Prof. Dr. Ahmet Kırman
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Chairman and Executive Member of the Board
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Dr. Ahmet Kırman graduated from Ankara University, Faculty of Law. He went on to obtain his Master’s degree in EU Competition Law and Ph.D. in Commercial Law from the same institution, becoming an Associate Professor and then Professor of Financial Law. Dr. Kırman served as Faculty Member, Division Head, Head of the Finance Department and Institute Director at Ankara University, Faculty of Political Science. He was also a Faculty Member at Galatasaray University, Faculty of Law. Dr. Kırman started his professional career in 1981 as a judge for the Council of State. Subsequently, he joined Türkiye İş Bankası A.Ş. where he held various positions in banking and insurance. He served as the Chairman of Türkiye İş Bankası A.Ş., Milli Reasürans T.A.Ş., Destek Reasürans A.Ş., and Petrol Ofisi A.Ş., and Board Member at several other major companies including Anadolu Sigorta A.Ş. During his tenure as the Chairman of the Board of Directors at İşbank, he was also chairman of the Audit Committee and served on the Inspection Board.
At Türkiye Şişe ve Cam Fabrikaları A.Ş., Dr. Kırman has served as Chairman and fully authorized Executive Director from 2006 to 2011, Vice Chairman and CEO from 2011 to 2021, Chairman and CEO as from 30 March 2021 and Chairman as from 1 July 2021. At the General Assembly meeting held on March 28, 2022, Dr. Kırman was also appointed as an Executive Member of the Board pursuant to Articles 367 and 370 of the TCC and Article 11/2 of the Articles of Association. He was also the Chairman of Soda San. A.Ş., Trakya Cam San. A.Ş., Anadolu Cam San. A.Ş. and Paşabahçe Cam San. Tic. A.Ş. from 2011 to 30 September 2020, when these four main listed subsidiaries were merged under Şişecam. In addition to his position of Chairman of the Board of Directors at Şişecam, he continues to serve as the Chairman of several Group companies based in Russia, Netherlands, Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania. In recognition of his outstanding lifetime contributions to glass science and technology, encouraging the exchange of knowledge and promotion of the domestic and international glass community, Dr. Kırman was honored with the “President’s Award” by the International Commission on Glass (ICG), which is the most reputable and recognized world-wide organization in the field of glass with representatives from 33 countries. Dr. Kırman has been awarded with the honor of “Cavaliere” of the “Order of the Star of Italy,” nominated by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and bestowed by the President of the Italian Republic, for his contribution to strengthening economic bilateral relations and mutual investments between Italy and Turkey. Dr. Kırman has also been honored by the President of Tatarstan with the “Medal of Valorous Labor” in recognition of his valuable contributions to the development of investments and economic cooperation with Tatarstan. He has been honored with the “Medal of Appreciation” due to his contributions to the economic development of the Targovishte Region in Bulgaria, as well. Dr. Kırman has served on the Board of Directors at ICC Turkish National Committee, BTHE and IAV. In addition, Dr. Kırman was a member of the Board of Trustees and Board of Directors at TEPAV (The Economic Policy Research Foundation of Turkey), alongside membership on the Board of Directors and Committee of Legal Affairs at the Turkish Shooting and Hunting Federation. He also participated in numerous specific training programs particularly including Banking & Financials, The Fundamentals of International Finance & Advanced Aspects of International Finance 1997, Queen Mary and Westfield College of London, Finance for Lawyers, International Taxation & Offshore Financial Planning. Dr. Kırman has authored 12 books along with numerous scholarly articles and has been invited as a key speaker in a wide range of scientific as well as business events. Involved in parachuting and shooting sports, Dr. Kırman won the gold medal in shooting at the 1978 Balkan Championship.
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H. Cahit Çınar
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Vice Chairman
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Mr. Cahit Çınar graduated from International Relations Department of Ankara University, Faculty of Political Science. He attended Munich Ludwig-Maximillians University between 1989-1990. Mr. Çınar began his career at İşbank as Assistant Specialist at Economic Research Division in 1991 and joined the Board of Inspectors as Assistant Inspector in 1992. Appointed to the Commercial Loans Division in 2001 as Assistant Manager, Mr. Çınar became the Regional Manager of Commercial Loans Division in 2007, Head of Commercial Loans Underwriting Division in 2010 and Manager of Güneşli Corporate Branch in 2013. He was appointed as Chief Executive Officer at İşbank AG on 25 March 2016. Mr. Çınar has been serving as Deputy Chief Executive of İşbank since October 2018. Mr. Çınar is also the Chairperson of İş Investment. Cahit Çınar was elected as the Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors at Türkiye Şişe ve Cam Fabrikaları A.Ş. on September 27, 2021.
