Chairman

(1944, Denizli) Ahmet Nazif Zorlu began his career in a family-owned textile business. He set up his first company, Korteks, in 1976. In the years that followed, he continued to undertake new investments in the textile industry and founded Zorlu Holding in 1990. Ahmet Zorlu purchased the rights to the Vestel trademark in 1994. He is currently the chairman or a board member of 29 companies active in different sectors.

Board Member and Chairman of the Executive Committee

(1955, İzmir) Ömer Yüngül graduated from Boğaziçi University (Department of Mechanical Engineering) in 1978. He joined the Zorlu Group in 1997 as head of the Executive Committee responsible for white goods. On 3 January 2000 his responsibilities were expanded to include all of the Group's production activities. Mr Yüngül is currently head of the Vestel Executive Committee.

Board Member

(1976 - Istanbul) Şule Zorlu, completed Silberman College FDU in 1999 in US and then started to work as Member of the Board of Directors in Zorlu Group of Companies. Şule Zorlu is currently Member of Board of Directors in Zorlu Group of Companies and also as Managing Director in the Zorlu real Estate Group.

Board Member

(1961, İstanbul) Mehmet Cem Bodur graduated from İstanbul Technical University (Department of Economics) in 1982. After working for nearly a decade in banking (1985-1994) he joined the Zorlu Group in 1996 as its chief financial officer. A member of the Executive Committee in 1999, Mr Bodur joined the Vestel Board of Directors in 2000.

Board Member and Member of Executive Committee

(1955, Mersin) Enis Turan Erdoğan graduated from İstanbul Technical University (Department of Mechanical Engineering) in 1976 and completed a master's degree in production management at Brunel University (England) in 1980. After serving in positions for a number of firms in Turkey, he joined the Vestel Group as managing director of Vestel Foreign Trade in 1988. Since 1997, Mr Erdoğan has also been a member of the Vestel Executive Committee.

Wise Chairman

(1939, İzmir) Prof Ekrem Pakdemirli has served as transportation minister (1987-89), finance minister (1989-90), and deputy prime minister (1991). He is currently a member of the faculties of Bilkent, Başkent, and Ege universities and has previously served as assistant rector of Dokuz Eylül University and as foreign trade undersecretary. He is the author of ten books and more than a hundred published articles.

Board Member

(1958, Eskişehir) Dr Yılmaz Argüden began his career at Koç Holding in the R&D department in 1978. He has served on the executive committees of many major national and international firms. Dr Argüden currently heads the executive committee of an R&D consultancy active in the areas of corporate strategy, reorganization, and total quality management. The World Economic Forum selected him as one of its "100 Global Leaders for Tomorrow". Dr Argüden has been a member of the Vestel Board of Directors since 2005.