Board of Directors

Born in Kayseri, Tuncay Özilhan graduated from Saint Joseph High School and Istanbul University Faculty of Economics, after which he pursued a Master’s Degree in Business Administration (MBA) at Long Island University in the USA. His business life that started as General Manager of Erciyas Biracılık continued as Anadolu Endüstri Holding Beer Group Coordinator and Anadolu Endüstri Holding General Coordinator. Carrying out the mandate of Anadolu Group Chairman of the Board, which he took over in May 2007, Mr. Özilhan continued in the office of Anadolu Group Chief Executive Officer, to which he was appointed in 1984, until February 2017. Anadolu Group Chairman of the Board Tuncay Özilhan is also Chairman of the Board of the Anadolu Foundation and various Anadolu Group companies. Mr. Özilhan, who performed the duty of Chairman of TÜSİAD between 2001 and 2003, is currently Chairman of the High Advisory Council of TÜSİAD, a DEİK Board Member, Honorary Consulate of Estonia, and President of the Anadolu Efes Sports Club. He also served as President of the DEİK Turkish-Russian Business Council Executive Board. Mr. Özilhan is the recipient of The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star, which is among the highest honors bestowed by the Japanese government, and the Medal of the Foreign Ministry of the Republic of Estonia.

Galya Frayman Molinas, who became Coca Cola İçecek Deputy Chairman of the Board in 2016, started her career at Coca-Cola in 1996. She worked as Marketing Director responsible for Turkey, Central Europe and Russia until 2005. Between 2005 and 2008 she took over the position of Coca-Cola Eurasia Group Marketing Director, which covers Russia, India, and Adriatic and Balkan countries, Caucasia and the Central Asian Republics, as well as the Middle East. She was appointed President of the Coca-Cola Turkey Region in 2009. Following the addition of Caucasia and Central Asia to her area of responsibility in 2021, she worked as President of Coca-Cola Turkey, Caucasia and Central Asia until 2017. A graduate of the Department of Business Administration at the Boğaziçi University Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Ms. Molinas spent seven years as brand manager at Unilever Turkey before joining The Coca-Cola Company. She is a Member of the Harvard Business School Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia Research Center Advisory Board, and the Boğaziçi University Foundation Board of Trustees. She worked as a founding member of the Coca-Cola Global Women’s Leadership Council. She worked as President of the Coca-Cola Life Plus Foundation in Turkey between 2009 and 2017. Ms. Molinas also acted as President of the Business World and Sustainable Development Association for four years, and as a member of the Board of the International Investors Association YASED for three terms. Heading the Global Strategy & Insights Department at The Coca-Cola Company, Ms. Molinas has been working as President of the Mexico Business Unit since January 2019.
* She resigned from her duty as Board Member on 24 February 2021, and was replaced by Sedef Salingan Sahin, pending approval at the first General Assembly meeting.

Mehmet Hurşit Zorlu, who became a Member of the Coca-Cola İçecek Board of Directors in 2004, graduated from the Istanbul University Faculty of Economics. After taking up various positions at Toz Metal and Turkish Airways, he started as a Marketing Specialist at Anadolu Group’s subsidiary, Efes İçecek Group, in 1984. During his time at the Efes İçecek Group, he assumed various responsibilities, such as Marketing Chief, Assistant-Manager of Project Development, Project Development Manager, and Business Development and Investor Relations Director, in that order. He worked as the Efes İçecek Group Financial Affairs and Investor Relations Director between 2000 and 2008, and as Anadolu Group President of Financial Affairs between 2008 and 2013. Continuing as Anadolu Group Deputy Chief Executive Officer between 2013 and 2017, Mr. Zorlu was appointed Chief Executive Officer of the Anadolu Group as of February 2017. He also worked as Member of the Board of various companies belonging to the Anadolu Group. A Board Member of TÜYİD, Mr. Zorlu also took on the 8th-term Presidency of TKYD between 2015 and 2017 and is a Member of the DEİK Foreign Investments Business Council Executive Board.

Talip Altuğ Aksoy received an Economics undergraduate diploma from Oglethorpe University in the USA. He started his career in 1995 as Assistant Specialist of Financial Affairs at the Anadolu Group and was appointed as Specialist of Financial Affairs in 1996. He worked as Human Resources and Fund Management Specialist between 1998 and 2000. Taking on the duty of Efes Industrial Sales and Marketing Director between 2000 and 2003, Mr. Aksoy became Commerce and Exports Director for the Efes Beer Group in January 2003. Continuing his career at the Group as Procurement and Logistics Director in 2006, Aksoy worked as Supply Chain Director for the Efes Beer Group from June 2008 to 1 November 2011. Continuing his duty as Efes Turkey General Manager, to which he was appointed from November 2011 until 1 January 2017, Mr. Aksoy continues to work as Member of the Board at Anadolu Group companies.