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Dilek Duman
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Independent Member
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Dilek Duman graduated from Boğaziçi University, Computer Engineering Department in 1990 and started her professional career as a software specialist at Promaks A.Ş. She joined Interbank's subsidiary Intertech in 1993, where she served as software specialist, team leader, project manager, and consultant, respectively. Ms. Duman took on the role of Manager responsible for Information Technologies from the founding of DenizBank in 1997, where she supervised the establishment of the entire technical infrastructure of the bank. In addition to working on branch and bank acquisitions over the years, she served as CIO and Executive Vice President for Information Technologies during the time when DenizBank became Turkey's fifth largest private bank.
In 2004, Ms. Duman became the CEO of Intertech, a subsidiary of DenizBank. From 2008 to 2021, she was the Executive Vice President responsible for DenizBank Information Technologies and Support Services. In this position, she took on the management of Banking Operations, Information Technologies, CRM, Data Analytics, Communication Center, Organization, Distribution Channels, Process Design, Branch Operations, and Counters at DenizBank. For over a 16-year period since 2005, Ms. Duman has held the positions of Chairperson and Executive Member of the Board of Directors at various DenizBank Group companies. She also managed the digitalization transformation of DenizBank AG, the group's foreign subsidiary. Dilek Duman has been a member of the System Optima Technical Advisory Board since October 2021 and a member of the National Factoring Independent Board of Directors since February 2022. She was appointed as an Independent Member of the Board of Directors at Türkiye Şişe ve Cam Fabrikaları A.Ş. as of April 1, 2022.
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İzlem Erdem
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Member
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İzlem Erdem graduated from the Economics Department (English) of Marmara University, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, in 1990. She attended Advanced Management Program of Harvard Business School in 2016. İzlem Erdem began her career at İşbank as a Junior Economist in the Economic Research Division in 1990 and she was promoted to Assistant Manager of the same Division in 1998. Appointed to the Capital Markets Division of the Bank in 2000, Erdem promoted to Unit Manager of the same Division in 2004. She became the Head of the Economic Research Division in 2008 and in 2018 she also got the title of Chief Economist of İşbank. In March 2022 she was promoted to the Deputy Chief Executive Officer of İşbank. In addition to her duties at the bank, she is currently the Chairperson of the Board of İş Yatırım Ortaklığı A.Ş. and Board member of Turkey Securitization Company. Since March 2015, İzlem Erdem has been the Member of the Board of Directors of Şişecam.
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Dinç Kızıldemir
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Independent Member
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Having graduated from the Department of Administrative Sciences at Boğaziçi University in 1975, Dinç Kızıldemir started his career as the Sales and Marketing Manager at Elka Elyaflı Plaka Sanayii A.Ş., which was previously an affiliate of Garanti Bank and then joined Koç Group. Following his military service at Tuzla Infantry School and Turkish War Colleges, Kızıldemir acted as the Sales and Marketing Manager and Vice Managing Director at Kelebek Kontrplak ve Mobilya A.Ş., an affiliate of Enka Group, and assumed the responsibility for establishing and managing McDonalds Corporation Turkey company in 1991. He acted as the Managing Director and the Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors at this company and supervised the establishment of retail, logistics and supply infrastructure for the company. Joining OYAK Group in 2001, he acted as the Managing Director for the Retail Group and became a Board Member for AXA-OYAK Holding and its insurance companies and at companies such as Good Year and Eti Marketing by representing minority shares. Since 2006, he has worked at Erdemir Group of Companies for 10 years as the Chairman of the Board of Directors and Executive Director. Between 2009 and 2016, he worked as the Head of Business Development (new company acquisitions) Group, Energy Group, International Chemistry Group and the Department of Legislation Compliance and the Department of Sustainability within OYAK Group. He acted as the Chairman of the Board of Directors, Executive Director and Board Member at more than 40 national and international companies within OYAK Group. He assumed responsibility for the acquisition and, subsequently, management of more than 20 companies, factories and refineries in the USA, Germany, the Netherlands, Austria, Australia, the United Kingdom, China, Japan, Brazil, India and other countries. As a part of these assignments, he was involved in the establishment of a joint medical startup company with Massachusetts General Hospital of Harvard Medical School. Dinç Kızıldemir was appointed as an Independent Member in line with the Corporate Governance Principles of the Capital Markets Board of Turkey at the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders by our company on March 21, 2018.
