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.
Bahadır Ilgaç
Independent Member of Board of Directors
Bahadır ILGAÇ is a graduate of Ankara Çankaya Atatürk Anatolian High School, Middle East Technical University (Department of Mathematics) and Sabancı University MBA program. Beginning of his career, ILGAÇ worked in Strategy and Business Development departments of Doğan Holding and Borusan EnBW Energy, respectively. ILGAÇ joined MV Holding (the founder of Turkcell, having NAV of around 1.5bln USD) in 2011 and served to the group as Business Development and Affiliates Director until 2020. He also acted as Board Member at MV Holding group companies (Dost Energy, Hub GSYO, Paycore Payment Systems, KVK Technology, The Lifeco, VK Real Estate, Izmir Swissotel, TED Istanbul College and Istanbul Film Studios). ILGAÇ, joined to Netcad Software Technology team as Chief Operating Officer in 2020 and acted as the Co-CEO of the company during 2021 and 2022. Bahadır ILGAÇ is the Chief Operating Officer of Saran Holding (a media group focusing on entertainment and sport content) since 2023. ILGAÇ has a wide range of experience in strategic planning, corporate restructuring, organizational transformation, subsidiary management, mergers and acquisitions, finance, budget and reporting.
- Bahadır Ilgaç, Chairperson
- Nezih Kırımlı, Member
- Bahadır Ilgaç, Chairperson
- Yalçın Nak, Member
- Hayrettin Büyükizgi, Member
- Nezih Kırımlı, Chairperson
- Yalçın Nak, Member
- Yavuz Arıcan, Chairperson
- Akın Çakar, Member
- Hayrettin Büyükizgi, Member
- Aybala Sarı, Member
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