator at various international projects. Following his promotion to the position of Assistant General Manager of Tekfen İnşaat in 1986, Gigin acted as the General Manager of Tekfen İnşaat during 1988-1998 and took office as a member of the Board of Directors at the companies of Tekfen Contracting Group until 2000. After acting as a member of the Board of Directors at Tekfen Holding between 1998 and 2015, and as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Tekfen Holding between 2015 and 2021. He acts Vice Chairman of the Board as of March 25, 2021.
Murat Gigin has been acted as the Chairman and Executive Director of group companies of Viem Ticari ve Sanayi Yatırımları Ltd. Şti. (Tekzen Ticaret ve Yatırım A.Ş., Agromak Makine İmalat Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş., ENAT Endüstriyel Ağaç Tarımı Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş.) since 1998. Gigin is also the Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of ANG Yatırım Holding A.Ş.
Gigin, who took office at various non-governmental organizations in the past, acted as Chairman of the International Pipeline and Offshore Contractors Association (IPLOCA) during 1995-1996, and is currently a member of the Board of Trustees of TEMA Foundation.
Born 1983 in İstanbul, Alize Dinçkök received her bachelor’s degree from the Business Administration Department of Sawyer School of Management of Suffolk University in 2004. She completed General Management program at Harvard Business School successfully in 2015. She completed the Innovative Thinking program at MIT Sloan School of Management in 2018. She started her career at Ak-Al Tekstil Sanayi A.Ş. as the Strategic Planning Specialist in 2005. In 2006, she joined the newly established Akiş Gayrimenkul Yatırım A.Ş. and worked there as the Project Coordinator, the Sales and Marketing Manager and the Assistant General Manager in charge of Sales and Marketing, respectively. Currently acting as a member of the Board of Directors of Akkök Holding A.Ş., Alize Dinçkök is also the Chairwoman of Akmerkez Lokantacılık, Ak-Pa Tekstil, Dinkal Sigorta, Üçgen Bakım ve Yönetim Hizmetleri and Akyaşam Yönetim Hizmetleri. Also, she assumes several positions at the Board of Directors of companies of Aksa Akrilik, Akkim, Akcoat, Akiş REIT, Akgirişim and Aktek Bilişim. Ms. Alize Dinçkök is also in charge of Akkök Group Marketing Platform, which was established in 2015.
Sinan Kemal Uzan was born in New York in 1986. After receiving his Bachelor’s degree from the International Business Administration program in Pepperdine University (USA) in 2008, he participated in the program of Family Undertakings Management in the Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management (Illinois) in 2012. He acted as the Vice Chairman of StarClub, a company that is involved in the fields of music production and internet strategies in Los Angeles, California, and as the Azerbaijan Project Coordinator for Tekfen İnşaat ve Tesisat A.Ş. respectively during his business career.
Mr. Sinan Kemal Uzan was elected as a member of the Tekfen Holding Board of Directors in 2014. He continues this duty and is also a member of the Board of Trustees of Hisar Education Foundation.
Born in İstanbul in 1964, Davit Braunştayn graduated from the Industrial Engineering Department of the Boğaziçi University and received MBA degree in finance from Columbia University. Having started his career as analyst at the Investment Banking department of Lazard Frenes&Co. in the United States, Mr. Braunştayn took another position in Lignadekor Üretim ve Pazarlama A.Ş. where he is currently the Chairman of the Board of Directors. Mr. Braunştayn speaks English, French and German.
Mr. Davit Braunştayn is a member of the Board of Directors of Üçgen Bakım ve Yönetim Hizmetleri A.Ş. and Akmerkez Lokantacılık Gıda Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş.
KLE DIR SAS is a Company which based in France and is fully owned by KLEPIERRE SA. The natural person determined by KLE DIR SAS in accordance with the second paragraph of Article 359 of Turkish Commercial Code is Cyrille François Paul Deslandes. Cyrille François Paul Deslandes is the Regional President of the Germany, Netherlands and Turkey in Klepierre Group. Prior to this appointment he served as Chief Investment Officer (member of the group’s executive committee / coordination of the group’s investment committee) since 2018. From 2014 - 2017 he was Group Head of M&A at Klepierre.
Before joining Klepierre, Cyrille worked for HSBC Investment Banking in Paris as Director M&A – Real Estate, Lodging and Leisure – between 2007 and 2014. Prior to that he gained experience at Deloitte & Touche LLP in Los Angeles, New York and Paris.
He holds a Master's degree in Corporate Finance and Strategy from EM Lyon.
Cyrille François Paul Deslandes, General Manager of Klepierre Management Deutschland GmbH, Director of Klepierre Management Netherland B.V., Klepierre Alexandrium B.V., Klépierre Villa Arena B.V., Klépierre Markthal B.V. and Klépierre Management B.V., Board member of Foncière de Louvain-la-Neuve SA. Real person delegate of KLE DIR SAS, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Tan Gayrimenkul, Real person delegate of KLE DIR SAS, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Üçgen Bakım
Özge Bulut Maraşlı was born in 1970, graduated from Boğaziçi University Department of Economics and has a master degree from Sabancı University Department of Business Administration. Having worked for Hacı Ömer Sabancı Holding AŞ and its subsidiaries between 1993 and 2006, Ms. Bulut Maraşlı took part in various roles in finance and business development management at MarSA Kraft, a JV company in partnership with Kraft Foods International, in the fast moving consumer goods sector in the first 10 years. Afterwards, she worked as a consultant in many sectors such as strategic planning, business development, M&A, privatization and restructuring of energy projects, telecom, food, retail, automotive and cement business units under the direction of the Holding CEO. Ms. Bulut Maraşlı, who assumed senior management positions at Doğan Holding between 2006-2018, still continues to be a Consultant to the Board of Directors of the Holding. She served as the Head of the Investor Relations and Corporate Relations Department of the company, and a Consultant to the Board of Directors of Doğan Enerji, Doğan Organic Products, Milpa, Ditaş and Çelik Halat AŞ between 2006 and 2011. She then served as the CEO of Kanal D and D Yapım companies, and a Deputy CEO of Doğan TV Holding until May 2018.
