Board of Directors
Chairman of the Board of Directors and Executive Board Advisor Raif Ali Dinçkök
Born in Istanbul in 1971, Raif Ali Dinçkök started working for different companies within Akkök Holding after graduating from the Boston University School of Business Administration in 1993. Working as a Procurement Coordinator for Ak-Al Tekstil San. A.Ş. from 1994 to 2000 and for Akenerji Elektrik Üretim A.Ş. from 2000 to 2003, Raif Ali Dinçkök also served as a Board Member and the Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board at Akkök Holding A.Ş. before being elected to the Chairman of the Board of Directors at Akkök Holding A.Ş. In addition to serving as the Chairman of the Board of Directors at Aksa Akrilik, Akkim, Akiş GYO, Akmerkez GYO and Akkök Next, he also serves as the Deputy Chairman and Board Member of several Akkök Holding group companies.
Assistant Chairman of the Board of Directors Nilüfer Dinçkök Çiftçi
Born in Istanbul in 1956, Nilüfer Dinçkök Çiftçi graduated from Sainte Pulchérie French High School in 1970. Thereafter, she continued her education in Switzerland and graduated from St. Georges School in 1976. Nilüfer Dinçkök Çiftçi serves as the Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors at Akkök Holding A.Ş., Ak-Pa Tekstil, Dinkal Sigorta and Akkök Next and a Board Member at Aksa Akrilik.
Member of the Board of Directors Ahmet Cemal Dördüncü
Born in Istanbul in 1953, Ahmet Cemal Dördüncü graduated from Çukurova University, Department of Business Administration, and then completed his postgraduate studies at Mannheim and Hannover Universities. Dördüncü started his career at Claas OHG, a company based in Germany, and then worked for Mercedes Benz A.Ş. in Turkey from 1984 and 1987. Ahmet C. Dördüncü joined the Sabancı Group in 1987 and took on various roles at Kordsa A.Ş. until 1998. In 1998, he served as General Manager / President of the Group's DUSA company, DUSA South America and then 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 from 2005 to 2010. He served as the Chairman of the Executive Board at Akkök Holding from 2013 to 2022 and is currently a Board Member at Akkök Holding. Ahmet C. Dördüncü is also the Chairman of the Board of Directors at Epsilon Composite and a Board Member at Akkim and Akiş GYO. Additionally, Ahmet C. Dördüncü is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of United Nations Global Compact Turkey and holds board membership at International Paper Co.
Member of the Board of Directors Alize Dinçkök
Born in Istanbul in 1983, Alize Dinçkök graduated from the Department of Business and Business Administration at Suffolk University Sawyer School of Management in 2004. In 2015, she attended and successfully completed the Harvard Business School General Management Program. Thereafter, she completed the MIT Sloan School of Management Innovative Thinking program in 2018. She started her career as a Strategic Planning Specialist at Ak-Al Tekstil Sanayi A.Ş. in 2005. Upon establishment of Akiş Gayrimenkul Yatırım Ortaklığı A.Ş. in 2005, Alize Dinçkök joined this company and served as Project Coordinator, and then Sales and Marketing Manager, and Deputy General Manager in charge of Sales and Marketing. Besides being a Board Member at Akkök Holding A.Ş., Alize Dinçkök also serves as the Chairman of the Board of Directors at Akmerkez Lokantacılık, Ak-Pa Tekstil, Dinkal Sigorta, Üçgen Bakım ve Yönetim Hizmetleri and Akyaşam Yönetim Hizmetleri and is a Board Member at several companies within Akkök Holding, including Aksa Akrilik, Akkim, Akcoat, Akiş GYO, Akmerkez GYO and Aktek Bilişim. Alize Dinçkök also manages the Akkök Group Marketing Platform, which was established in 2015.
CEO and Member of the Board of Directors İhsan Gökşin Durusoy
Born in Denizli in 1964, İhsan Gökşin Durusoy completed his post-graduate degree in Industrial Engineering at Boğaziçi University in 1987. He started his career journey as a Production Engineer at Arçelik. After working as Financial Affairs and Information Technology Officer at İzmir Demir Çelik A.Ş. from 1988 to 1989, Durusoy joined Ak-Al Tekstil Sanayii A.Ş., a subsidiary of Akkök Group, as the Chief of Budget Planning in 1989. Durusoy later took on the roles of Budget Planning Manager and Strategic Planning Director within the same company. Then he joined Akiş GYO, a company established to carry out unique, large-scale real estate projects, within which he first served as Deputy General Manager from 2007 onwards and subsequently became the General Manager and a Board Member in 2009. As of January 2023, Durusoy is the Chief Executive Officer and a Board Member at Akkök Holding. Durusoy also serves as the Deputy Chairman at Aksa Akrilik, Akkim and Akiş GYO and is a Board Member at several companies within Akkök Group.
