Chief Executive Officer İ.Gökşin Durusoy

Born in Denizli in 1964, İhsan Gökşin Durusoy received his master’s degree in Industrial Engineering from Boğaziçi University in 1987 and started his career as Production Engineer in Arçelik. Working as Finance and IT Executive at Izmir Demir Çelik A.Ş. from 1988 to 1989, Durusoy joined Akkök Group in 1989 as Chief Budget Planner at Ak-Al Tekstil Sanayii A.Ş. Here, he later served first as Budget Planning Manager and then as Strategic Planning Director. In 2007, he became Assistant General Manager at Akiş REIT, which was founded with the aim of developing unique and large-scale real estate projects. Mr. Durusoy served as General Manager and Member of the Board of Directors at Akiş REIT between 2009 – 2022. İhsan Gökşin Durusoy became the Chief Executive Officer of Akkök Holding in January 2023. He also serves on the Boards of Directors at various Akkök Holding companies.

Member of the Executive Board and Member of the Board of Directors Alize Dinçkök

Born in İstanbul in 1983, Alize Dinçkök graduated from the Department of Business Administration and Economics at the Sawyer School of Management of Suffolk University in 2004. She attended Harvard Business School General Management Program and completed it successfully. In 2018, she graduated from the Innovative Thinking Program at MIT Sloan School of Management. She started her career in 2005 as a Strategic Planning Expert at Ak-Al Tekstil Sanayi A.Ş. She joined Akiş Gayrimenkul Yatırımı A.Ş., when the Company was setup in 2005. Here she worked as Project Coordinator, Sales and Marketing Manager, and Assistant General Manager for Sales and Marketing respectively. Member of the Board of Directors and Executive Board Member of Akkök Holding A.Ş., Alize Dinçkök acts as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Akmerkez Lokantacılık, Ak-Pa, and also serves on the Board of Directors of various Akkök Group Companies. Alize Dinçkök also manages the Akkök Group Marketing Platform established in December 2015.

Member of the Executive Board and Member of the Board of Directors Özlem Ataünal

She graduated from Üsküdar American High School in 1985 and Uludağ University, Department of Business Administration in 1989. Starting her career at Iktisat Bank, Ataünal held various positions from Branch Manager to Customer Relations Management at Körfezbank. She joined Akkök Holding Executive Board Akkök Group in 2000 as Budget and Finance Manager of Akenerji. In 2005, Ataünal was promoted to the position of CFO of Akkök Holding. In 2012, she was appointed as the Executive Committee Member in charge of Finance. In 2017, she became a member of the Board of Directors of Akkök Holding. She has assumed various responsibilities over the years and is currently the CFO of Akkök Holding, Executive Committee Member in charge of Strategy and Business Development and President of the Energy Group. In addition to being a Member of Akkök Holding’s Board of Directors, Ms. Ataünal is the Chairman, Deputy Chairman and Member of the Board of Directors in various companies of the group, including publicly traded companies and companies with foreign partners. She has also been a member of TÜSİAD since 2013.

Member of the Executive Board and Member of the Board of Directors* Mehmet Emin Çiftçi

Mehmet Emin Çiftçi was born in Istanbul in 1987, and graduated from Istanbul Ticaret University Faculty of Business Administration. He started his professional life in the Department of Budget Planning and Reporting in Ak-Kim Kimya Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş, and completed his Business Administration education in UCLA Extension (UCLA). Mr. Mehmet Emin Çiftçi completed the MBA program at the Institute of Business at Özyeğin University in 2018. Mr. Mehmet Emin Çiftçi is a Member of the Executive Board of Akkök Holding as of 2020, as well as Akkök Holding Board Member. He also serves on the Boards of various Akkök Holding Companies.

