Management and Board of Directors
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, he 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, Kamil Yazıcı has been serving as Vice- Chairman on Anadolu Group holding and subsidiary Board of Directors. In addition, he serves as Board Member for TAİK (Turkish-American Business Council), TOGG (Turkish National Auto Initiative), HBS Alumnus (Harvard Business School’s Alumni Board) and is the ViceChairman of KYYDAS (the Kamil Yazici Family Trust) He is also a member of TÜSİAD (Turkish Industry & Business Association).
İlhan Murat Özgel began his career at Procter & Gamble. He started his career at Coke system in 2003 at Coca-Cola 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 developed, and developing/emerging markets. Currently serving as President, Japan and Korea Operating Unit, Özgel leads the business in one of Coca-Cola’s most dynamic and strategically important markets. Prior to this role, he served as President, Bottling Investments Group (BIG), where he led Coca-Cola’s company-owned bottling network globally, driving operational excellence and strategic growth. Before that, he was BIG’s Chief Growth Officer, leading efforts to enhance the organizations’ portfolio, capabilities, and infrastructure through strategic mergers and acquisitions. Özgel earned a bachelor of science degree in industrial engineering from Middle East Technical University in Türkiye.
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 Türkiye Managing Director and served in this position until January 2017. Aksoy still continues to serve as a Board Member in various Anadolu Group companies.
İ. İzzet Özilhan was born in İstanbul in 1982. He received his undergraduate degree from Hofstra University Banking and Finance Department in 2006 in USA. Özilhan, began his career as a Brand Representative at Coca-Cola İçecek A.Ş in 2006 and served as Sales Representative in Coca-Cola Hellenic A.Ş. In 2009, he started working at Efes Russia and took up dutied as Finance Manager and Brand Distribution Representative. In 2011, he started in Anadolu Efes Türkiye as Market Development Supervisor and continued as Horeca Manager, Modern Trade Sales Director and On-Trade Directorate respectively. In 2024, he became a board member at several Anadolu Group companies. Özilhan was chosen as Board Member of TÜSİAD in 2024 and after actingas the Leader of its Food, Beverage and Agriculture Roundtable, he now serves as the Vice President of TÜSİAD since 2026. He also acts as a Board Member at TÜRKONFED.
Sadettin Ahmet Bilgiç was born in 1979. He was graduated from Cağaloğlu Anatolian High School in 1997 and from Indiana University, Department of Business Administration in 2001. In 2004, he received his MBA degree from Sabancı University.
Mr. Bilgiç started his professional career in the Internal Audit Department at AG Anadolu Holding between 2001 and 2003 and worked as an Investor Relations Analyst at Anadolu Efes between 2003 and 2004. In 2005, Mr. Bilgiç joined Coca-Cola İçecek in the Sales Department and worked as Marmara Region Sales Manager between 2008 and 2011, Business Development Manager between 2011 and 2014, and Sales Manager between 2014 and 2018.
Between June 2018 and 2024, he worked at Coca-Cola İçecek A.Ş. as Turkey and Middle East Purchasing, Import and Export Manager.
As of 2024, Mr. Bilgiç has been serving as a Member of the Board of Directors at Anadolu Group companies.
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. He served as Anadolu Group Soft Drinks Group President and Coca-Cola İçecek CEO between 2014 -2023. Başarır was appointed as Anadolu Group Deputy CEO in September 2023 and has been serving as Anadolu Group CEO since April 1st, 2024. Başarır is the Chairman of Anadolu Group Sustainability Committee and a member of the Turkish Industry & Business Association (TÜSİAD).
Hurşit Zorlu holds a BCs degree in Economics from Istanbul University. Before joining the Anadolu Group as a Marketing Specialist at Efes Beverage Group in 1984, he held various positions in Toz Metal and Turkish Airlines. During his career at Efes Beverage Group, he assigned various positions including Assistant Marketing Manager, Assistant Project Development Manager, Project Development Manager and Business Development & Investor Relations Director respectively. Zorlu worked as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) at Anadolu Efes between 2000-2008 and CFO at Anadolu Group between 2008- 2013. Zorlu served as Deputy CEO at Anadolu Group between 2013-2017. Hurşit Zorlu, who has been serving as the Chief Executive Officer of Anadolu Group since February 2017, retired as of April 1, 2024 from this position. Currently Hurşit Zorlu, is a Board Member of all Anadolu Group companies. Zorlu also served as the chair person of Anadolu Group Sustainability Committee of the Group. Hurşit Zorlu is a High Advisory Council Member of the Turkish Investor Relations Society (TÜYİD) and served as the 8th term Chairperson of the Corporate Governance Association of Türkiye (TKYD) between 2015-2017.
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.
Lale Develioğlu graduated from the Industrial Engineering Department at Boğaziçi University and pursued her postgraduate studies at Rensselear Polytechnic University.She began her professional career at Unilever in 1992, where she worked in various departments for 12 years and ultimately served as the Marketing Director. Following her time at Unilever, she spent 11 years at Turkcell, where she held the positions of Chief Marketing Officer and Vice President, responsible for International Operations and Group Companies.
