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Rahmi M. Koç completed his graduate studies in Industrial Management at Johns Hopkins University in the USA. He began his career at Koç Group in 1958 at Otokoç and held various senior positions at Koç Holding. After serving as Chairman of the Executive Committee starting from 1980, he was appointed as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Koç Holding A.Ş. in 1984. He has been carrying out his duties as Koç Holding Honorary President since 2003. Serving as the President of the International Chamber of Commerce from 1995 to 1996. Rahmi M. Koç carries out duties such as Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Vehbi Koç Foundation, Honorary Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Koç University, Founder and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Rahmi M. Koç Museum and Cultural Foundation, Chairman of the Board of the Vehbi Koç Foundation American Hospital, Honorary Chairman and Founding Member of TURMEPA (The Turkish Marine and Environment Protection Association), Honorary President of the High Advisory Council of Turkish Industrialists' and Businessmen's Association, Member of the Advisory Board of the Turkish Employers Association, Honorary Member of the Foreign Policy Association, Honorary Member of NY Metropolitan Museum Board of Trustees and Founder Member of Global Relations Forum. He serves as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Aygaz A.Ş. since 1996.
Ömer M. Koç received his B.A. degree from Columbia University in 1985. He worked at Kofisa Trading for one year. He completed his MBA at Columbia University in 1989. Mr. Koç worked at Ramerica International Inc. and then he joined Koç Group in 1990 and held various senior positions such as Manager at Gazal A.Ş., Financial Coordinator, Vice President and President of Energy Group at Koç Holding. He became a Member of the Board of Directors of Koç Holding in 2004, and served as Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors in 2008. On February 22, 2016, he was appointed as the Chairman of Koç Holding. He is also the Chairman of Turkish Educational Foundation Board of Trustees, Chairman of Koç University Board of Trustees, President of Geyre Foundation, Chairman of Yapı Kredi Culture, Arts and Publishing Board of Directors, and Chairman of Tüpraş Board of Directors. Ömer M. Koç has been on the Board of Directors at Aygaz A.Ş. since 1996, and has been the Vice Chairman since 2001.
Alexandre Picciotto is one of the grandsons of Mr. Hillel Picciotto who established Aygaz in 1961 with Mr. Vehbi Koç. After graduating from Ecole Supérieure de Gestion (Paris) in1990, he started his career in Orfim, the investment company of his family in Paris, France. From 1990 to 2003, he managed different subsidiaries operating in various fields including real estate, movie industry. In 2003, he was appointed General Manager at Liquid Petroleum Gas Development Company, the Picciotto family owned company, which is shareholder of Aygaz. Then he was appointed General Manager at Orfim in 2008. Mr. Picciotto is also member of the board of directors at various companies in both Turkey and France. He has been serving on the Aygaz Board of Directors since July 2012.
Dr. Bülent Bulgurlu graduated from Ankara Engineering and Architectural Faculty and he continued the doctoral program at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. He began his career as a Construction Engineer at Elliot Strömme in Oslo in 1972. He joined Garanti İnşaat in 1977 as an engineer and worked as Planning and Construction Manager, Work Site Coordination and Construction Manager, Assistant General Manager and General Manager. He assumed the position of Executive Member at Garanti-Koza.
Starting from 1996, he worked at Koç Holding as the President of the Tourism and Services Group, President of the Tourism and Construction Group and President of the Consumer Durables and Construction Group. He served as the CEO of Koç Holding A.Ş. from May 2007 to April 2010.
He is a member of the Board of Directors at Koç Holding since May 2007. He is also a member of TÜSİAD (Turkish Industrialists' and Businessmen's Association) and TURMEPA (The Turkish Marine and Environment Protection Association). Bülent Bulgurlu has been serving on the Aygaz Board of Directors since 2008.
