Chairman

(1944, Denizli) Ahmet Nazif Zorlu began his career in a family-owned textile business. He set up his first company, Korteks, in 1976. In the years that followed, he continued to undertake new investments in the textile industry and founded Zorlu Holding in 1990. Ahmet Zorlu purchased the rights to the Vestel trademark in 1994. He is currently the chairman or a board member of 29 companies active in different sectors.

Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors

(1939, İzmir) Prof Ekrem Pakdemirli has served as transportation minister (1987-89), finance minister (1989-90), and deputy prime minister (1991). He is currently a member of the faculties of Bilkent, Başkent, and Ege universities and has previously served as assistant rector of Dokuz Eylül University and as foreign trade undersecretary. He is the author of ten books and more than a hundred published articles.

Board Member and Vestel Group's Chief Executive Officer

(1955, İzmir) Ömer Yüngül graduated from Boğaziçi University (Department of Mechanical Engineering) in 1978. He joined the Zorlu Group in 1997 as head of the Executive Committee responsible for white goods. On 3 January 2000 his responsibilities were expanded to include all of the Group's production activities. Mr Yüngül is currently head of the Vestel Group's Executive Committee.

Board Member and Vestel Group's Chief Financial Officer

(1967, Ankara) Cem Köksal graduated from Boğaziçi University (Department of Mechanical Engineering) in 1988 and received his master's degree from Bilkent University in 1990. He served in various positions in the banking industry between 1990 and 2001, becoming assistant general manager of DenizBank in 1997. Mr Köksal joined Vestel in 2002 as a vice chairman responsible for finance and he has the same responsibility as a member of the Executive Committee.

Board Member

(1965-Trabzon) Having graduated from university in the UK, Olgun Zorlu began his career in 1986 and gained managerial experience in Zorlu Group’s Textile Companies. He started to serve as a Board Member for Zorlu Holding in 1998. In addition, he remains a board member of Vestel White Goods and some other Zorlu Group Companies.

Board Member and Vestel Group's Head of Foreign Trade

(1955, Mersin) Enis Turan Erdoğan graduated from İstanbul Technical University (Department of Mechanical Engineering) in 1976 and completed a master's degree in production management at Brunel University (England) in 1980. After serving in positions for a number of firms in Turkey, he joined the Vestel Group as managing director of Vestel Foreign Trade in 1988. Since 1997, Mr Erdoğan has also been a member of the Vestel Executive Committee.

Board Member

(1958, Eskişehir) Dr Yılmaz Argüden began his career at Koç Holding in the R&D department in 1978. He has served on the executive committees of many major national and international firms. Dr Argüden currently heads the executive committee of an R&D consultancy active in the areas of corporate strategy, reorganization, and total quality management. The World Economic Forum selected him as one of its "100 Global Leaders for Tomorrow".