TOP MANAGEMENT

(1974 - Berlin) Ergün Güler, who holds an undergraduate degree in Business Administration from Dokuz Eylül University and an MBA degree from Bilkent University, started his career at Vestel in 1999 as Finance Specialist and served as the Deputy General Manager in charge of Financial Affairs and Treasury between 2006 and 2012. Mr. Güler, who was appointed as the Corporate Risk & Treasury Coordinator at Zorlu Holding in May 2012, served as the General Manager responsible for Domestic Sales and Marketing at Vestel Ticaret AŞ from October 2012 to September 2023. Since September 1, 2023, Mr. Güler has been serving as the CEO of Vestel Group of Companies.

(1967 - Ankara) Cem Köksal graduated from the Mechanical Engineering Department of Boğaziçi University in 1988 and obtained a master’s degree at Bilkent University in 1990. Having served in the banking industry between 1990 and 2001, Mr. Köksal was appointed as Deputy General Manager at Denizbank in 1997. Cem Köksal joined Vestel as Chief Financial Officer in 2002. Cem Köksal, who continues to serve as a Member of the Executive Committee at Vestel Group of Companies, is also the CEO of Zorlu Holding, the Chairman of the Sustainability Committee at Zorlu Holding, and a Board Member at Zorlu Enerji Elektrik Üretim AŞ and Vestel Beyaz Eşya Sanayi ve Ticaret AŞ.

(1956 - Gaziantep) Necmi Kavuşturan graduated from the Faculty of Political Sciences at Ankara University in 1979. Mr. Kavuşturan began his professional career as a specialist at Türkiye İş Bankası in 1979 and became Deputy General Manager at İnterbank in 1985. Necmi Kavuşturan, who led initiatives such as Management Trainee programs, open performance systems, and total quality management at İnterbank, served as the Deputy General Manager of Management Services at Denizbank from 1997 to 2003. He has managed the Advertising, Public Relations, Construction, and Procurement Departments of Denizbank during this period. Mr. Kavuşturan became the Head of Human Resources Group at Zorlu Holding in 2003. He has been serving as the Executive Committee Member at Vestel Group of Companies since 2005.

(1963 - Alaşehir) Alp Dayı graduated from the Department of Industrial Engineering at Dokuz Eylül University in 1985 and received a degree in Finance from the University of California, UC Berkeley in 2006. He has worked as a senior executive responsible for financial affairs at various industrial companies since 1987. Mr. Dayı joined Vestel Group in 1999 and since 2012 he has served as the General Manager of Finance (CFO) of Vestel Group of Companies, responsible for both domestic and international subsidiaries, until his recent appointment as the Financial Affairs Group President (CFO) of Zorlu Holding, effective from March 1, 2024.

(1979 - Balıkesir) Bülent Kiracıoğlu graduated from the Business Administration Department at Dokuz Eylül University in 2001 and worked in the Corporate Banking Departments of various local and international banks between 2003-2015. Having joined Vestel as Head of Finance in 2015, he was appointed as Deputy General Manager of Finance in 2019. Mr. Kiracıoğlu was named the General Manager of Finance (CFO) of Vestel Group of Companies as of March 1, 2024.

(1972 - Manisa) Ender Yüksel graduated from the Electrical and Electronics Engineering Department of Middle East Technical University in 1995. Mr. Ender Yüksel started his career at Vestel Group of Companies in 1995 and served as Purchasing Specialist between 1995 and 1997, Project Manager at R&D Department between 1997 and 2000 and Purchasing Manager between 2000 and 2005 at Vestel Elektronik, respectively. Mr. Yüksel was appointed as Deputy General Manager responsible for Purchasing at Vestel Elektronik in 2005. In 2014, he changed his position as Deputy General Manager responsible for Planning and Logistics at Vestel Elektronik. Since September 30, 2023, Mr. Yüksel has been serving as the General Manager of Vestel Elektronik Sanayi ve Ticaret AŞ.

