Board of Directors

Cengiz Solakoğlu graduated from the Istanbul Academy of Economic and Commercial Sciences in 1964 and began his career in 1967 as a sales representative at Beko Ticaret A.Ş., where he was appointed General Manager in 1977. After holding this position until 1983, he was appointed General Manager at Atılım Company, also part of the Koç Group. During his eight-year tenure, he led the restructuring and strengthening of the "Arçelik Authorized Dealer System." In 1991, he was appointed Vice President of the Koç Holding Consumer Goods Group, and in 1994, he became the President of the Consumer Goods Group. Solakoğlu, who also served as a member of the Group's Executive Committee from 1996 to 1998, was appointed President of the Koç Holding Durable Goods Group in 2002. He retired from the Koç Group in 2004, after 38 years of continuous service, due to the age-60 retirement policy. Besides his role at Bizim Toptan, Solakoğlu serves as a Board Member and Chairman of the Board at Şok Marketler A.Ş., one of Yıldız Holding's retail companies. As a founder of the 1907 Fenerbahçe Association and the Educational Volunteers Foundation of Türkiye (TEGV), where he has served as Chairman and Board Member since its inception, Cengiz Solakoğlu was named Civil Society Leader of the Year by Ekonomist magazine in 2004.

Mehmet Tütüncü completed his undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering at Gazi University and his master's degree in Industrial and Organizational Psychology at Maltepe University. He participated in a six-month training program on Production, Quality Control, and Maintenance Practices in Italy with an IRI scholarship. Throughout his career, he completed certificate programs in Strategic Marketing at Harvard Business School and in various other fields at IMD (Switzerland) and INSEAD (Singapore). In December 2025, he successfully completed the "Leading from the Chair" program at INSEAD (Fontainebleau). Mehmet Tütüncü began his professional career in 1981 as a Domestic Industry Specialist at the Ministry of Industry and Trade. From 1987 to 1996, he worked at Best Rothmans Entegre Sigara ve Tütün Sanayi A.Ş. as Production Manager, Operations Manager, and General Manager, respectively. He began his first role at Yıldız Holding in 1996 as the Operations Coordinator at Ülker Gıda A.Ş. He has held positions as General Manager of Ülker Biscuit and Chocolate Factories, Vice President of the Ülker Group, President of the Food and Beverage Group, President of the Food Group, and President of the Ülker International Group. In 2016, he was appointed Regional CEO responsible for Türkiye, the Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia in the pladis organization established within Yıldız Holding. In 2017, in addition to his existing duties, he took on responsibility for the South Asia and Latin America regions, as well as pladis Global Information Systems and Business Model Transformation, continuing as Deputy CEO. Since October 2018, he has served as the Vice Chairman of the Board and CEO of Yıldız Holding. As of April 2025, he is the Chairman of the Board and CEO of Yıldız Holding. Tütüncü is a Board Member of TÜGİS and a member of many Turkish and foreign industry organizations.

Born in Ankara in 1968, Uğur Demirel graduated from Ankara University, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, in 1991. He began his career as a Quality Control Supervisor at Maret A.Ş., a Koç Holding company, and later served as Production Manager during the establishment of the Aytaç Integrated Meat Facility. In 1997, he joined Gima, one of Türkiye's long-established retail companies, where he served as Deputy General Manager of Purchasing before becoming Commerce Director at Carrefour. Uğur Demirel joined Yıldız Holding in 2010 and served as the General Manager of Pasifik Tüketim Ürünleri Satış ve Ticaret A.Ş. from 2010 to 2015. Since 2015, he has been the CEO of ŞOK Marketler Ticaret A.Ş. In 2024, he was appointed as the Yıldız Holding Retail Group President, responsible for ŞOK Marketler, Bizim Toptan, SEÇ Market, and g2m companies. He has completed the Harvard Business School Management Program and the INSEAD Leadership Program and currently serves on the boards of g2mEKSPER Satış ve Dağıtım Hizm. A.Ş., Mevsim Taze Sebze Meyve San. T.A.Ş, and UCZ Mağazacılık T.A.Ş. Uğur Demirel is fluent in English, married, and has three children.

After graduating from Bilkent University's Department of Business Administration, Fahrettin Günalp Ertik began his career as a Financial Controller at Finansbank. Between 2002 and 2019 at Yıldız Holding, he held various positions including 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. Ertik undertook significant responsibilities in major projects during his career at Yıldız Holding and completed the INSEAD Leadership program in 2011. He later received training in finance, sales, marketing, and leadership at Wharton Business School and Kellogg School of Management. In 2023, he successfully completed the Harvard Business School Advanced Management Program (AMP). From January 2019 to June 2020, Ertik served as the Chief Financial Officer and Board Member at Azersun Holding. As of August 2020, he was appointed Chief Financial Officer of Yıldız Holding.

Born in 1969, Ahmet Şenel graduated from Anadolu University, Faculty of Business Administration, in 1992. He began his career in 1995 at Ülker as a Sales Representative and subsequently held positions as Regional Sales Manager, Country Sales Manager, and Category Director. In 2010, he became the General Manager of Ülker's sales companies, leading projects to restructure and reshape the sales network. In 2020, he became Vice President of Sales for pladis Türkiye. Şenel, who held the position of Vice President of Sales until February 2026, shares his more than 30 years of experience in fast-moving consumer goods, sales, marketing, and global management with the business world as a Board Member.

