Management and Board of Directors (2024)

Tuncay ÖzilhanAnadolu Group Chairman

İlhan Murat ÖzgelVice-Chairman of the Board

Murat Ozgel began his career at Procter & Gamble. He started his career at co*ke system in 2003 at CocaCola Icecek and since 2006 has taken on various roles across Asia and Africa with The Coca-Cola Company. He has international experience in general management, marketing customer and commercial, and franchise leadership in developing and emerging markets. Currently serving as President, Bottling Investments Group (BIG), he leads Coca-Cola's company-owned bottling network globally. Prior to this position, Ozgel served as BIG’s Chief Growth Officer, where he led the organization to enhance its portfolio, capabilities and infrastructure through strategic mergers and acquisitions. Ozgel earned a Bachelor of Science degree in industrial engineering from Middle East Technical University in Türkiye.

Mehmet Hurşit Zorlu Board Member

Mr. Zorlu has been a Board Member of CCI since 2004. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics from Istanbul University. Prior to joining Anadolu Group in 1984, he held various positions in Toz Metal and Turkish Airlines. Mr. Zorlu joined Anadolu Group as a Marketing Specialist at the Efes Beverage Group and held various positions including Assistant Marketing Manager, Assistant Project Development Manager, Project Development Manager and Business Development & Investor Relations Director. Mr. Zorlu held the position of Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for Efes Beverage Group between 2000-2008 and the position of CFO for Anadolu Group between 2008-2013. From 2013 onwards he served as the Deputy CEO of Anadolu Group, until his appointment as the CEO of Anadolu Group in February 2017. He also currently acts as a Board Member in various Anadolu Group companies. Mr. Zorlu served as the Chairman of TKYD (Corporate Governance Association of Turkey) between 2015-2017 and he currently also serves as Board Member at Turkish Investor Relations Society (TUYİD) and at Outbound Investments Business Council at Foreign Economic Relations Board (DEİK).

Talip Altuğ Aksoy Board Member

Talip Altuğ Aksoy received his bachelor’s degree in economics from Oglethorpe University in USA. He began his career as Finance Assistant Specialist at Anadolu Group in 1995 and was appointed as a Finance Specialist in 1996. Aksoy worked as Human Resources and Treasury Specialist from 1998 to 2000. He served as Director of Sales and Marketing at Efes Invest from 2000 to 2003 and was appointed as the Director of Trade and Export at Efes Beer Group in January 2003. Continuing his career at Anadolu Group as the Director of Purchasing and Logistics between 2006-2008, Aksoy was appointed as Director of Supply Chain of Efes Beer Group in June 2008. In November 2011, he was appointed as Efes Turkey Managing Director and served in this position until January 2017. Aksoy still continues to serve as a Board Member in various Anadolu Group companies.

Kamilhan Süleyman YazıcıBoard Member

Kamil Yazıcı graduated from New York Military Academy (1996), holds a BA degree in Marketing from Emory University Goizueta Business School (2000), an MBA degree from American Institute of Business and Economics (2005) and has completed the GMP program at the Harvard Business School (2017). Yazıcı started his Anadolu Group career in year 2000 in the Finance Presidency as Assistant Finance Specialist and resumed his career in Anadolu Efes Russia Beer operations during 2002-2011 where he held multiple roles as Marketing Manager, Logistics Manager, Supply Chain Director, Business Development Director and finally led a pan-Russian effort to re-structure the sales organization for greater efficiency and effectiveness. In 2011, Yazıcı was appointed as General Manager of Efes Vitanta in Moldova and continued this role until 2014. In 2014, he was appointed as Market Development Director responsible for all international markets where the group did not operate locally and held this position until 2017. Since 2017, Yazıcı has been serving as Vice-Chairman on the Anadolu Group holding and subsidiary Board of Directors. In addition, Yazıcı serves as a Board Member for TAİK (Turkish-American Business Council), TOGG (Turkish National Auto Initiative), HBS Alumnus (Harvard Business School’s Alumni Board) and is the Vice-Chairman of KYYDAS (the Kamil Yazici Family Trust).

