Hamdi Akın was born in 1954. He graduated from Gazi University, Department of Mechanical Engineering. In 1976 he founded Akfen Holding, whose main activity area is to invest in, manage and coordinate partnerships and subsidiaries active in infrastructure and superstructure construction, port management, marine transportation, water distribution and waste water services, energy and real estate sectors. In addition to serving as the Chairman of the Board of Directors at Akfen Holding, he is also the Chairman of Board at MIP (Mersin International Port), Akfen Renewable Energy (Akfen Yenilenebilir Enerji A.Ş.) and Akfen REIT (Akfen Gayrimenkul Yatırım Ortaklığı A.Ş.). In 1997, he founded the TAV brand to build and operate Turkey’s first high capacity airport in the aviation sector, one of the hardest sectors of the world, and he managed the company as Chairman of Board until 2017.

In addition to his private entrepreneurship, Mr. Akın realized projects in infrastructure, energy and investment in scope of privatization efforts. He also carried his dynamism and hard work in business to volunteer efforts and non-governmental organizations as a Manager and founder of many societies, foundations, chambers of commerce. He has served as Vice President of Fenerbahçe Sports Club (2000-2002), MESS-Metal Industrialists’ Union President of Ankara Regional Representatives Council (1992-2004), President of TÜGİAD-Turkish Young Businessmen’s Association(1998-2000), Board Member of TİSK-Turkish Confederation of Employers’ Associations (1995-2001), Board Member of TÜSİAD-Turkish Industrialists’ and Businessmen’s Association President of Information Society and New Technologies Commission (2008-2009) and Board Member of Clean Seas Association/TURMEPA (2011-2018).

Hamdi Akın is a founder of the Contemporary Turkey Studies Chair at the London School of Economics. He is also the Founding Member and Honorary President of the Turkey Human Resources Foundation (TİKAV), founded in 1999 to provide Turkey with well-trained human resources. He is also member of the Board of Trustess at Support and Education Foundation for Basketball and Board Member of Bodrum Promotion Foundation (BOTAV).

Selim Akın, graduated from Surrey University, Business Administration Department in the United Kingdom, and after coming back to Turkey Mr. Akın started his professional career in the Akfen Holding Accounting Department and later served in the Project Development and Finance Departments.

The main projects in which he participated are the privatization and financing of Vehicle Inspection Stations, the privatization and financing of Mersin Port and Akfen Holding’s public offering and bond issue. Besides his Chairman of the Board of Directors role at Akfen Altyapı Holding A.Ş., Akfen İnşaat ve Turizm A.Ş., Mr. Akın also serves as the Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors and CEO at Akfen Holding and its various subsidiaries.

Mr. Akın has become a member of the Turkish Young Businessmen’s Association. Mr. Akın is a member of TÜSİAD and Turkish Tourism Investors Association (TTYD). Also, he is Vice Chairman of Young Businessmen Association of Turkey (TÜGİAD) and he has also been serving as DEİK representative since 2018.

After graduating from Surrey University, UK, in 2010, Pelin Akın Özalp started her career in Deutsche Bank. Following her return to Turkey, she attended the MT Program of TAV Airports Holdings. Later moving on to the parent company, she has been serving as a Board Member in Akfen Holding as of 2012.

She is an active member of the Board of Trustees and the Board of Directors at TİKAV (Turkish Human Resources Education and Health Foundation) and Vice President of The Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award-Türkiye National Committee. She is also Chairwoman at the Advisory Board of the Contemporary Turkish Studies Chair founded in London School of Economics since 2010.

She has been serving in DEİK(Foreign Economic Relations Board of Turkey) as a Board Member in Spanish, British and US Business Councils. She is also a Board Member of Turkish Tourism Investors Association (TTYD), Turkey Business Women’s Association (TIKAD), the Marine Environment Protection Association (TURMEPA) and American Turkish Society (ATS) Boards and in Steering Committee Member of Inclusive Capitalism at the moment.

Previously, her experience entails different Board Memberships in various networks such as Association of Family Businesses (TAİDER) and Turkey Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges (TOBB) Young Entrepreneurs Advisory Councils, Association of Women in Board of Directors (YKKD). She was elected as the youngest deputy board member in TUSIAD in 2014.

Currently serving as Board Member of Akfen Holding, and Board of Directors Member of Akfen Renewable Energy, Akfen REIT, Istanbul Sea Buses (İDO) and Travelex.

She has enjoyed her YPO network from 2013-2020.

İrfan Erciyas, graduated from Economics and Finance Department of Gazi University in 1977, has started to work in Türkiye Vakıflar Bankası. After having worked as inspector and Branch manager in Türkiye Vakıflar Bankası, he continued to work as Vice General Manager between 1996 and 2002 and as General Manager between 2002-2003.

Erciyas who joined Akfen Holding in 2003 as Vice Chairman of the Board of Administrators, had worked especially on privatization of Vehicle Inspection Stations, Mersin International Port and IDO and also during the foundation and investment processes of Akfen REIT and Akfen Enerji, for the public offering of Akfen Holding and Akfen REIT and on the subjects of the share sales of the shareholdings and long term financing. İrfan Erciyas is working in Akfen Holding , as Executive Board Member since March 2010 and he is also Chairman of the Board of Administrators, Vice Chairman and Member of Board of Administrators of several subsidiaries and affiliates of Akfen Holding.

