Board Of Directors

Tuncay Özilhan was born in Kayseri. He studied in Saint-Joseph High School, then graduated from the Faculty of Economics of İstanbul University. He received his MBA degree from Long Island University in the United States. He started his career in 1977 as General Director of Erciyas Brewery and has undertaken responsibilities such as Coordinator of the Beer Group and General Coordinator of Anadolu Group. Mr. Özilhan acted as the CEO of Anadolu Group from 1984 to February 2017. He is the Chairman of Anadolu Group since May 2007. He has also been serving as Chairman of Anadolu Foundation as well as various Group companies. Mr. Özilhan served as the Chairman of TÜSİAD (Turkish Industrialist’s and Businessmen’s Association) from 2001 to 2003 and he is currently Chairman of its High Advisory Council. His other responsibilities include; Member of The Board at the Foreign Economic Relations Board (DEİK), Honorary Consul for the Republic of Estonia and President of Anadolu Efes Sports Club. He also served as Chairman of the Turkish – Russian Business Council at DEİK. Mr. Özilhan holds Ministerial Medal by the Ministry Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Estonia and “The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star”, constituting one of the most important orders awarded by Japanese government.

Kamil Yazıcı graduated from New York Military Academy as lieutenant captain (96’), holds a BA degree from Emory University’s Goizueta Business School (00’), an MBA degree from American Institute of Business and Economics (05’) and has completed the GMP program at the Harvard Business School (17’). Starting his career in Anadolu Group in year 2000, Mr. Yazıcı completed the orientation program at the holding later continuing his career in Anadolu Efes‘ Russian beer operations where he assumed the roles of Supply Chain Director and Business Development Director during 2008-2011. In 2011 Mr. Yazıcı was appointed as General Manager of Efes Vitanta in Moldova and resumed this role until 2014. In 2014 he was appointed as Market Development Director, a position held until 2017. Since 2017 Mr. Yazıcı has been serving as Board Member and Vice-Chairman on Anadolu Group Holding and subsidiary boards. In addition, Mr. Yazıcı serves as Board Member for TAİK (Türkiye-U.S. Business Council), TOGG (Turkish National Auto Initiative), HBS Alumnus (Harvard Business School’s Alumni Board) and KYYDAS (the Kamil Yazici Family Trust).

Jason Warner is AB InBev’s Zone President Europe since 1 January 2019. Born in 1973, he is a dual British and U.S. citizen and received a BSc Eng Hons Industrial Business Studies degree from DeMontfort University in the United Kingdom. Prior to his current role, he was Business Unit President for North Europe between 2015 and 2018. He joined AB InBev in July 2009 as Global VP Budweiser, based in New York, before moving into a dual role of Global VP Budweiser and Marketing VP. He has also held Global VP roles for Corona as well as Innovation and Renovation. Prior to joining AB InBev, he held various positions at The Coca-Cola Company and Nestlé.

Tuğban İzzet Aksoy graduated from the Management and International Finance Department of the University of Oglethorpe in the USA, following his education at the Austrian High School. He began his professional career as an Assistant Expert in the Financial Affairs Directorate at Anadolu Endüstri Holding, in 1996. In December 1998 he was appointed as a Senior Broker at the Alternatifbank Treasury Department. Following five years in this role, Aksoy took on the role of Corporate Finance and Risk Manager at the Treasury and Risk Management Department of Anadolu Endüstri Holding A.Ş. in June 2003. In April 2008, he became Assistant Coordinator at Business Development Directorate, and between 2009-April 2019, he worked as Anadolu Group Energy Sector Coordinator. He continues to serve as Board Member in various Anadolu Group companies. Aksoy, who has participated in professional training and seminars in his field, is member of energy groups of TÜSİAD and TOBB. He is also the executive board member of the Turkish Jockey Club. Aksoy has been serving as an honorary consul of Georgia since 2016 and also holds Georgian Government Medal of Honor.

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 Türkiye. Mr. Akçakoca has been working as a consultant since 2004; he holds board member positions in various Anadolu Group companies.

Ahmet Boyacıoğlu graduated from Middle East Technical University in Business Administration. Mr. Boyacıoğlu began his professional career with the Efes Beverage Group (Anadolu Efes) in 1973. He served in various positions between 1973 and 2005 including Bursa Region Sales Manager, Ege Biracılık ve Malt San. A.Ş. Sales Manager, Güney Biracılık ve Malt San. A.Ş. General Manager, Ege Biracılık ve Malt San. A.Ş. General Manager, Eastern Europe President, International Beer Operations Group President, and also Strategy and Business Development President. Mr. Boyacıoğlu was appointed as the President of the Efes Beer Group in May 2005 and retired in February 2007. Currently, he sits on the Boards of Directors of some Anadolu Group companies.