General Manager of Vestel Beyaz Eşya Sanayi ve Ticaret AŞ (1981- Mersin) Hasan Uğur graduated from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Middle East Technical University in 2004. He began his professional career at Vestel Beyaz Eşya as Design Engineer in the R&D Department of the Dishwasher Production Plant in 2005 and later served as the Mechanical Hydraulic System Design Supervisor and Senior Design Architect, respectively. Mr. Uğur served as an R&D Manager at the Refrigerator Plants from 2013 to 2019. He was the Deputy General Manager Responsible for the Refrigerator Plants from February 2019 to September 2023. Since September 1, 2023, Mr. Uğur has been serving as the General Manager of Vestel Beyaz Eşya Sanayi ve Ticaret AŞ.

(1969 - Denizli) Ömer Hakan Kutlu graduated from the Electrical and Electronics Engineering Department of Bilkent University in 1991 and received his MBA degree from Middle East Technical University and MSC Quality Management degree from Sunderland University in the UK. Having worked as a Research Assistant at Middle East Technical University between 1992 and 1994, Mr. Kutlu started his private sector career in 1994 at Cementr Holding where he worked as Marketing & Planning Assistant, Product Manager and Maintenance Chief, respectively. Mr. Kutlu joined Vestel Group of Companies in 2000 as Product Manager and served as Deputy General Manager responsible for Product Management & Marketing between 2006 and 2020. In January 2020, he changed his position as R&D Deputy General Manager responsible for TV, VS, STB and Telecom product groups at Vestel Elektronik. Mr. Kutlu was appointed as General Manager responsible for Vestel E-Mobility as of September 30, 2023

(1984 – İzmit) Duygu Badem Uylukçuoğlu holds undergraduate and master’s degrees (MBA) from Boğaziçi University. She began her professional journey at Vestel in 2010 as a part of the first Management Trainee program, completing it with top honors. Subsequently she took on the role of Marketing Specialist. She became Marketing Manager in 2012 and served as Marketing Group Manager from 2016 to 2019. Later in November 2019, she was appointed as Deputy General Manager of Marketing at Vestel. As of December 1, 2023, she was named the Chief Marketing Officer, taking on expanded responsibilities encompassing product management and industrial design.

(1969 - Karşıyaka) Seçkin Gençoğlu obtained his bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Boğaziçi University in 1992 and his master's degree in Business Administration from Koç University in 2000. He joined Vestel Group in 2000 in the Foreign Trade Product Management Department and has served as the Deputy General Manager of White Goods Products since 2017. As of December 1, 2023, he was named the Chief Commercial Officer for Europe, Middle East, Africa and Americas regions.

(1972 - Ardahan) Tarık Leloğlu, who holds a bachelor's degree in Economics from the Department of Economics and Business Administration at Anadolu University and a master's degree from the Department of Management and Organization at Çukurova University, began his career at Vestel in 1997 as a Sales Specialist in Ankara. Promoted to the position of Sales Manager in 2000, Leloğlu served as Regional Manager between 2008 and 2016 and as Deputy General Manager from 2016 to 2023. As of December 1, 2023, he was named the Chief Commercial Officer for Türkiye, Central Asia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Northern Cyprus regions.

(1975 - İzmir) Ulaş Özcan holds an undergraduate degree in Economics from Boğaziçi University and has completed Stanford University’s LEAD Executive Program in 2022. Mr. Özcan began his career at Vestel in 1998 as the Taiwan Office Manager, establishing Vestel's first office in the Far East. He subsequently served as the Purchasing and Sourcing Manager in Hong Kong from 2001 to 2003, and as the Purchasing and Sourcing Director in Shanghai from 2004 to 2008. In 2008, he became the Deputy General Manager responsible for Product Procurements. As of December 2018, Mr. Özcan was appointed as General Manager of Asia Operations, overseeing sourcing, purchasing, and engineering services in Asia. As of December 1, 2023, Ulaş Özcan has also taken on responsibility for Vestel's sales in the Asia-Pacific region in addition to his current role.

(1976 - Izmir) Özgür Yılmaz graduated from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Middle East Technical University in 1998. Mr. Yılmaz worked on attack helicopters in the Turkish Armed Forces between 1998 and 2001. He started working at Vestel Beyaz Eşya as Washing Machine Design Engineer in 2002 and later served as the Chief Engineer for R&D Mechanical Design, R&D Manager, Deputy General Manager of the Washing Machine and Tumble Dryer Plant and Deputy General Manager of Purchasing, respectively. Mr. Özgür Yılmaz was appointed as the General Manager Responsible for Customer Services at Vestel as of September 30, 2023.