Member of the Board of Directors Özlem Ataünal
Özlem Ataünal graduated from Üsküdar American High School in 1985 and completed her bachelor's degree in Business Administration in Uludağ University in 1989. After starting her career at İktisat Bank, Ataünal later joined Körfezbank, in which she held various positions ranging from Branch Manager to Head of Customer Relations Management Department. In 2000, she joined Akkök Group as Budget and Finance Manager at Akenerji. While serving as CFO at Akkök Holding from 2005 to 2022, Ataünal was also elected as the Executive Board Member in charge of Finance in 2012. In 2017, she became a Board Member at Akkök Holding A.Ş. Ataünal, who undertook different roles over the years, currently works for Akkök Holding A.Ş. as a Board Member and Energy Group President. In addition to these duties, she is also the Chairman of the Board of Directors at AKCEZ, Akenerji, Sepaş Energy and Aktek Bilişim and holds board membership in other several Group companies. Ataünal has been a member of TÜSİAD since 2013.
Member of the Board of Directors Mehmet Emin Çiftçi
Born in Istanbul in 1987, Mehmet Emin Çiftçi completed his bachelor's degree in Istanbul Commerce University, Faculty of Communication. Starting his career at the Budget Planning and Reporting Department of Akkim Kimya Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş., later studied Business Administration at UCLA Extension (UCLA) and then completed the Master of Business Administration Program at Özyeğin University School of Business in 2018. Mehmet Emin Çiftçi serves as a Board Member at Akkök Holding A.Ş., Akkim, SEDAŞ, Akiş GYO, Aktek Bilişim, Akcoat and Akgirişim as well as other various companies within Akkök Holding.
Member of The Board of Directors Yılmaz Argüden
Dr. Argüden is the Chairman of the Board of Directors at AR-GE Consulting, a company that is well-known across the world for its efforts to prepare companies for the future, its creative and innovative management strategies and its social contributions. In addition to servin as the Chairman of the Board of Directors at Rothschild & Co. investment bank in Turkey, he also served on the boards of directors of more than 70 companies in various countries throughout his career. Dr. Argüden, who started his career at Koç Holding R&D Center, later worked as a Strategic Analysis Specialist at The RAND Corporation. He worked with 20 countries in the World Bank Loans Department, where he served as a Section Supervisor. Dr. Argüden, who was responsible for the Privatization Program in Turkey from 1988 to 1990, served as a Chief Advisor to the Prime Minister on the economy in 1991. Dr. Argüden, who initiated the National Quality Movement during his presidency of KalDer, was elected as the World President of National Networks and served on the Board of Directors of UN Global Compact, the world's most widespread sustainability platform. Known worldwide for his work in the fields of boards of directors and governance, and whose books and articles have been published in many languages, Dr. Argüden serves as the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Argüden Governance Academy and also carries out international duties in his capacity as the Chairman of Governance Committee of Business at OECD and the Advisory Board Member of the IFC Corporate Governance Group. Argüden, who graduated from Boğaziçi University by winning the Rector's Award for both academic and student leadership and won the Turkish Basketball Championship for three consecutive years as a point guard of Tarsus American College and Boğaziçi University basketball teams, also served as the Vice President of the Turkish Basketball Federation. He taught strategy, governance and sustainability at Boğaziçi University, Koç University and the Turkish War Colleges. Argüden, whose efforts have been recognized with many professional awards throughout his career such as the Outstanding Citizenship, Strategic Leadership, and Quality Leadership awards, was selected among the 100 Global Leaders of the Future by the World Economic Forum.
Member of the Board of Directors Melis Çiftçi
Born in Istanbul in 1978, Melis Çiftçi completed her high school education at Özel Işık High School in 1996 and continued her university education in Boston. After graduating from Mount Ida College, Department of Business Administration in 2000, Çiftçi started her professional career at Ak-Pa Tekstil İhracat Pazarlama A.Ş. Melis Çiftçi, serves as a Board Member at Akkök Holding A.Ş. and other several companies within the Group.