Özlem Adalı

Member

Özlem Adalı graduated from Izmir Private Turkish College in 1986. Following her language education at LTC College London, she studied graphics and interior design at the Art Institute of Atlanta, USA in 1997. 

In addition to being a Board Member of Özgörkey Holding, she also serves as the Chairperson of the Board of Directors of Nevzat Özgörkey Environment and Water Foundation.

 

Armağan Özgörkey

Chairman of the Board

After completing his secondary education at İzmir Saint-Joseph and his high school education at İzmir Atatürk High School, he received his Bachelor's degree in Business Administration from Oglethorpe University in Atlanta, USA in 1985. After completing his studies, he joined the Özgörkey Group of Companies, the family business. Between 1985 and 1990, he worked in various positions within the Group. From 1990 to 1995, he had the privilege of serving as CEO of family-owned Coca-Cola franchises for the Aegean and Mediterranean regions, as well as Romania. In 1996, he joined the Efes Beverage Group as the Vice President for Eastern Europe, focusing on investments in Romania and Russia.

Since 2018, Mr. Özgörkey has been serving as the Chairman and CEO of Özgörkey Holding. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of AEP Anadolu Etap Penkon Gıda ve Tarım Ürünleri Sanayi Tic. A.Ş. and Coca-Cola Satış ve Dağıtım A.Ş., in addition to his chairmanship of the holding's packaging group subsidiaries Etapak Baskı Ambalaj, Etap Enjeksiyon Plastik and Etap Doğan. A.Ş. and Coca-Cola Satış ve Dağıtım A.Ş. as a board member. In addition to his executive role as CEO, he also leads the sustainability efforts of the companies he chairs.

He served as the Honorary Consul of Romania in Izmir between 1993-2004 and was awarded the Order of the Romanian State in 2002. Additionally, he acted as the Honorary Consul of Romania in Antalya between 2004-2018.

He served as President of the Turkish Equestrian Federation from 2006 to 2012, First Vice President of the European Equestrian Federation from 2012 to 2021, Group I President of the World Equestrian Federation from 2010 to 2021. He still continues to serve as Chairman of the Commercial Advisory Board.

Since 2013, he has been supporting mentees as a mentor at the Women on the Board Association. Thus, he also continues his civil society activities.

 

Ege Karapınar

Acting Chairperson

After completing her secondary and high school education at American Collegiate Institute in Izmir, Ege Karapınar graduated from METU Industrial Engineering Department.

Karapınar started her professional journey in Yaşar Holding's central organisation. After serving as Assistant General Manager at Yaşarbank between 1993 and 1998, she worked as the HR Director at Frito Lay Türkiye and then as the Sales Manager in Istanbul Europe sales operations for one year in 2000 in order to build experience in commercial processes.

After serving as Vice President of the HR and Sales Competence Development Department at Pepsi Bottling Group Türkiye in 2001-2005 and as the HR Leader at PepsiCo Eastern Mediterranean Business Unit in 2006, she left Türkiye and held global senior management positions at PepsiCo's headquarters and then in the AMEA region.

Between 2011 and 2016, she assumed the role of CHRO-Global HR at Yıldız Holding.

She expanded his global leadership experience in different cultures and organisations by working as a senior executive in PepsiCo's New York headquarters, Dubai, the headquarters of PepsiCo Asia, Middle East and Africa Region, and London, the headquarters of Yıldız Holding, Pladis.

Since 2017, she has been both a member of boards of directors and a consultant in the fields of institutionalisation, leadership, cultural change, globalisation and organisation design.

Ege Karapınar is also a member of the Board of Trustees of SEV (Health and Education Foundation) and served as a Member and Vice Chairperson of the Foundation's Board of Directors between 2013-2019. She is also active in the Board of Directors committees of the Women on the Board Association. At Özgörkey Holding, in addition to being a Board Member, she is also the Chairperson of the Sustainability and Human Resources Committees.