Agah UğurBoard Member

Agah Ugur studied industrial engineering at the University of Birmingham, UK then qualified as a chartered accountant in England in 1985. He worked in Birmingham, London and Jersey offices of Touche Ross & Co (currently Deloitte), Istanbul office of Arthur Andersen and Türkiye Emlak Bankası before joining Borusan Group in 1989 as CFO. He served as Group CEO between 2001 and 2018 until he retired. He is currently serving as vice chairperson of Dogan Holding and as board member in Pegasus Havayolları, Anadolu Efes, Coca Cola İçecek, Alcatel Lucent Teletaş Telekomünikasyon, Gözde Girişim as well as advisory board member in some reputable Turkish corporations. Since 2019, Agah Ugur is a partner and chairperson in an Istanbul based venture capital firm, Bogazici Ventures. He also manages his own portfolio of technology startups. Agah held more than 15 board and advisory board positions in various NGO’s during his professional career. Currently he is a member of High Advisory Council of TUSIAD, member of the Board of Trustees of Sabanci University, member of the Advisory Board of Columbia University Istanbul Global Center. He is also a founding member and vice chairperson of Saha Foundation, supporting Turkish contemporary art. He is an art collector with a special focus on new media and video art.

Rasih Engin AkçakocaBoard Member

R. Engin Akçakoca received his undergraduate degree from Middle East Technical University in Management and started his career in banking in 1974. He assumed Deputy General Manager position in Koç-Amerikan Bank during 1986 and 1991 and General Manager position in Koçbank A.Ş. during 1991 and 2000. He was appointed as the Chairman of the Banking Regulation and Supervision Agency and the Savings Deposit Insurance Fund in 2001 responsible for a large-scale banking sector restructuring program held in Turkey. Akçakoca has been working as a consultant since 2004; he holds board member positions in various Anadolu Group companies.

Burak BaşarırBoard Member

Burak Başarır holds a BA in Business Administration and a minor in Computer Sciences from American River College. He studied management at California State University of Sacramento and received a BSc degree in business administration from Middle East Technical University in 1995. Başarır joined Anadolu Group in 1998 with his first post at Coca Cola İçecek (CCI) and assumed increasing managerial responsibilities in finance and commercial functions. He was assigned as Coca-Cola İçecek CFO in 2005 and has played a significant role during CCI’s IPO process and effectively managed the financial integration of Efes Invest with CCI. Başarır led the largest operation of CCI in terms of volume and sales as the Türkiye Region President between 2010 and 2013. Başarır was appointed as Coca-Cola İçecek CEO in January 2014. After serving as Anadolu Group Soft Drinks Group President and Coca-Cola İçecek CEO between 2014 -2023, Başarır has been appointed as Anadolu Group Deputy CEO in September 2023. Başarır, who will assume the role of Anadolu Group CEO as of 1 April 2024, is a member of Anadolu Group Sustainability Committee, the Turkish Industry & Business Association (TÜSİAD) and Türkiye-US Business Council (TAİK).

Lale Develioğlu Independent Board Member

Born in İstanbul in 1968, Lale Develioğlu graduated from the Industrial Engineering Department at Boğaziçi University and pursued her postgraduate studies at Rensselear Polytechnic University. She started her Professional career in 1992 at Unilever and acted as Marketing Director between 1998-2003. In the end of 2003, Develioglu started working in Turkcell as Individual Customers Marketing Director, acted as Marketing Vice President in 2006-2011 and International Division Vice President in 2011 – 2014 at the same institution. Lale Develioğlu has started working in Yıldız Holding as Turkey Marketing President in 2015, right after she has acted as Global Marketing President in Pladis, Yıldız Holding’s London based global snack company until 2018. Develioğlu acted as independent board member for several companies in telecommunication, technology, FMCG, consumer durables and retail industries across Turkey, Middle East, CIS countries and Europe. She is also one of the founders and board member of Women on Board Association Turkey. She is currently acting as management consultant, board member as well as mentor. Lale Saral Develioğlu has 28 years of experience in marketing, business development and she is a strategy leader. She was selected as “Best Marketing Person” of Turkey in 2009; won the “Women to Watch” award for Marketing in 2014 and was listed among "Top 100 Influencers" in Global Creativepool Annual in 2018. She has served as Executive Board Member of Advertisers’ Association of Turkey (RVD) and Advertising Selfregulatory Body in Turkey (RÖK) for 6 years. She is the author of the business and memory book titled ‘Karar Verdim’.