After completing his high school education at the New York Military Academy, Kamil Yazıcı graduated from the Emory University Goizueta Business School in 2000 with a BA and received an MBA degree from the American Institute of Business and Economics in 2005, after which he completed the Harvard Business School GMP program in 2017. Starting his career in 2000 at the Anadolu Group, Mr. Yazıcı, following his orientation program at the holding company, took on duties in Anadolu Efes’ Russia operations starting in 2002, and served as Supply Chain Director and Business Development Director between 2008 and 2011. In 2011, he was appointed General Manager of Efes Vitanta Moldavia, a position he occupied until 2014. Appointed as Anadolu Efes Market Development Director in 2014, Mr. Yazıcı remained in this position until 2017. Mr. Yazıcı has served as Board Member and Vice President at Anadolu Group Holding and companies since 2017. Additionally, he is a Board Member of TAİK (the Turkish-American Business Council), TOGG (Turkey’s Automobile Enterprise Group), and the HBS (Harvard Business School) Alumni Board, and Chairman of the Board of KYYDAŞ (Kamil Yazıcı Yönetim Danışma A.Ş.).

Having received a Bachelor’s Degree at Denison University, an MBA at Stanford University, and a PhD at Boğaziçi University, Cem Kozlu worked as manager at NCR in the USA and at Proctor&Gamble in Switzerland, and acted as General Manager of Komili for 12 years. He was General Manager and Chairman of the Board of Turkish Airlines between 1988 and 1991, and President of the Association of European Airlines (AEA) in 1990. He continued with his public service as MP between 1991 and 1995, and as THY Chairman of the Board between 1997 and 2003. Dr. Kozlu has taken on various duties at The Coca-Cola Company since 1996. Responsible for 51 countries as Vienna-based Group President of Central Europe, Eurasia and the Middle East, a post he occupied before he retired, Dr. Kozlu acted as consultant to the Eurasia & Africa Group at The Coca-Cola Company between 2007 and 2015. Dr. Kozlu acted as board member at Hürriyet and TAV. Still a board member of Istanbul-based Coca-Cola İçecek, Efes Biracılık ve Malt Sanayii A.Ş., Kamil Yazıcı Yönetim ve Danışmanlık A.Ş., Koç Holding A.Ş., Pegasus Airlines, Şişecam and Vienna-based DO&CO Aktiengesellschaft, and a member of the board of trustees of the Istanbul Association of Modern Arts, Dr. Kozlu is also Chairman of the Board of the Global Relations Forum. Having worked on the faculty at Boğaziçi and Denison universities, Dr. Cem Kozlu has published 10 books and numerous articles, as well as having created a TV series on management.

Born in 1946, Ahmet Boyacıoğlu received his undergraduate degree at the Department of Business Administration of the Middle East Technical University Faculty of Administrative Sciences. Mr. Boyacıoğlu started his career at the Efes İçecek Group in 1973. He acted as Sales Manager for the Bursa Region, Sales Manager for Ege Biracılık ve Malt San. A.Ş., Güney Biracılık ve Malt San. A.Ş. General Manager, Ege Biracılık ve Malt San. A.Ş. General Manager, President for Eastern Europe, President of Foreign Beer Operations, and President of Strategy and Business Development between 1973 and 2005. Appointed President of the Efes Beer Group in May 2005, Mr. Boyacıoğlu retired on 1 February 2007. He is still a Member of the Board of certain Anadolu Group companies.

Born in Istanbul in 1958, Ömer Bozer graduated from the METU Department of Business Administration, after which he received a Master’s Degree at Georgia State University. Starting his professional life in 1983 at Koç Group as candidate-manager, Mr. Bozer worked as Assistant General Manager for Maret and General Manager for Düzey Pazarlama, after which he was appointed General Manager of Migros in 2002. At Koç Group, Mr. Bozer took on the duties of President of the Food, Retail and Tourism Group between 2005 and 2006, President of the Food and Retail Group between 2006 and 2008, and again President of the Food, Retail and Tourism Group between 2008 and 2011. He is still an Independent Board Member at the companies Tüpraş, Arçelik and Söktaş, consultant to Adel and McDonald’s, and Kamil Yazıcı Yönetim Danışmanlık, and Board Member at Boyner Group companies.