Maraşlı is a member of the Board of Directors of Women on Board Association, IWF, Re-We, International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, member of Arya Women Platform Challenge Club Presidents Committee, member of the High Advisory Board of Turkish Investor Relations Association, member of Sabancı University MBA Program and PWN Advisory Board, member of TKYD, WPO and G20 Young Global Leaders, member of WEF MEI Strategy Executives Board, she is also a member of TUSİAD Corporate Entrepreneurship Working Group and Endeavor Business Mentors.
Aycan Avcı was born in 1970 and graduated from Georgetown University Department of International Economics in 1992. Mr. Avcı started his professional career in 1993 at Koç Group and held various positions in Istanbul and Moscow. Between 1996 and 1998, Mr. Avcı served as the chief representative of CIS at Interbank. In 2000, he received his MBA (Finance and Economics) from Columbia Business School. Mr. Avcı worked as a consultant at McKinsey & Company between 2000-2002 and at Reform Corporate Consultancy between 2002-2004 and as a manager at PCG Consultancy between January 2005 and September 2005. In October 2005, Mr. Avcı transformed the family-owned Aya Consulting into a consulting company focused on financial consulting and provided financial consulting services at Aya Consulting until August 2023. As of September 2023, he started to provide consultancy services as a partner in Assos Consultoria, S.L. in Barcelona.
Avcı has also been a member of the Board of Directors at Tatko T.A.Ş. since 2014, Apsiyon.com since 2016, Tatko Lastik, FU Gayrimenkul and Waternet since 2017, Erak Giyim and Bimser Çözüm Ticaret ve Yazılım A.Ş. since 2018, LG Lastik Girişim since 2021, Çözüm Perakende A.Ş. since 2023 and Aya Danışmanlık Hizmetleri since 2024. He has also been serving as an Independent Board Member at Bosch Fren Sistemleri since 2019.
Born in Ankara in 1963, Ömer Egesel started his professional career as an engineer at STFA Construction CO. Libya, after graduating from Middle East Technical University, Civil Engineering Faculty. He continued his career in various managerial positions (e.g., manager, coordinator, assistant general manager, general manager, member of the board of directors) in Retail and Real Estate sectors. Ömer Egesel also served as a Member of the Executive and Advisory Board in non-governmental organizations such as ULI and GYODER periodically.
Ömer Egesel served as DiaSA General Manager in the retail industry between 1998 and 2008, and as general manager and board member at Tekfen Holding and Sanko Holding companies between 2008 and 2020, respectively. Egesel has been working as Qatari Diar REIC Country Manager since the beginning of 2021. He speaks English and beginner level Spanish.
Damla Birol was born in Ankara in 1964 and completed her high school education at Istanbul Robert College in 1982. Then, she graduated from Boğaziçi University, Department of Business Administration in 1986 and received a Fulbright scholarship and received his MBA degree from Indiana University in 1989. Birol started his career as a Product Manager at Procter & Gamble Canada in Toronto in 1989 and then worked as Marketing Manager at Procter & Gamble Turkey. Between 1996 and 2003, she worked as Sales and Marketing Director at Emsan Holding and as a consultant at companies such as Türk Tuborg, Pınar, Pamukbank and Türk Nokta Net.
In 2003, Ms. Birol joined Türk Tuborg as Vice President of Marketing and later served as Vice President of Sales and Marketing and Deputy CEO of the same company. She has been the CEO of Türk Tuborg A.Ş. since 2007 and has been a member of the Board of Directors since 2012.
In addition to her duties at Türk Tuborg, Damla Birol is a member of the Board of Directors of Eti Gıda, Doğan Publishing and Istanbul Museum of Modern Art. In the past, she was a member of the Board of Directors at Pınar Su and Dyo Boya. Damla Birol is also a member of the Board of Directors of Women on the Board of Directors and Yeniden Biz Associations, which support the advancement of women in business life, as well as a member of the Board of Directors of YASED and TÜSİAD. She has 30 years of experience in sales, marketing, brand creation and demand generation, focusing large teams, creating excellent execution in the field, supply chain, corporate governance, general management and M&A in different sectors.
| Raif Ali DİNÇKÖK | Chairman | |
| Murat GİGİN | Vice Chairman | |
| Alize DİNÇKÖK | Director | |
| Sinan Kemal UZAN | Director | |
| Davit BRAUNŞTAYN | Director | |
| KLE DIR SAS (Natural person representative Cyrille François Paul DESLANDES) | Director | |
| Özge Bulut MARAŞLI | Director (Independent | |
| Aycan AVCI | Director (Independent) | |
| Ömer EGESEL | Director (Independent) | |
| Damla Tolga BİROL | Director (Independent) |