Prof. Dr. Barış TanIndependent Board Member

Barış Tan is a Professor of Industrial Engineering and Operations Management at Özyeğin University. He previously served as Vice President for Academic Affairs, Dean of the College of Administrative Sciences and Economics, and the Director of the Graduate School of Business at Koç University. His areas of expertise are in the design and control of production systems, supply chain management, stochastic modeling, and business model innovation. Barış Tan is the recipient of the Turkish Academy of Sciences Distinguished Young Scholar Award, the TUBITAK fellowship, the NATO Science Fellowship, and best paper awards for his publications. He received a BS degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Boğaziçi University, an ME in Industrial and Systems Engineering, an MSE in Manufacturing Systems, and a Ph.D. in Operations Research from the University of Florida. He held visiting positions at Harvard University - Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences, MIT - Operations Research Center, MIT - Laboratory for Manufacturing and Productivity, University of Cambridge - Judge Business School, University College London - School of Management, and Politecnico di Milano - Manufacturing and Production Systems. Professor Tan has held academic, advisory, and governance roles across various organizations, including Kyoto University Graduate School of Management, Nottingham Business School, ISM University of Economics and Management, Anadolu Efes, Migros, and Anadolu Isuzu. He has also contributed to international educational and management development bodies such as the CEMS Global Alliance in Management Education and the European Foundation for Management Development. Prof. Tan fulfills all requirements of the independent member criteria specified in the CMB’s Corporate Governance Principles.

İlhami KoçIndependent Board Member

Emin Ethem KutucularIndependent Board Member

Born in Izmir in 1963, Ethem Kutucular completed his secondary and high school education at Bornova Anatolian High School and graduated from Boğaziçi University, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Department of Business Administration. In 1986, Mr. Kutucular started his professional career as an assurance assistant in the Istanbul office of Arthur Andersen & Co ("AA&Co") and served as Senior Assurance Assistant in the Atlanta office of AA&Co between 1987 and 1989. After 1989, Mr. Kutucular continued to work at AA&Co Istanbul office and was admitted as a Partner in 1997. In 2002, he became a Partner in the Assurance Department at Ernst & Young ("EY") Turkey office and served as the Head of Assurance at EY between 2004 and 2012. Subsequently, he served as EY Turkey Market Leader and Executive Committee member together with his Responsible Partner duties. Throughout his career, he has been involved in the assurance work of many large-scale industrial organizations in Turkey, as well as in consultancy and corporate finance projects. During his energy sector leadership roles, he was involved in the audit of the energy and electricity market in Romania. Ethem Kutucular is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and a member of YASED (International Investors Association).

Atty. R. Ertuğrul Onur Chief Legal Officer

Atty. R. Ertuğrul Onur has been serving as the General Counsel of CCI since 2007. He is also currently the Head of CCI Ethics and Compliance Committee. He established the CCI Compliance & Ethics Program and served as CCI Ethics and Compliance Officer between 2013 and 2016. He graduated from Istanbul University’s Law Faculty in 1988. Following the completion of his traineeship in the Konya Bar Association, he worked as a research assistant in the same Law Faculty. Mr. Onur served as Legal Counsel for Mobil Oil Türk A.Ş. and BP Petrolleri A.Ş. between 1995 and 2000. He also worked as BP Türkiye Employee Representative, BP Oil Europe Works Council Member and BP Oil Europe Works Council Link Committee Member. Prior to joining the Coca-Cola system, he set up the legal department in Pfizer İlaçları and served as Assistant General Manager and Legal Director. Mr. Onur implemented various compliance programs as the Compliance Liaison Officer in Pfizer Türkiye. Mr. Onur has 29 years of work experience and is a member of the Istanbul Bar Association.

Ahmet Öztürk Chief Audit Executive

Ahmet Öztürk was appointed as Coca-Cola İçecek Internal Audit Director as of 1 January 2018. He joined Anadolu Group in August 1995, having graduated from Bilkent University, with a major in Economics. He started his career as an Assistant Financial Control Specialist and continued to work in different roles and responsibilities in group companies, serving as CFO of Coca-Cola Turkmenistan, Coca-Cola Azerbaijan, Efes Ukraine and Efes Serbia between 1999 and 2007 respectively. Öztürk was appointed as the Internal Auditor of Efes Beer Group International operations in July 2007 and promoted to become the Internal Audit Director of Anadolu Efes in January 2011.

Aslı Kamiloğlu Chief Information and Digital Officer

Having assumed various roles in information technology organizations at Aras Kargo and Turkcell in the early years of her career, Ms. Aslı Kamiloğlu continued her career in GE Healthcare as Commercial Digital Leader in Eastern and African growth markets, a large and diverse set of growth markets, comprising over 80 countries. She then held various Global digital and technology leadership roles in GE Healthcare and GE Digital.
Ms. Aslı Kamiloğlu has been leading digital products strategy and execution in the Customer digital domain for all CCI Countries since 2019. Ms. Aslı Kamiloğlu graduated from Galatasaray high school and holds a bachelor’s degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering and a Master’s degree in Software Engineering from Joseph Fourier University.