Member of the Executive Board Cengiz Taş

Born in Bursa in 1966, Cengiz Taş graduated from the Industrial Engineering Department at Boğaziçi University in 1989. He began his career at Kordsa as an Investment Planning Engineer in 1989. He joined Akkök Holding Companies in 1991 as a Budget Expert at Ak-Al Tekstil Sanayii Anonim Şirketi and acted respectively as Budget Chief, Budget Manager, Production Coordinator, Assistant General Manager in Charge of Planning and as General Manager between 2004 and 2011. He has been the General Manager of Aksa Akrilik Kimya Sanayii A.Ş. since February 1, 2011. Mr. Cengiz Taş, who is a member of the Akkök Holding Executive Board, also serves on the Boards of the Akkök Group Companies. Mr. Taş has membership in various associations and con-tinues to serve as the Vice President of the Board of Directors of the Turkish Textile Industry Employers’ Union. From June 2019 on, he is a Board Member of the Turkish Confederation of Employers’ Unions. Mr. Taş is married with two children and speaks English and French.

Member of the Executive Board Veysi Küçük

Veysi Küçük began his career as Management Trainee (MT) at Demirbank T.A.Ş. in 1999. He worked as a Manager at HSBC from 2001 to 2003. He worked as a specialist in Business Planning and Budget Control Department, Evyap A.Ş. from 2004 to 2007. In 2007, Mr. Küçük joined Akkök Group and worked as Assistant Manager at the Finance Directorate until 2008. From 2008 to 2011, he worked as Vice General Manager and he was responsible for Accounting, Finance, Budget, Strategic Planning, and Investors Relations at Ak-Al Tekstil, one of the subsidiaries of Akkök Holding. At the end of year 2011, he returned to Akkök Holding as the New Projects Director and then worked as the Strategic Planning and Business Development Director until December 2015. Mr. Küçük worked as the General Manager of Akcoat from 2015 to 2022. In 2023, Mr. Küçük started to work as the Member of the Board of Directors and CFO of Akkök Holding. He graduated from İstanbul University, Faculty of Business Administration (in English) in 1999. He completed his MBA for Executives at Yeditepe University in September 2022.

Member of the Executive Board Onur Kipri

Born in Adana in 1964, Mr. Onur Kipri graduated from Boğaziçi University, Faculty of Business Administration. He started his career at Çukurova İthalat as a Sales Coordinator in 1986. Between 1988 and1989, he worked as the Metal Trade Department Manager at TASK Uluslararası Ticaret A.Ş. Between 1989 and 1990, he worked as MIS Project Coordinator & Import Fabric Purchasing Manager at Doğan Fabrics & Textile. From 1991 to 2013 he served at Organik Kimya as Sales Manager, Department Manager and Trade Director, respectively. He joined Ak-Kim Kimya as the General Manager in January 2014. He still continues this duty and besides being a Member of the Executive Board of Akkök Holding, he is a Member of the Board of Directors of Ak-Kim Kimya, Member of the Board of Directors of Akcoat and Chairman of the Board of Dinox.

Executive Board Advisor and Chairman of the Board of Directors Raif Ali Dinçkök

Born in Istanbul in 1971, Raif Ali Dinçkök graduated from Boston University (USA), Department of Business Administration in 1993, and subsequently started working at Akkök Holding. Mr. Raif Ali Dinçkök continued his career in the Purchasing Department of Ak-Al Tekstil San. A.Ş. between 1994 and 2000, and later served as Coordinator of Akenerji Elektrik Üretim A.Ş. from 2000 to 2003. Prior to his current position as the Chairman of the Board of Directors at Akkök Holding A.Ş., he served as a Member of the Board of Directors and Vice Chairman of the Executive Committee at Akkök Holding A.Ş. Mr. Raif Ali Dinçkök has served as the Chairman of the Board of Aksa Akrilik, Ak-Kim, Akiş REIT and Akmerkez REIT, as well as a Member of the Board of Directors in other companies within Akkök Holding. He also works as Akkök Holding Executive Board Advisor.