Board of Directors
Chairman
Mehmet Tütüncü
Resume:
Mehmet Tütüncü completed his undergraduate education at Gazi University, Department of Mechanical Engineering, and his master's degree at Maltepe University, Department of Industrial and Organizational Psychology. With an IRI scholarship, he participated at Production, Quality Control and Maintenance Practices for 6 months in Italy. He has certificates in various fields, including in Strategic Marketing from Harvard Business School, and from IMD / Switzerland and Insead / Singapore.
Mehmet Tütüncü started his business life in 1981 as a Domestic Industry Specialist at the Ministry of Industry and Trade. Between 1987 and 1996, he worked as Production Manager, Operations Manager and General Manager at Best Rothmans Entegre Cigarettes and Tütün Sanayi A.Ş., respectively. He started his first job within Yıldız Holding as Business Coordinator at Ülker Gıda A.Ş. in 1996. He served as General Manager of Ülker Biscuits and Chocolate Factories, Vice President of Ülker Group, President of Food and Beverage Group, President of Food Group and President of Ulker International Group. In 2016, he was appointed as the Regional CEO responsible for Türkiye, Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia at pladis organization established within Yıldız Holding. In 2017, Mr. Tütüncü continued his duty as Deputy CEO, taking responsibility for the South Asia and Latin America regions and pladis Global Information Systems and Business Models Transformation. Since October 2018, he has taken on the duties of Yıldız Holding Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors and Yıldız Holding CEO. Mr. Tütüncü, who is a member of the Board of Directors of TÜGİS, is also a member of many Turkish and foreign sectoral organizations.
Deputy Chairman
Ali Ülker
Resume:
Ali Ülker who was born in 1969, completed his university education in the Department of Economics and Business Administration at Boğaziçi University, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, after finishing at Istanbul High School for Boys. He has attended various training programs at IMD, INSEAD, Wharton and Harvard. He took part in the Internal Kaizen Study (1992) and the IESC Sales System Development and Internal Organization Project (1997) with De Boccard & Yorke Consulting Company.
Ali Ülker, who started his career in 1985 as an intern in the Quality Control Department of Ülker Gıda A.Ş., assumed between 1986 and 1998 the positions of Intern, Sales Manager, Sales Coordinator, Product Group Coordinator and Product Group Manager at chocolate production facilities and Atlas Gıda Pazarlama A.Ş. Ali Ülker, who became the General Manager of Atlas Gıda Pazarlama A.Ş in 1998 and was appointed Vice President of the Retail Group in 2000, assumed the position of General Manager at Merkez Gıda Pazarlama A.Ş. in 2001. He was appointed Food Group Vice President in 2002 and Ülker Group President in 2005. Ali Ülker, who has been serving as Yıldız Holding's Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors since 2011, became the Chairman of Yıldız Holding's Board of Directors on January 29, 2020. At the same time, he is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Yıldız International Food Investments Inc. that was established in December 2023.
Mr. Ülker, who has a strong knowledge and experience in marketing and sales, has a special interest in innovation and supports teams working on this subject within the Group. He enjoys mentoring young people. He loves being outdoors and in nature and doing sports. Ali Ülker speaks English and German, is married and has 3 children.
Board Member
Fahrettin Günalp Ertik
Resume:
Fahrettin Günalp Ertik started his business life as a Financial Controller at Finansbank after graduating from Bilkent University, Department of Business Administration. Between 2002 and 2019, he worked at Yıldız Holding as Internal Auditor, Kellogg Finance Manager, Ülker Financial Affairs Coordinator, Food Group Financial Affairs Coordinator, Food & Beverage and Retail Group CFO, Besler General Manager and Önem Gıda Vice President. Mr. Ertik, who took on responsibilities in important projects throughout his career at Yıldız Holding, graduated from the INSEAD Leadership program in 2011. Then, he studied finance, sales, marketing and leadership at Wharton Business School and Kellogg School of Management. Mr. Ertik successfully completed the Harvard Business School Advanced Management Program (AMP) in 2023. Ertik, who served as the Chief Financial Officer and Member of the Board of Directors at Azersun Holding between January 2019 and June 2020, was appointed as the Chief Financial Officer of Yıldız Holding as of August 2020.
Board Member
Şükrü Çin
Resume:
Şükrü Çin, who was born in 1960, after getting education at Marmara University, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Department of Business Administration, Accounting and Finance, and worked as an Accounting and Finance Manager in the textile, machinery, import and export sectors between 1984-1991.
He started his first duty at Yıldız Holding as an auditor in the Control and Audit department in 1991, has worked at Yıldız Holding Subsidiary Besler Gıda ve Kimya Sanayi ve Tic. A.Ş. as Financial and Administrative Affairs Manager, Financial Affairs Coordinator, Assistant General Manager (Concurrently Financial Affairs Coordinator in companies affiliated to Yıldız Holding Food Group Presidency), General Manager and CEO of Frozen Food, Canned and Oil Business Unit since 1994.
Board Member
Esra Kıvrak
Resume:
Esra Kıvrak is a banker and senior manager with more than 30 years of experience in the banking industry. Between 1990 and 2018, she worked as a senior manager at Osmanlı Bankası, GarantiBBVA and Alternatifbank. In addition to her finance sector experience, she has led many projects on the development of women entrepreneurship and financing of SMEs in Türkiye. Lastly, she is the chairman of the executive board of a private company in the food industry and is a member of the Board of Directors of various associations. She graduated from Boğaziçi University, Political Science at 1989, and received executive training on various subjects from leading universities in the USA, especially Wharton Business School.
Board Member
Füsun Kuran
Resume:
Füsun Kuran, who started her career as an auditor at Arthur Andersen, continued her career at Stefanel, where she became General Manager in 2001. In 2005, she was awarded the "Youngest General Manager to Success" award by Capital Magazine. Füsun Kuran, who became Brooks Brothers General Manager in 2013, served as CEO of RMK Classic, which has Brooks Brothers and Edwards brands, until January 2019. Ms. Kuran, who served as the President of the Registered Trademarks Association (TMD) for two terms in 2010-2012 and 2014-2016, currently serves as the vice president of the association. Füsun Kuran, an experienced name in the business world, became the CEO of Make-A-Wish® Türkiye, an international organization for children struggling with life-threatening diseases. Since 2022, she has been serving as the CEO and board member of TutumluAnne.com, Türkiye marketplace for second-hand children's and women's products.