Burçun İmir Chief Corporate Affairs and Sustainability Officer

Burçun İmir was appointed as the Coca-Cola İçecek Chief Corporate Affairs and Sustainability Officer as of September 1, 2023. İmir served as Corporate Communications, Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility Leader at Coca-Cola İçecek between 2023-2021. Before joining Coca-Cola İçecek, between 2021-2019, İmir served as the General Coordinator of DasDas, in addition to providing Sustainability, Communication, Brand and Management Consultancy services in the consultancy company she founded. She served as Corporate Communication and Sustainability Officer at Allianz Türkiye between 2019-2016, Chief Marketing and Communication Officer at Aras Kargo between 2016-2013, and Corporate Communications Manager at Turkcell between 2013-2008. Between 2008 and 1995, Burçun İmir worked as a senior manager, Middle East Representative and reporter in various media outlets such as Habertürk TV, TV24, Doğan News Agency (DHA), CNNTÜRK, CNN International, German News Agency (DPA) and Turkish Daily News. In 1998, she earned a bachelor’s degree in International Relations from Bilkent University.

Erdi Kurşunoğlu Chief Financial Officer

Erdi Kurşunoğlu had joined CCI as Finance Director of Coca-Cola Beverages Pakistan in 2021 and prior to joining CCI , Mr. Kurşunoğlu served as the Chief Financial Officer at Walmart Africa. Before that, he held the position of Chief Financial Officer in different regions at Ericsson, including Sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East. Additionally, while at Ericsson, Mr. Kursunoglu also served as the Vice President of Sales for the Eastern Europe & Central Asia Region. Mr. Kurşunoğlu holds an MBA Degree from Imperial College University of London, a Postgraduate Diploma in International Management from Istanbul University, and a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from Boğaziçi University. With 25 years of professional tenure, Mr. Kurşunoğlu brings strong global financial experience from multiple senior positions in international companies and from various industries.

Karim Yahi CEO

Mr. Karim Yahi has almost 18 years of experience across diverse roles at The Coca-Cola Company in multiple geographies. He held roles of increasing responsibility in strategy, growth, finance and mergers & acquisitions, in multiple locations including France, Türkiye, Germany, Latin-America and the United States, and he served as the Chief Operating Officer of Fairlife LLC, a wholly owned dairy company of The Coca-Cola Company. Mr. Yahi, who was appointed as the Deputy Chief Executive Officer to CCI on March 1, 2023, has taken over the CEO role as of September 1, 2023.

Kerem Kerimoğlu Chief Supply Chain Officer

Kerem Kerimoglu, a graduate of Middle East Technical University with a major in Mechanical Engineering, worked for Denizli Cam as R&D engineer before joining CCI. Since joining CCI in 1993, Mr. Kerimoğlu held various positions, including Maintenance Supervisor, Production Manager and Operation Manager roles in Ankara Plant, and served as the Operation Manager both for Ankara and Bursa plants between 2003 and 2006. After serving as Türkiye Supply Chain Director between 2006 and 2015, Mr. Kerimoğlu worked as CCI Turkmenistan General Manager between 2015-2017 and CCI Iraq General Manager between 2017 and 2019. Mr. Kerimoğlu assumed the role of CCI Supply Chain Development Director in 2020 and has been working as Supply Chain Director since September 1st 2020.

Burak Gürcan Chief Human Resources Officer

Mr. Burak Gürcan joined Anadolu Group 28 years ago and assumed roles of increasing responsibility, accumulating experience in Information Systems through ERP projects, Marketing Management, and Human Resources Systems at Efes Beverage Group, Anadolu Bilişim Services and Anadolu Medical Center. Mr. Gürcan, who was responsible for Talent Management, Rewards & Benefits Management, and Employee Experience Management at Anadolu Group , holds a MSc degree (2001) and BSc degree (1996) in Industrial Engineering, both from Istanbul Technical University. Mr. Gürcan has taken over the Chief Human Resources Officer role as of September 1, 2024.

Ahmet Kürşad Ertin South Asia and Middle East Region Director

Erdinç Güzel Caucasia and Central Asia Region Director

Hasan Ellialtı Turkiye Region Director

Hasan Ellialtı has been appointed as Regional Director as of April 1, 2023. Mr. Ellialtı joined CCI in 1997, served in different positions in Turkey sales function until 2015. He worked as Turkey Sales Director between 2015 and 2019. He held the position of General Manager of Coca-Cola İçecek Azerbaijan from 2019 to 2020. Ellialtı assumed the role of General Manager for CCI Turkey from 2020 to 2023. Since 2023 he continues to lead as Regional Director. Mr. Ellialtı graduated from the Business Administration Department of Anadolu University and completed the Business Administration Certificate Program at the University of New South Wales, Sydney.