Ali Ercan
Chairman
Ali Ercan was born on 06.02.1986 in Konya. After completing his high school education at TED Ankara College Foundation Private High School, he graduated from University of Leicester, Department of Business Administration in 2007. After returning to Turkey, he has taken several roles both in family companies and those he owns, such as general manager, board member, vice chairperson of the board of directors and chairperson of the board of directors in fields of activity such as ceramics, tourism, mining, and trade. With his high level knowledge and experience about ceramics, granite production and financial management, Ali Ercan has served as a founding member in various non-governmental organizations. Having launched many projects in real estate development, e-commerce, construction, ceramics, tourism and industry, Ali Ercan has been serving as the chairperson of board of directors and the controlling shareholder since 28/08/2016.
Yavuz Arıcan
Vice Chairperson of Board of Directors - General Manager
Yavuz Arıcan was born in Diyarbakır on 16.11.1968 and graduated from Middle East Technical University, Department of Metallurgical Engineering in 1992. He served as production chief at Söğüt Seramik between 1995-1998, as production chief and deputy manager at Ege Seramik between 1998-2004, as production manager at Graniser Seramik between 2004-2006, and as production manager at Hitit Seramik factory between 2006-2007 and production manager and factory director at Bien Seramik and İhraççı, among the companies of Ercan Family. With his high level of knowledge and experience in the production management and techniques, Yavuz Arıcan continues to serve as Vice Chairperson of Board of Directors and General Manager.
Yalçın Nak
Member of Board of Directors
Prior to forming Taxim Capital, Mr. Nak was the COO of the Acıbadem Healthcare Group where he worked for 6 years. Before Acıbadem, he served as the CEO and board member of Memorial Healthcare Group for 3 years, as country director of the strategy and management consulting division of PWC for 2 years, as project manager at the Istanbul Office of McKinsey & Company for 5 years and as planning and product manager at Procter&Gamble's German and Turkish Head Offices for a total of 7 years. Mr. Nak received his BS in Industrial Engineering from Bosphorus University in Istanbul and his MBA from J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management of the Northwestern University in Chicago. Mr. Nak is also a TEV (Turkish Education Foundation) and Fulbright Scholar. In the past, he served as a Board Member of TKYD (Corporate Governance Association of Turkey). He is currently a member of TOBB’s (Union of Chambers and Exchanges of Turkey) Girişim Sermayesi Meclisi (Venture Capital Council) and Endeavor’s Istanbul branch.
Nezih Kırımlı
Independent Member of Board of Directors
Nezih Kırımlı was born in Safranbolu in 1985. He completed his primary, secondary and high school education at TED Karabük College. Later, he graduated from Dokuz Eylül University, Department of Business Administration. He started his business life in the Iron and Steel sector in 2007. He completed his Executive MBA education at Sabancı University and Columbia University between 2018-2020. In 2011, he joined Kibar Dış Ticaret within Kibar Holding. He currently serves as Kibar Holding's Trade Director and manages the foreign trade processes of 85 countries to which exports are made and the trade volume in Turkey's domestic market. Nezih Kırımlı, who speaks English, Spanish and German, is married and has two children, is a board member of TED Karabük College Alumni Association, a member of Fenerbahçe 1907 Association and Fenerbahçe Congress.
Efe Deniz Kılıç
Independent Member of Board of Directors
Efe Deniz Kılıç was born in Istanbul in 1993 and completed his high school education at Robert College. After graduating from Boğaziçi University with a bachelor's degree in International Trade in 2017, she completed her master's degree in Finance at ESADE Business School in Barcelona, Spain, in 2018. After returning to Turkey, she worked in the field of mergers and acquisitions at Pragma between 2018 and 2019. During this period, she provided consultancy services on both the seller and buyer sides to customers from various sectors such as industry, consumer goods and infrastructure. He joined Taxim Capital, one of Turkey's leading private equity funds, in 2019. During his time at Taxim Capital, the fund invested in Cyberwise, which operates in the field of cyber security, Doğanay, a turnip producer, Moltek, which operates in the field of nuclear medicine, and Yılpar, a flexible packaging manufacturer. Efe also took an active role in the fund's public offerings of Suwen, which was completed in 2022, and Big Chefs, which was completed in 2023. In addition to his current position at Taxim Capital, he has started to take part in the establishment of Alkima Partners, one of Turkey's largest venture capital investment fund managers, since 2023. During this period, Alkima Partners invested in fiber optic cable and connection equipment manufacturer SAMM Technology and protective packaging manufacturer Desi Kimya. Efe Deniz Kılıç, who has extensive mergers & acquisitions and portfolio company management experience, serves as a board member at Qua Granit and SAMM Technology and as a board observer at Cyberwise.
- EFE DENİZ KILIÇ, Chairperson
- NEZİH KIRIMLI, Member
- EFE DENİZ KILIÇ, Chairperson
- YALÇIN NAK, Member
- Hayrettin Büyükizgi, Member
- NEZİH KIRIMLI, Chairperson
- YALÇIN NAK, Member
- Yavuz Arıcan, Chairperson
- Canan Güven, Member
- Hayrettin Büyükizgi, Member
- Aybala Sarı, Member
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