Levent Çakıroğlu graduated from Ankara University, School of Political Science in Business Administration and completed his MBA at the University of Illinois. He began his career at the Ministry of Finance as Junior Accountant in 1988. Between 1997 and 1998, he worked as part-time lecturer at Bilkent University and as Vice President of Financial Crimes Investigation Board at Ministry of Finance. He joined Koç Holding A.Ş. in 1998 as Finance Group Coordinator and he served as the General Manager of Koçtas Yapı Marketleri Tic. A.Ş. from 2002 to 2007 and Migros Türk T.A.Ş. from 2007 to 2008, the General Manager of Arçelik A.Ş. from 2008 to 2015 and as President of Consumer Durables Group at Koç Holding A.Ş. from 2010 to 2015. Appointed as the Vice Chief Executive Officer in February 2015, he has been serving as Chief Executive Officer of Koç Holding A.Ş. since April 2015. He is a member of the Board of Directors at Koç Holding and he has been serving on the Aygaz Board of Directors since 2015.
Yağız Eyüboğlu graduated from Boğaziçi University with BA degree in Economics in 1991, he earned his MBA from Koç University in 1996. He started his professional life as a Management Trainee at Arçelik A.Ş. in 1991. In 1993, he was promoted to Koç Holding Headquarters, where he worked for more than 10 years, as Senior Internal Auditor, Assistant Financial Coordinator and Financial Coordinator, respectively. Between 2004 and 2009, Eyüboğlu assumed several responsibilities within the Koç Group, namely, CFO of Arçelik A.Ş., CEO and Board Member of Beko Elektronik A.Ş., Assistant to the President of the Koç Holding Foreign Trade and Tourism Group, and Human Resources Director of Koç Holding. In 2009 he joined Aygaz A.Ş. where he served as the C.E.O. of the company until October 2015. Following his assignment to Koç Holding as the Deputy President of Energy Group in October 2015, he is now serving as the President of Energy Group at Koç Holding since April 2016. Serving as Board Member at several companies of Koç Conglomerate, Eyüboğlu also carries out the positions of President of World LPG Association (WLPGA), President of the Board of Trustees of Turkish Family Health and Planning Foundation (TAPV), Board Member of International Competitive Research Institution. He has started to serve as a Member of the Board of Directors of Aygaz A.Ş. in 2016.
Ayşe Canan Ediboğlu completed her high school education at Ancaster House School and her graduate studies at Southampton University (UK) obtaining a master’s degree in financial control and management. Following her studies again at Southampton University as a Research Assistant, she continued her professional life as Planning Manager at Shell in 1980.
Assuming various esponsibilities at Shell Turkey, she was appointed as General Manager in 2002 and the Country Officer in 2006. She served as a Board Member at Shell-Turcas Petrol A.Ş. from 2006 to 2009. Ayşe Canan Ediboğlu has been serving on the Board of Directors of Aygaz since 2012.
Mansur Özgün graduated from Ankara Economic and Commercial Sciences Academy. He started his career in 1958 at the Directorate General of Foundations and between 1963 and 1971 he worked at the Ministry of Finance. He joined Koç Group in 1971 at Koç Holding as Assistant Finance Manager.
He was appointed as Assistant General Manager at Ormak A.Ş. between 1974 and 1983. He served as Finance Coordinator at Koç Holding between 1984 and 1999. After 1999, he worked as a chartered accountant. He has been serving on the Aygaz Board of Directors since 2012.
Tunç Uluğ completed his graduate degrees at Robert College Engineering School and Columbia University (USA). He joined Koç Group in 1969 at Aygaz A.Ş. as Assistant General Manager. He was appointed as General Manager at Tat A.Ş. in 1976 and at RAM A.Ş. in 1979.
At Koç Holding, he served as the Vice President of Energy and Trade Group between 1981 and1985 and as the President of Foreign Trade Group between 1991 and 1997.
After serving as a Member of Yaşar Holding Board of Directors between 1997 and 2000, Tunç Uluğ has been offering consultancy to various firms since 2001. Tunç Uluğ has memberships from DEIK, TESEV and Turkey- Switzerland Trade Office. He has been serving on the Board of Directors of Aygaz since 2012.