Born in 1957 in İstanbul, Agah Uğur 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 vice chairman in Dogan Holding and a board member in Pegasus Havayolları, Anadolu Efes, Coca-Cola İçecek, Alcatel Lucent Teletaş Telekomünikasyon, Gözde Girişim as well as an advisory board member in some reputable Turkish corporations. Agah Ugur is a partner and chairman in venture capital firm, Boğaziçi Ventures and he also manages his own portfolio of technology startups. Mr. Uğur held more than 15 board and advisory board positions in various NGOs during his professional career. Currently he is a member of the High Advisory Council of TÜSİAD, a member of the Board of Trustees of Sabancı University, member of the Advisory Board of Columbia University Istanbul Global Center. He is also a founding member and vice chairman of the Saha Foundation, supporting Turkish contemporary art. He is an art collector with a special focus on new media and video art.

Mr. Bayar graduated from New York State University, Department of Mathematics & Statistics with a BSc. degree. Mr. Bayar started his career at Citibank Türkiye in 1987 and served in various roles in the treasury department until he started public service in 1992. Mr. Bayar served as the Vice President in Public Partnership Administration between 1992-1997 and President at Prime Ministry Privatization Administration of Türkiye between 1997-2002. During this time, he also assumed the Chairmanships of the Board at Erdemir and Petrol Ofisi, and the Board Memberships at Turkish Airlines and Turk Telekom. Mr. Bayar joined Credit Suisse Türkiye in 2004 and served as the country CEO and Head of Investment Banking until 2017. Mr. Bayar is currently serving as Türkiyea Board Member at AG Anadolu Grubu Holding, Coca-Cola İçecek and Tekfen Teknoloji Yatırım. Bayar has also served as the Chairman of the Board of WWF Türkiye (World Wildlife Foundation) between 2010-2022. Mr. Bayar fulfils all requirements of the independent member criteria specified in the CMB’s Corporate Governance Principles.

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, Mrs. Develioğlu started working in Turkcell and acted as Marketing Vice President in 2006-2011 and International Division Vice President in 2011–2014 at the same institution. Mrs. Develioğlu has started working in Yıldız Holding as Türkiye Marketing President and Godiva Middle East and Türkiye CEO in 2015. Then after she has acted as Global Marketing President in Pladis, Yıldız Holding’s London based global snack company until 2018. Mrs. Develioğlu acted as independent board member for several companies in telecommunication, technology, FMCG, consumer durables and retail industries across Türkiye, Middle East, CIS countries and Europe. She still serves as board member at Aksa Akrilik, Coca-Cola İçecek, Anadolu Isuzu and Nobel İlaç. She is also one of the founders and board member of Women on Board Association in Türkiye. She is currently acting as mentor at INSEAD, Women on Board Association program and Endeavor. Mrs. Develioğlu has 30 years of experience in marketing, business development and she is a strategy leader. She was selected as “Best Marketing Person” of Türkiye in 2009; won the “Women to Watch” award for Marketing in 2014 and was listed among “Top 25 CMOs” in Global Creativepool Annual in 2018. She has served as Executive Board Member of Advertisers’ Association of Türkiye (RVD) andAdvertising Self-regulatory Body in Türkiye (RÖK) for 6 years. She is the author of the business and memoir book titled ‘Karar Verdim’. Mrs. Develioğlu fulfils all requirements of the independent member criteria specified in the CMB’s Corporate Governance Principles.

Bekir Ağırdır was born in Denizli in 1956. After graduating from Middle East Technical University, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Department of Business Administration in 1979, he worked as Sales Manager and Deputy General Manager at Bilsan Bilgisayar Malzemeleri A.Ş. between years 1980-1984, as Sales Coordinator at Meteksan Ltd. between years 1984-1986 and as General Manager at Pirintaş Computer Materials and Basım Sanayi A.Ş. between years 1986-1996. He served as Deputy General Manager at Atılım Kağıt ve Defter Sanayi AŞ between years 1996-1999 and as General Manager and Board Member at PMB Akıllı Kart ve Bilgi Teknolojileri AŞ between years 1999-2003. Between years 2003 and 2005, he worked at the History Foundation, first as the Coordinator and then as the General Manager. He has been the General Manager and Member of the Board of Directors at KONDA Araştırma ve Danışmanlık Limited Şirketi between years 2005-2022, and a member of the Board of Directors since June 2022. He is the Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors at Zorlu Enerji, and a Member of the Board of Directors at Vestel Beyaz Eşya Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş. and Vestel Elektronik Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş. He is the Vice Chairman of the Board of the Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation (TESEV), the Founding Member of the Yanındayız Association, the Democratic Republic Program and the EYMIR Culture Foundation, a member of the METU Alumni Association, a writer for Oxygen Newspaper, and a commentator for the T24 Internet Newspaper.

Mr. Ağırdır, fulfils all requirements of the independent membership criteria specified in the CMB’s Corporate Governance Principles.