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Prof.Dr. Şener Oktik
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Member
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Prof. Dr. Şener Oktik graduated from Ankara University with a degree in Physics in 1976 and received his M.Eng. in Applied Physics in 1977 from the same university. He went on to obtain a Ph.D. from Durham University (UK), Department of Applied Physics and Electronics in 1982. Prof. Oktik became Associate Professor in 1986 and a full Professor in 1995. During his academic career, he has worked as a lecturer, research scientist, senior researcher and administrator, senior administrator at Durham University (UK), Lecce University (Italy), Stuttgart University (Germany), Selçuk University and Muğla University (Turkey). Prof. Oktik was the third and fourth term of President/Rector of Muğla University between 2002 and 2010. He has also worked as a senior research scientist, technologist, and senior executive in industrial research and technological development laboratories in England at BP Solar, Sunbury, Imperial Chemical Industries PLC (ICI), Paints Division Slough Research Labs, and Industrial Research Labs of Durham University (UK), Center for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research Baden-Württemberg (ZSW))(Germany) and in Turkey at Anel Group, Arıkanlı Holding and Şişecam). He has been a member of many NGO and occupational organizations and currently Prof. Oktik is a member of the Advisory Committee of International Commission on Glass, “ICG”, Conference on Coatings on Glass and Plastics, ”ICCG”, Society of Vacuum Coaters “SVC”, The Centre for Functional and Surface Functionalized Glass (Slovakia), he is also in the Scientific Committee of “European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference EU-PVSEC” and representing Turkish Physical Society at the European Physical Society (EPS). At national level he is the Honorary Chairman Turkish Solar Energy Industry Association, a member of steering committee of Turkish Clean Energy Foundation, a member of advisory comitte to Turkish Science, Technology and Innovation Policies Council, a member of board of trustees of Sıtkı Koçman Foundation and Turkish Fundamental Sciences Research Foundation. Prof. Oktik is currently a senior lecturer at Kadir Has University and author/co-author of over 100 scientific and technical publications and inventor/co-inventor of two world patents. Prof. Oktik was elected to the Board of Directors of Türkiye Şişe ve Cam Fabrikaları A.Ş. at the Ordinary General Shareholders Meeting on 27 March 2020
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Gül Ayşem Sargın
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Independent Member
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Gül Ayşem Sargın graduated from the Economics Department, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences at the Middle East Technical University in 1992. She embarked on her career at the Financial Markets Department of Turk Eximbank. From 1997 to 2010, she served as a Senior Financial Advisor for the U.S. Embassy in Ankara. In this role, she worked on strengthening the U.S.-Turkey investment and trade relations, with a particular focus on energy, aviation, healthcare and telecommunications industries. Gül Ayşem Sargın worked as the External Affairs Manager for British Petroleum (BP) Turkey, and Government Affairs and Policy Director for General Electric (GE) in Turkey, respectively from 2010 to 2012 and from 2012 to 2015. Ms. Sargın has been acting as the Managing Director and Country Representative for Boeing Turkey since September 2015. Also a member of the Board of Trustees at TED İstanbul College, Ms. Sargın has been officiating as a member of the Board of Directors at American Business Forum in Turkey (AmCham) since 2017; member of the Board of Directors at the Foreign Economic Relations Board of Turkey (DEİK) since February 2019; and Chairperson of International Investors Association of Turkey (YASED). Gül Ayşem Sargın was elected as a member of the Board of Directors at Türkiye Şişe ve Cam Fabrikaları A.Ş. at the Ordinary General Assembly on March 30, 2021.
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Ahu Serter
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Member
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Ahu Serter graduated from Bilkent University, Business Administration Department in 1996 and received her MBA in Investment Management from Pace University in 2000. Ms. Serter worked as a fund manager in international capital markets throughout her career on Wall Street. Returning to Turkey in 2002, she served as CFO at Farplas Automotive and became the President of the company in 2012. During her tenure at Farplas, Ms. Serter consolidated the group companies under Fark Holding, established new profitable business lines, and actively encouraged intrapreneurship across the organization. She currently serves as the President of Fark Holding and is also the founder of Arya Women Investment Platform. Ahu Serter established Fark Labs, a global innovation center, in 2019 to transform the startup ecosystem and to support and invest in innovation. Experienced in strategic alliances, mergers, and acquisitions, Ms. Serter has served on the boards of global automotive companies such as Mahle-Farplas and Farhym Automotive. She still serves on the boards of TTGV (Technology Development Foundation of Turkiye) and TAIDER (Family Business Association, an affiliate of Family Business Network) and leads the innovation initiatives of these organizations. Ms. Serter serves on the boards of numerous technology startups, including Mata Automotive, Wirthwein-Farel, as well as DUCKT, Comodif, and Buyutech. She is also a member of Galata Business Angels and Endeavor Turkey. Ahu Serter was elected as a member of the Board of Directors of Türkiye Şişe ve Cam Fabrikaları A.Ş. at the Ordinary General Assembly held on March 28, 2022.
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Can Yücel
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Member
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Can Yücel graduated from Middle East Technical University (METU), Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Department of Economics in 1999. Post-graduation, he joined İşbank as an Intern - Assistant Inspector with the Board of Inspectors. During his tenure at İşbank, Mr. Yücel became Assistant Manager in the SME Loans Allocation Department in 2008 and Assistant Manager in the Corporate Loans Allocation Department in 2009. He went on to become Unit Manager in 2011, and then Manager in İşbank’s Corporate Loans Allocation Department. Can Yücel was appointed Manager of the Başkent Corporate Branch/Ankara in 2020 and Deputy CEO at İşbank on August 26, 2021. Mr. Yücel has been a Member of the Board of Directors at Türkiye Şişe ve Cam Fabrikaları A.Ş. since January 3, 2022.
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