Muharrem Kayhan received education at St. Joseph French School and Robert College of İstanbul. He got his Engineering Degree in Textiles in 1976 from the University of Manchester in England. He received his MBA from Cornell University in 1978. Muharrem Kayhan is presently Vice Chairman of the boards of Söktaş and its subsidiaries. He has represented the interests of the Turkish textile industry in various European Union platforms while serving on the boards of the Aegean Chamber of Industry, the Exporters’ Union, and the Turkish Textile Employers’ Union. He served as the Chairman of TÜSİAD between 1997 and 1999, and is now an Honorary Chairman. Muharrem Kayhan serves on the Board of Trustees of Robert College the İzmir Culture, Art and Education Foundation, and Bizim Okul Foundation. He has represented Spain as Honorary Consul in İzmir since 2003. He is the recipient of the Turkish National Assembly Distinguished Service Award (2009). He served as Independent Member of the Board of Directors at Koç Holding and Tüpraş A.Ş. Ancient history and numismatics are among his areas of interest.
Having graduated with a high degree from the Economics and Political Science department of Rutgers University in 1981, Neslihan Tonbul completed her post-graduate study on International Finances and Economic Development at The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy – Tufts University. Appointed to the senior executive positions at New York, London and Istanbul agencies of variousinternational finance institutions (The Irving Trust Company, The Bank of New York and BNY Mellon) from 1983 to 2008, she was appointed as regional manager overseeing a region that includes the Middle East, Africa, Eastern Europe and Turkey. Serving as board member to the prominent Turkish holdings since 2008, Neslihan Tonbul is a board member of Petkim, Alarko Holding and Vakıfbank International. Gaining expertise in the Management of Family Companies by studying at the Harvard Business School with CFEG, Tonbul has been teaching “Management of Family Companies” at the Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences of Koç University since 2017. Neslihan Tonbul is an independent board member of Tofaş since 2018. Serving as senior advisor at New Zealand Trade and Enterprise (NZTE) since 2014. Neslihan Tonbul is proficient in English, French, and Azerbaijani.
Professor M. M. Gülay Barbarosoğlu graduated from Robert College in 1974. She earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Industrial Engineering in 1978 and her PhD in the same department at Boğaziçi University in 1985, before she became Professor of Industrial Engineering in 2000. She designed and delivered lectures on mathematical programming and optimization, logistic, operation and production planning, and decision-making theories. Prof. M. M. Gülay Barbarosoğlu acted as Rector at Boğaziçi University from 2012 to 2016, and Vice Rector Responsible for Research at Boğaziçi University from 2008 to 2012. She took on various administrative roles at Boğaziçi University. Between 2002 and 2006, she worked as the Manager of Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute (KRDAE), as the Manager of Center of Disaster Management (CENDIM), and President of the Department of Industrial Engineering and Program of Financial Engineering. Having taken on international duties, Prof. M. M. Gülay Barbarosoğlu acted as a Member of the Board of Directors at the European Universities Association between 2013 and 2017. During her duties as the Vice Chair of the Association of European Operational Research Societies (EURO) between 2003 and 2007, and the national representative at NATO Research and Technology Organization between 2002 and 2010, she worked in close collaboration with various European universities, governmental and nongovernmental organizations. Prof. Barbarosoğlu is a Founding Member of EURO Organizational Planning European Study Group and a Member of the Management Sciences Institute (INFORMS), American Production and Inventory Control Society (APICS) and International Industrial Engineering and Production Management (IEPM). Attaching great importance to civil society activities, Prof. Barbarosoğlu actively worked to establish Neighborhood Disaster Volunteers (MAG), and she acted as a Member and Chair of the Board of Directors. Prof. M. M. Gülay Barbarosoğlu retired from Boğaziçi University in December 2016. She serves as Founding Representative at Hisar Education Foundation schools and as Board of Trustees Member at Özyeğin University.