In 2015, Develioğlu took on the role of Marketing President at Yıldız Holding and served as the Global Marketing President of Pladis, Yıldız Holding's London-based global snacking company, until 2018. Throughout her career, she has served as an independent board member for multiple companies across various sectors, including telecommunications, technology, fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG), food, durable goods, and retail, in Turkey, the Middle East, CIS countries, and Europe.
Develioğlu has received several prestigious accolades, including being named the "Best Marketing Person” in Turkey in 2009, receiving the “Women to Watch” award in 2014, and being included in the “Top 100 Influencers” list in the Global Creativepool Annual List in 2018. She currently serves as a senior advisor, board member, and mentor to various institutions. Additionally, she is the Chairperson of the DCRO Institute QRD Governance Council and acts as a peer reviewer for the EQUIS International Business Schools Accreditation System. Develioğlu is also the author of a personal development and memoir book titled “Karar Verdim.” Lale Develioğlu meets all the requirements for independent member criteria as specified in the CMB’s Corporate Governance Principles.
Prof. Dr. Barış Tan serves as the President of Özyeğin University. Prof. Tan received his BS in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Boğaziçi University, an MS in Industrial and Systems Engineering, an MSE in Manufacturing Systems, and a PhD in Operations Research from the University of Florida. Between 1994 and 2024, Prof. Tan served as a professor of Operations Management and Industrial Engineering, Vice President for Academic Affairs, Dean of the College of Economics and Administrative Sciences, and Director of the Graduate School of Business at Koç University. He joined Özyeğin University as a professor of Industrial Engineering and Business Administration in March 2024 and was appointed as the President in July 2024. Prof. Tan’s areas of expertise are design and control of manufacturing systems, supply chain management, and stochastic modeling. The awards received by Barış Tan include the Distinguished Young Researcher award from the Turkish Academy of Sciences, TÜBİTAK and NATO Research Fellowships, and best paper awards. Prof. Tan has been a visiting professor at Harvard University, MIT, the University of Cambridge, University College London, and Politecnico di Milano. Prof. Tan has served on various universities and organizations’ advisory and management boards worldwide, including EFMD, Kyoto University Graduate School of Management, LUMS, Nottingham Business School, and ISM University of Management and Economics. Prof. Tan fulfills all requirements of the independent member criteria specified in the CMB’s Corporate Governance Principles.
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). Mr. Kutucular fulfills all requirements of the independent member criteria specified in the CMB’s Corporate Governance Principles.
İlhami Koç, with 35 years of experience in the finance sector, including banking, investment banking, private equity, and insurance, has held senior positions in prestigious financial institutions in Türkiye and has taken on voluntary roles in numerous non-governmental organizations.
Koç graduated from Ankara University, Faculty of Political Sciences, in 1986 and started his career the same year at the Inspection Board of Türkiye İş Bankası A.Ş. After serving in various positions related to capital markets at İşbank, he was appointed General Manager of İş Girişim Sermayesi Yatırım Ortaklığı A.Ş. in 2001. Subsequently, he served as the General Manager of İş Yatırım Menkul Değerler A.Ş., Türkiye's largest investment banking institution, from 2002 to 2013. At the beginning of 2013, Koç was appointed Deputy General Manager of Türkiye İş Bankası A.Ş. and later served as the General Manager of Anadolu Sigorta A.Ş. between 2016 and 2019.
After retiring from the İşbank Group in 2019, he joined Ernst & Young Türkiye, one of the world's leading consulting firms, as a partner and continues to work.
Koç has also served on the Boards of Directors of numerous companies both domestically and internationally. In addition to his professional roles, he served as the Chairman of the Turkish Capital Markets Association between 2014 and 2018 and was also a board member of the International Capital Market Association and Borsa Istanbul A.Ş. Mr. Koç fulfills all requirements of the independent member criteria specified in the CMB’s Corporate Governance Principles.
Upon resolution of the Board dated July 21, 2004, the Audit Committee is established. As per the resolution of the Board dated April 18, 2025, Emin Ethem Kutucular was appointed as the Chairman and Barış Tan was appointed as the member of the Audit Committee.
Companies listed on the Borsa Istanbul are encouraged about corporate governance by the Corporate Governance Principles published by Capital Markets Board. According to the Principles, a corporate governance committee should be established in order to monitor the company’s compliance with the corporate governance principles and perform improvement studies and offer any other suggestions to the Board.
Having had a corporate governance standards system also from its IPO, CCI decided to establish a Corporate Governance Committee by the aim of a more effective corporate governance system.
As per the resolution of the Board dated April 18, 2025, İlhami Koç was appointed as the Chairman and Talip Altuğ Aksoy, İ. İzzet Özilhan, S. Ahmet Bilgiç, M. Hurşit Zorlu, R. Engin Akçakoca, Esel Yıldız Çekin and Burak Berki were appointed as the members of the Corporate Governance Committee.
Upon resolution of the Board dated June 13, 2013, the Risk Detection Committee is established. As per the resolution of the Board dated April 18, 2025, Lale Develioğlu was appointed as the Chairman and İ. İzzet Özilhan, S. Ahmet Bilgiç, Burak Başarır and Emin Ethem Kutucular were appointed as the member of the Risk Detection Committee.