Hasan Köktaş was born in 1963 in Trabzon. In 1988, he graduated from Middle East Technical University, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Department of Public Administration. He started his career at Türkiye İş Bankası. He worked in Family Finance between 1990-1994 in various positions, and served as a member of the Board of Directors at Vakıfbank between 1996-1997 and as the General Manager of Belko between 1994 and 1999. Between 2003 and 2008, he served as the Vice President of the Privatization Administration of Turkey. He also served as Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors of Erdemir between 2004 and 2006, and Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Türkiye Petrol Rafinerileri A.Ş. (TÜPRAŞ) between 2003 and 2008.

During his career in the Privatization Administration, he took part in the privatization and public offering of Turkey’s largest companies such as Tüpraş, Erdemir, Halkbank, Esgaz, Bursagaz and also harbors and mining companies Hasan Köktaş worked as the Vice President of Privatization Administration in charge of oil, natural gas and electricity sectors, and served as the Chairman of Energy Market Regulatory Board (EMRA) between 2008 and 2014. Hasan Köktaş, who has been serving as the Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Turkish Energy Foundation (TENVA) since 2014, has been a Member of the Board of Directors of Aydem Energy Holding since 2017 and Chairman of Board of Directors of ACC Energy Investment & Consultancy Co since 2019. Köktaş has training certificates in various fields and participated in many national and international meetings on energy. Hasan Köktaş speaks English; he is married and has 3 children.

He started his career as a lawyer in 1991 and continues his career as a managing attorney at Mizan Law Consultancy Office, which he founded. He started his career in politics in 1991 as the Vice President of the Welfare Party Elazığ Province.

He served as the Provincial President of the Welfare Party in 1996. He served as the President of the Motherland Party in 2000; and as the Motherland Party Central Executive Committee member and Deputy Chairman between 2007-2010.

He served as a board member in the NGOs Science Dissemination Society, Fırat Assembly, TÜKÇEV (Consumer Environmental Education Foundation) and Palu Association. He served as a board member of KGF (Credit Guarantee Fund) between 2020-2023. He has been serving as a board member in Bera Holding since 2021.

He served in the parliament as the 26th Term Elazığ Deputy of the TBMM. He served as the Secretary of the TBMM Presidency Board, the Vice President of the TBMM Culture and Arts Publication Board, and the President of the TBMM Human Rights Investigation Commission. He is currently a member of the AK Party Central Decision and Management Board, and the Vice President of the General Directorate of Political and Legal Affairs.

He is married and has two children.

Mustafa Kemal Güngör graduated from the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Middle East Technical University in 1998 and earned his Master’s degree in Power Systems from the same department in 2003. In 2020, he completed the Executive MBA program at Bilkent University, further strengthening his expertise in strategic management and leadership.

Güngör began his career in high-voltage energy transmission projects, working in engineering and project management roles across public and private-sector infrastructure initiatives. From the mid-2000s onward, Güngör focused on the renewable energy sector and played a key technical and commercial role in pioneering projects, including Turkey’s first privately owned wind power plant and its first licensed solar power plant.

In 2007, Güngör joined Akfen Renewable Energy during its founding and was part of the core team that initiated the company’s hydropower investments. Güngör led the company’s expansion into solar and wind energy, overseeing project acquisitions, EPC processes, technical analyses, operations management, energy trading, and carbon market activities.

Güngör also played an active role in technical assessments and investment preparations for partnerships with international financial institutions, including the EBRD and IFC. Güngör has sector expertise in energy market regulations, sustainable growth strategies, carbon crediting, and operational efficiency.

Güngör currently serves as the General Manager of Akfen Renewable Energy, as well as the Vice Chairman of the Board and General Manager of its project companies. As of today, Güngör is responsible for the technical, commercial, and strategic management of a portfolio with approximately 800 MW of installed capacity.

Mustafa Rifat BAGBAŞLIOGLU, who graduated from Ankara University Faculty of Law in 1999, started his career as a Lawyer at Medical Innovation Group in 2001. He worked as a Lawyer at SA-RA Energy between 2003-2006. Besides his position also worked as a Contract Manager in Syria and Bosnia-Herzegovina projects of the company.

Between 2006-2011, He worked as a Chamber Counsel in PTT General Directorate, and besides his duties in PTT, He served as an Expert Reporter in the Turkish Superior Board of Arbitration between 2008-2011.

He continued his career as a General Counsel&Compliance Officer and BoD member at Enerjisa Energy Distribution Companies between 2011-2022.

As of 2022, he is responsible as a Deputy General Manager / Law, and he is executing corporate law and litigation in Akfen Renewable Energy and the companies in its portfolio.

Rıfat BAGBASLIOGLU provides consultancy to the departments in compliance with the regulation and corporate correspondence, He is also coordinating and executing in relation to Labor Law, Commercial Law and Contract Law.

Özgür Uzunoglu graduated from the Department of Business Administration at Boğaziçi University in 2000. He began his professional career as a corporate finance analyst at Global Investment. Between 2006 and 2009, he served as a senior investment banker at NBK Capital. Later, he joined Burgan Investment (formerly known as EFG Istanbul) and served as Co-Head of Corporate Finance until 2015.
In 2016, he joined Akfen Renewable Energy Inc. (“ARE”) as corporate finance director and has held the position of Deputy General Manager in charge of Financial Affairs since 2017. Over the past 7 years at ARE, he took an active role in coordinating and executing various mergers and acquisitions, project financing, and initial public offering transactions, with a total transaction volume of approximately 1 billion USD.