Corporate Governance

 

Ahmet Akça - Chairman of the Board and Independent Board Member*

Ahmet Akça was appointed as an independent member to the Turkcell Board of Directors by Capital Markets Board in March 2013.  Since August 2013, he has been serving as the Chairman of the Turkcell Board of Directors. From 1981 to 1988, Mr. Akça served as a Foreign Trade Manager in two reputable companies in glass and food industry. In 1988, he became the CEO of an international trade company, a position he held until 1992. He later started his own business, Akça Lojistik Hizmetleri ve Tic. A.Ş. and Tedarik Lojistik Hizmetleri A.Ş. which he still runs as the Chairman. Mr. Akça also serves as an independent member at the Board of Directors at BİM A.Ş. since May 2018. Mr. Akça studied Mathematics at Middle East Technical University and Sociology at Istanbul University for a certain period, and graduated from the Department of Economics at Bursa Economics and Commercial Sciences Academy. 

 

Atilla Koç - Independent Board Member*

Atilla Koç was appointed to the Board of Directors by Capital Markets Board decision. Having worked as an Undersecretary at the Ministry of Interior, and as Chief of Police in Konya, he served as the District Governor of the Ulubey, Nusaybin and Bayındır districts, and as the Governor of Siirt and Giresun provinces. He has also been the Prime Minister’s Undersecretary, the General Secretary of Ankara Metropolitan Municipality, and the Central Governor. Then, Mr. Koç served as AKP Aydın Deputy in the 22^nd and 23^rd period of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey and as Minister of Culture and Tourism in the 59^th Government. He graduated from Ankara University’s Faculty of Political Science.

 

Mehmet Hilmi Güler - Independent Board Member*

Mehmet Hilmi Güler was appointed to the Board of Directors by Capital Markets Board decision. He formerly worked as a Project Engineer and Group Chairman at TUSAŞ Aerospace Industries. Mr. Güler also served as Vice President and Board Member of the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBİTAK), as Chairman and General Manager of the Machines and Chemical Industries Board (MKEK), as the General Manager and Chairman of Etibank, as the Chief Undersecretary to the Prime Minister, and as Board Member and Executive Director at ERDEMİR and İGDAŞ. Mr. Güler also served as Minister of Energy and Natural Resources in the 58^th, 59^th and 60^th Governments. Mr. Güler graduated from Middle East Technical University’s Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering where he obtained his Master’s and Doctorate degrees. 

 

Ingrid Maria Stenmark - Board Member

Ingrid Maria Stenmark holds a Master of law from the University of Stockholm. Since joining Telia Company in 1994, Ms. Stenmark has held a number of senior positions in the Group, including Head of Group Regulatory Affairs, acting General Counsel, and responsible for the associates Turkcell and MegaFon. She is currently the Senior Vice President and Head of CEO Office, Strategy & Combined Assurance. She is responsible for Group Strategy, Enterprise Risk Management, Ethics and Compliance and also overseeing Internal Audit at Telia Company. In addition, she has the responsibility for the associate operations in Turkcell and Latvia. Ingrid Maria Stenmark was appointed to the Board of Directors by the General Assembly decision on March 29, 2018.

  

Mustafa Kıral - Board Member

Mustafa Kıral received a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin and an MS in Biomedical Engineering from University of California at Berkeley. During his career, he served in Altimo, responsible for overseeing mergers and acquisitions. He has advised on some of the company’s key deals in recent years. He also has served in various offices of McKinsey & Company. Prior to McKinsey, Mr. Kıral was a market maker in the Pacific Stock Exchange in San Francisco, trading technology options. He is currently a Senior Partner at LetterOne Technology in London, UK. Mustafa Kıral was appointed to the Board of Directors by the General Assembly decision in 2018.

 

Hasan Tuvan Yalım - Board Member

Hasan Tuvan Yalım graduated from Galatasaray High School and subsequently obtained a Bachelor of Laws degree (LL.B.) from Galatasaray University and a Master of Laws degree (LL.M.) from Harvard Law School. Between 2004-2009, Mr. Yalım worked as an associate at the U.S. law firm Cravath, Swaine & Moore where he led various high profile corporate and finance transactions in Europe, Asia and the U.S. Mr. Yalım is an attorney at law and consultant specializing in international arbitration, finance and corporate law. Mr. Yalım was the international general counsel of the Çukurova Group between 2010-2014 and during that time he led Çukurova’s legal team in many complex multinational arbitration and litigation cases which resulted in landmark decisions in several jurisdictions, including the U.K., U.S. and Switzerland. Mr. Yalım currently serves as counsel in many international commercial and investment arbitration proceedings on behalf of corporations and individuals. Hasan Tuvan Yalım was appointed to the Board of Directors by the General Assembly decision in 2018.

* The board members who were appointed by the Capital Markets Board as “independent board members” pursuant to Article 17, second paragraph, of the Capital Markets Law No.6362. The CMB decision was dated March 11, 2013.