Born in 1954, İzzet Karaca graduated from the Boğaziçi University Industrial Engineering department in 1977. Starting his professional life in 1977 at the Koç Research and Development Center, Mr. Karaca performed the duty of Director of Industrial Engineering and Information Technologies until 1985. Acting as System and Organization Director at Ford Otosan between 1985 and 1988, Mr. Karaca became Internal Audit Group Manager, Logistics Manager, Commercial Manager, and General Manager at Unilever in Germany, Turkey and the Baltic States. Mr. Karaca also acted as Chairman of the International Investors Association between 2011 and 2013. After acting as Chief Executive Officer of Unilever Turkey for the Unilever North Africa, Middle East, Russia, Ukraine and Belarus region, and member of the Unilever CEO Forum, Mr. Karaca retired on 31 December 2013. In 2015, he published his first book, ‘You Are the ... New CEO’. Mr. Karaca fully meets the criteria for independent members specified in the CMB Corporate Governance Principles.

After graduating from Galatasaray High School, A. Galip Yorgancıoğlu completed his university education at the Boğaziçi University Faculty of Business Administration. He started his professional life as Marketing Manager for Marlboro Cigarettes at Philip Morris. After having acted as Southeastern Europe Marketing Director for Diageo and Turkey and Eurasia Marketing Director for Coca-Cola Turkey, Mr. Yorgancıoğlu worked as Burger King’s General Manager for Turkey. Starting duties in April 2004 as the CEO of Mey İçki, which was incorporated to replace the Alcoholic Beverages company of Tekel, which was privatized in December 2003, Mr. Yorgancıoğlu acted as CEO of Mey İçki / Diageo Turkey until his retirement on 30 September 2017. Mr. Yorgancıoğlu fully meets the criteria for independent members specified in the CMB Corporate Governance Principles.

Uğur Bayar graduated from the New York State University Mathematics and Statistics Department with a Bachelor of Science degree. Mr. Bayar started his career in 1987 at Citibank Turkey and occupied various positions at the bank’s Treasury Department until entering public service in 1992. Between 1992 and 1997, Mr. Bayar acted as Vice President of the Republic of Turkey Prime Ministry State Partnership Administration, and President of the Prime Ministry Privatization Administration between 1997 and 2002. While fulfilling these duties, he also acted as Erdemir Chairman of the Board, Petrol Ofisi Chairman of the Board, Turkish Airlines Board member, and Türk Telekom Board member. Until 2017, Mr. Bayar performed the duties of CEO for Turkey and President of the Department of Investment Banking at Credit Suisse, which he joined in 2004. Mr. Bayar is also Chairman of the Board of the WWF (World Wildlife Foundation) Turkey, Anadolu Group Holding Board Member, Anadolu Efes Board Member, Tekfen Teknoloji Yatırım ve Tic. A.Ş. Board Member, and Board Member of the San Diego-based SAMUMED Biotechnology Company. Mr. Bayar fully meets the criteria for independent members specified in the CMB Corporate Governance Principles.

Born in 1957, Tayfun Bayazıt completed his undergraduate education at the Department of Mechanical Engineering at S. Illinois University, after which he received MBA education at Columbia University. Starting his professional life in 1983 at Citibank, Mr. Bayazıt took on the duties of Assistant General Manager and Chief Assistant at Yapı Kredi Bank between 1986 and 1995, and then worked as General Manager at Interbank between 1995 and 1996, and at Banque de Commerce et de Placements in Switzerland between 1996 and 1999. Appointed Deputy-Chairman of the Board of Doğan Holding between 1999 and 2001, Mr. Bayazıt subsequently took on the duties of General Manager and Member of the Board at Dışbank between 2001 and 2005, at Fortis Bank between 2005 and 2007, and at Yapı Kredi Bank between 2007 and 2009. Acting as Chairman of the Board at Yapı Kredi between 2009 and 2011, Mr. Bayazıt has been working as a consultant since 2011. In addition to sitting on the boards of directors of various companies as a member, Mr. Bayazıt also takes on active duties in non- governmental organizations such as TÜSİAD, Education Volunteers Foundation (TEGV), Corporate Governance Association (TKYD), WRI Turkey, and Darüşşafaka. Mr. Bayazıt fully meets the criteria for independent members specified in the CMB Corporate Governance Principles