Mr. Emir Ali Bilaloğlu, a graduate of the Faculty of Engineering at Berlin Technical University, started his career in 1991 as the Financial Control and Regional Sales Manager at Audi AG headquarters in Germany. Mr. Bilaloğlu, who started working at Doğuş Otomotiv in 2000 as responsible for Business Development and Strategy, took office in the United Arab Emirates in 2001 as the Founding General Manager of Audi AG in charge of Dubai. Following his return to Türkiye in 2004, he was appointed as General Manager for Audi and Porsche brands at Doğuş Otomotiv. Mr. Bilaloğlu, who became Doğuş Otomotiv’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO) in June 2007, was unanimously elected Chairman of the Board of Directors at Doğuş Otomotiv’s 2017 Annual General Assembly Meeting held on March 29, 2018. Emir Ali Bilaloğlu currently serves as the Chairman of the Executive Board as well as the Chairman of the Board of Directors. Mr. Bilaloğlu serves as the Chairman of the Board of Doğuş Oto Pazarlama, one of the companies within the Doğuş Group, and as a Member of the Board of Doğuş Holding, Yüce Auto, Volkswagen Doğuş Finans (vdf), and Doğuş New Ventures and Projects (InvenDO). In addition to the abovementioned duties, Mr. Bilaloğlu served as the Vice President of the Automotive Distributors and Mobility Association (ODMD) between 2011 and 2018 and as the President between 2018 and 2022. Emir Ali Bilaloğlu also plays an active role as a member of the Turkish-German Business Council Executive Board at the Foreign Economic Relations Board, which provides consultancy on foreign economic relations, and as a Member of the Advisory Board in the Türkiye: Culture of Change Initiative affiliated to TUSIAD. As of 2021, he serves on the Board of Trustees of Işık University.

Mr. Gür Çağdaş graduated from the Faculty of Political Sciences at İstanbul University in 1983 and completed his master’s degree at the Institute of Business Economics of the same university in 1985. Mr. Çağdaş started to work as an Investment Specialist at Eczacıbasi Securities in 1986, after which he founded VakifBank İstanbul Securities Center in 1988 and served as the director of this institution until 1990. Mr. Çağdaş joined Doğuş Group in 1990 and acted as the Capital Markets Group Manager at United Turkish Gulf Bank, Assistant General Manager at Garanti Securities, Inc. and Garanti Investment and Trade Bank, and successively as General Manager, Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors, and Chairman of the Board of Directors at Garanti Asset Management, Inc. As of January 1, 2016, Mr. Çağdaş has been appointed to Doğuş Holding as the Advisor to the Chairman and a Member of the Board of Doğuş Group Companies. Having served as the President of the Turkish Institutional Investment Managers’ Association (TKYD) between 2007 and 2014, he represented Türkiye at the European Fund and Asset Management Association (EFAMA). Mr. Çağdaş acted as a Member of the Board of Directors at the Corporate Governance Association of Türkiye (KYD) between 2013 and 2014 and as Vice President between 2015 and 2018. He is still a Member of the Board of Directors of Doğuş Holding as of 2019, along with his duties as a Member of the Board of Directors, Chairman, and Vice Chairman in Doğuş Group companies. Mr. Çağdaş started his duty as a Member of the Board of Directors at Doğuş Otomotiv Servis ve Ticaret A.Ş. in 2016 and continues to serve as an active Member of the Board of Directors as of this date. In addition to his role as a Board Member, he serves as a Committee Member in the Early Risk Detection Committee and the Corporate Governance and Sustainability Committee.

A graduate of Boğaziçi University Mechanical Engineering, Harvard Business School (AMP), and Virginia Commonwealth University (MBA), Mr. Koray Arıkan served as Country Manager and Representative at JP Morgan Bank for 23 years. He has particularly extensive experience in investment banking, wealth management, corporate governance, and family businesses. Mr. Arıkan assumed the Head of the Privatization Department at the Turkish Prime Ministry between 1989 and 1991 after working as a Project Engineer and Consultant in the USA between 1983 and 1989. After his move to Doğuş Group in 2014, Mr. Arıkan continues to serve as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Doğuş Energy, Advisor to the Board of Directors of Doğuş Group, Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Pozitif Companies, and as a Board Member of Doğuş Finansal ve Ticari Yatırım Danışmanlık A.Ş. Mr. Arıkan is currently a Member of the Board of Trustees of Boğaziçi University and has also held the post as a member of the Board of Directors of the Harvard Business School MENA Research Center (2014-2019) and the Eisenhower Fellowship Board of Trustees (2018-2020). Mr. Arıkan took an active role in various positions including Board Memberships in private sector companies and many non-governmental organizations and served as the President of the Boğaziçi University Alumni Association between 2003 and 2005. Mr. Arıkan, the Regional President of The Propeller Club of the US, is married and has two children. Having started to serve as a Board Member at Doğuş Otomotiv Servis ve Ticaret A.Ş. in 2018, he has actively held this position since then. In addition to his role as a Board Member, he serves as a Committee Member in the Early Risk Detection Committee and the Corporate Governance and Sustainability Committee.