Upon resolution of the Board dated April 19, 2024, the Sustainability Committee is established. As per the resolution of the Board dated April 18, 2025, Barış Tan was appointed as the Chairman and İ. İzzet Özilhan, S. Ahmet Bilgiç, Burak Başarır and Lale Develioğlu was appointed as the members of the Sustainability Committee.
Below is a summary of our committee structure and membership information. To read more about any of the committees, click on committee names in the chart below.
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Ahmet Kürşad Ertin moved to Chief Operational Officer (COO), after successfully completing his assignment as South Asia and Middle East Region Director.
Ahmet Kürşad Ertin was appointed as General Manager of CCI Pakistan on 1 January 2019. Ahmet joined CCI in 1998 in commercial department and assumed different roles in the organization until 2009 when he moved to Baku as General Manager of Azerbaijan. He moved to Turkey in 2010 and assumed CCI Turkey Traditional and Distribution Channel Sales Director role and then in 2014 he was appointed as Turkey Sales Director. In 2015, moving to Almaty, Ahmet took the role of General Manager of CCI Kazakhstan. Ahmet has a total of 25 years of work experience and holds a bachelor’s degree in Economics from Hacettepe University in Ankara, Turkey.
Burçak Türkeri is a senior corporate affairs and sustainability executive with over 20 years of experience in strategic communications, stakeholder engagement, and sustainability leadership across multiple industries. Throughout her career, she has held diverse communication roles in different companies.
She spent 11 years at Coca-Cola İçecek (CCI), culminating in her role as Group Corporate Communications Manager, where she successfully led communication strategies across 10 countries and managed complex multi-country stakeholder ecosystems.
Following her tenure at CCI, Burçak joined Ford Otosan, a leading joint venture between Ford Motor Company and Koç Holding, as Sustainability and Corporate Communications Director. In this role, she led the company's sustainability efforts while managing corporate communication activities in Türkiye and Romania.
On April 13, 2026, Burçak was appointed Chief Corporate Affairs and Sustainability Officer at Coca-Cola İçecek, where she is responsible for shaping and leading the company's corporate affairs, sustainability, communications, government relations, and stakeholder engagement agenda across CCI's multinational footprint.
Burçak holds a BA in International Relations from Koç University and an MA in European Studies from Boğaziçi University. She is also a graduate of Harvard Business School's Program for Leadership Development.
With 25 years of experience, including two decades within Anadolu Group, Çiçek Özgüneş has led strategic initiatives in debt and equity capital markets, focusing on public and private offerings, capital structuring, risk and liquidity management, corporate governance, and investor relations.
She started her career in 2000 as a research assistant at Prudential Securities in Boston, USA. In 2005, she joined Anadolu Efes’ Corporate Finance & Investor Relations Department, where she supported various capital-raising projects that played a role in the company’s international growth.
In 2015, she was appointed Corporate Finance & Investor Relations Director at Anadolu Efes, a role she held until 2020 before transitioning to Coca-Cola İçecek as Treasury & Investor Relations Director. Over the next four years, she led initiatives in liquidity and debt management, financial risk planning, and investor relations.
In 2024, she took on the role of Finance Director of CCI Türkiye, focusing on financial strategy, operational finance, and regulatory compliance.
Çiçek has a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration in German from Marmara University and MBA from Boğaziçi University.
With more than 25 years of international leadership experience in enterprise digital transformation and technology strategies, Aktan began her career at IBM, where she held regional and global leadership roles across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. During this period, she led complex business and technology transformation programs.
In 2021, Aktan joined Coca-Cola İçecek and led the Enabling Functions Digital Technology and SAP Center of Excellence, driving digitalization, hyper-automation, and AI-driven innovation across the organization.
Aktan holds a bachelor’s degree in Sociology from Boğaziçi University and a master’s degree in Human Resource Management from Marmara University. She has also completed executive education programs at INSEAD. She has been serving as Chief Information and Digital Technology Officer since March 1, 2026.
Born on July 18, 1970 in Balıkesir, Erdinç Güzel graduated from Middle East Technical University, Department of Political Science and Public Administration. Starting his career at Nestle in 1999 as Regional Sales Coordinator, Mr. Güzel quickly rose to various positions and demonstrated his leadership skills by assuming responsibilities such as Key Account Operations Manager and Western Turkey Sales Center Manager.
Mr. Güzel joined the CCI family in 2009 as Customer and Commercial Operations Manager at CCI Azerbaijan and was appointed as Customer and Commercial Operations Director at CCI Kyrgyzstan in 2013. In January 2014, he was promoted as the General Manager of CCI Kyrgyzstan. In 2016, Mr. Güzel continued his career as General Manager of CCI Azerbaijan and in 2019, he was appointed General Manager of CCI Kazakhstan. In February 2023, he was appointed Regional Director for Central Asia and Caucasus Countries. In his new role, Mr. Güzel is responsible for managing the company's business in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan.