Born in Tokat in 1957, Ahmet Bal graduated from Ankara University, Faculty of Political Sciences, Department of Economics and Finance, and joined the Board of Financial Experts at the Ministry of Finance. After becoming a Chief Financial Expert and Sworn-in Certified Public Accountant in 1991, Ahmet Bal earned a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree from the University of Nottingham in the UK in 1992. He started working at Anadolu Endüstri Holding in 1994 as Deputy Financial Affairs Coordinator. He served as Finance Director of Efes Sınai Yatırım Ticaret A.Ş., responsible for Anadolu Group's overseas Coca-Cola operations, from 1995-1998; General Manager of Efes Sınai Yatırım Holding A.Ş. from 1998-1999; and Financial Affairs Coordinator responsible for Automotive, Finance, and Stationery Companies at Anadolu Endüstri Holding's Financial Affairs Presidency from 1999-2006. From 2006-2012, he served as the Audit Coordinator responsible for Group Companies at Anadolu Endüstri Holding. Ahmet Bal, who served as the Head of Audit responsible for the audit of Anadolu Group Companies from 2013- 2018, is married and has two children. Ahmet Bal served as an Independent Board Member at Şok Marketler A.Ş. for 6 years and currently serves as an Independent Board Member at Bizim Toptan Satış Mağazaları A.Ş., and as an Independent Board Member and Chairman of the Board at Ülker Bisküvi Sanayi A.Ş. Ahmet Bal successfully completed the "Leading from the Chair" program organized by INSEAD The Business School for the World in Fontainebleau/Paris, France, from December 3-5, 2025, and received a "Certificate of Achievement.

Ms. Füsun Kuran, who started her career as an auditor at Arthur Andersen, became the General Manager of Stefanel in 2001, where she continued her career as the General Manager. In 2005, she was deemed worthy of the “Youngest Successful General Manager” award by Capital Magazine. Ms. Füsun Kuran became the General Manager of Brooks Brothers in 2013, served as the CEO of RMK Classic, where Brooks Brothers and Edwards brands are located, until January 2019. Kuran, who served as the President of the Registered Trademarks Association (TMD) for two terms in 2010-2012 and 2014-2016, Experienced businesswoman Ms. Füsun Kuran became the CEO of Make-A-Wish Turkey, an international organization for children struggling with life-threatening diseases. Currently serving as the CEO and Board Member of TUTUMLUDUKKAN.COM which is Turkey’s marketplace for second-hand children’s and women’s products. Since May’22, Ms.Kuran is serving as the independent board member of Ülker Bisküvi
Ms. Füsun KURAN contributes to the Board through her significant expertise in fast moving consumer goods, supply chain management, Consumer retail and Finance, financial affairs, audit and tax , risk management and regulatory affairs, as well as her experience in corporate governance.

Graduated from Izmir Bornova Anadolu High School in 1983. Graduated from the faculty of Administrative Sciences at Bogazici University in 1988 with a degree in Public Administration. After completing the Management Trainee programme at Emlak Bank in 1989, worked in the department of investment credit evaluation. Later, assumed the position of Financing Assistant Manager at Vakıf Financial Leasing Inc. and carried out her mission for the next 3 years. Since 1995 she is working at ARGE Consulting and currently she is carrying out her mission as a managing partner in ARGE Consulting and is taking part in various projects. Under the roof of ARGE, she has conducted management consulting projects for more than 100 different organizations in different sectors in the areas of strategic evaluation, performance enhancement, institutionalization, corporate organization & HR. She is actively providing long term consulting services for leading companies of the retail and food sectors in international retail, production, international sales and marketing. Her services for these companies are focused on areas such as governance, strategy, organization and performance management. She has experiences in Human Resources Management, Organizational Structure & Operations, Institutionalization, Corporate Governance, Total Quality Management areas. She has been Management Board – Vice President at Argüden Governance Academy, Management Board – Vice President at Özel Sektör Gönüllüleri Derneği (Private Sector Volunteers Association), Collaboration Committee Member qt Yönetim Kurulunda Kadın Derneği (Women In Management Boards association) , Social Gender Equality Workgroup Member at Tüsiad (Turkısh Busıness Person Association), Workgroup Member at Wep’s (Women Empowerment Principles – Un Women). She has been selected for the First Class Of “More Women In Management Boards” Programme wıth 40 other women managers and has completed the training that aims to prepare the participants for taking active role in management boards as Independent Members. She has made intellectual contributions to the following: Kurumsal Yönetişim Modeli (Corporate Governance Model) – Arge Publications 2007, Gönüllü Kuruluşların Yönetimi (Management Of Volunteering Organizations) – Arge Publications 2006, Değişim Yönetimi (Management Of Change) – Arge Publications 2004.
Ms. Pınar ILGAZ contributes to the Board through her significant expertise in fast moving consumer goods, supply chain management, Consumer retail and Finance, financial affairs, audit and tax, risk management and regulatory affairs, as well as her experience in corporate governance.