Özlem Denizmen Kocatepe completed her undergraduate education at Cornell University, Department of Industrial Management, and received her MBA degree at MIT Sloan School of Management. She completed the Influence Techniques program at Stanford, the Leadership program at the GE Crotonville Center, and the Advanced Management program at Harvard Business School. Ms. Denizmen Kocatepe, who has undertaken various duties on Strategy, Planning, Budget, Business Development, and Investor Relations at Doğuş Group since 2000, is a Member of Doğuş Otomotiv’s Board of Directors. In the field of community service, she is the founder of the Money Situation Personal Finance Social Initiative and FODER Financial Literacy Association. Ms. Denizmen Kocatepe also served as the first representative of Türkiye on the Board of Directors of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) between 2014 and 2020. In 2020, she launched Moneye, a fintech company based on artificial intelligence. Ms. Denizmen Kocatepe started serving as a Member of the Board of Directors at Doğuş Otomotiv Servis ve Ticaret A.Ş. in 2006 and has actively held this position since then. In addition to her role as a Board Member, she serves as a Committee Member in the Remuneration and Nomination Committee.

After completing her Bachelor of Business Administration and Master of Organizational Behavior at the University of Ottawa, Ms. Adalet Yasemin Akad worked as the Head of the Training and Promotion Group at the Banks Association of Türkiye, followed by the position of Assistant General Manager in Charge of Human Resources first at Osmanlı Bank, then at İş-Tim Telekomünikasyon A.Ş. (Aria). In 2004, she established her consultancy firm and provided consultancy services to many companies in various sectors on subjects such as training, change management, and human resources management. Ms. Akad, who acted as the Human Resources and Corporate Management Systems Group Director of Rixos Hotels between 2009 and 2012, held the Executive Board Member in charge of Human Resources position at Carrefoursa between 2012 and 2014. Since 2014, she has served as the Executive Board Member in charge of Human Resources at Netaş Telekomünikasyon A.Ş. and as a member of the Board of Directors of Netaş’s subsidiaries; Netaş Bilişim Teknolojileri A.Ş., BDH Bilişim Destek Hizmetleri San. Tic. A.Ş., and NETRD Bilgi Teknolojileri ve Telekomünikasyon A.Ş. Having also acted as a member of the Board of Directors of Kron Telekomünikasyon Hizmetleri A.Ş., she has been working on Human Resources and Corporate Sustainability Strategies since 2021. Ms. Akad started serving as an Independent Board Member at Doğuş Otomotiv Servis ve Ticaret A.Ş. in 2018 and has actively held this position since then. In addition to her role as an Independent Board Member, she serves as Committee Chairman of the Corporate Governance and Sustainability Committee and Remuneration and Nomination Committees, and as a Committee Member of the Audit Committee.

Born in Safranbolu in 1955, Mr. Adnan Memiş spent his childhood in Azdavay, Şırnak, Varto, Bergama, Kınık, Emirdağ, Süruç, Besni, and Diyarbakır. After graduating from Kuleli Military High School, he earned his undergraduate degree from the İstanbul University Faculty of Economics and his postgraduate degree from the Business Economics Institute. His professional career began at Elginkan Holding in 1977 and continued at Garanti Bank starting in 1978. Following roles as Inspector, Deputy Representative in Germany, and Accounting Group Manager, respectively, he assumed senior management positions as Credits Manager from 1985 and Deputy General Manager from May 1991. He served as a Board Member and Chairman. From 2001 until his departure from the bank in September 2015, he chaired the Financial Restructuring Working Group at the Banks Association of Türkiye, overseeing the implementation of the program known as the İstanbul Approach. He currently serves as a High Advisory Board Member at Darüşşafaka Society, where he was previously a Board Member from 2008 to 2014. Mr. Memiş is also a Member of the Board of Trustees of the Contemporary Life Support Foundation and serves on the Advisory Board of the Business Economics Institute. Adnan Memiş, who is a member of various associations, also chairs the Board of Directors of Raya Consultancy, Inc. and leads the Lace Project, which includes books, documentaries, and various events related to his needle lace collection. He is also the leader of the Starfish Project Group, which established an education campus comprising a secondary school and four high schools in Darıca. Mr. Memiş, who is married and has a child, assumed the role of Independent Board Member at Doğuş Otomotiv Servis ve Ticaret A.Ş. in 2020 and continues to serve in this capacity effectively. In addition to his role as an Independent Board Member, he serves as the Chairman of the Audit Committee and the Chairman of the Early Risk Detection Committee.