"I have been the executive asked to make AI work, and the board member asked to judge whether it did. Approving an AI budget is easy. Asking what it returned is the harder part — and the part I do."
13
boards served across listed, family-owned, PE/VC-backed and development-finance settings
7
investment committees · 100+ investment decisions
$70M+
deployed into AI and deep-tech ventures
HBS
case protagonist on transformational leadership (No. 416-015)
AT A GLANCE
Board & Governance
Independent director at Arena (BIST-listed): Chair, Remuneration & Nomination; member of Audit, Corporate Governance and Early Risk Detection Committees. Chair, Türkiye AI & Technology Association. Board member & AI Committee Chair, TÜBİSAD. IFC Nominee Directors Database.
Investment
Founder-CEO of İşbank's AI Startup Factory: 26+ investments, 2,500+ ventures evaluated, $70M+ deployed. Investment-committee roles across seven funds.
Operating
Six C-suite roles across telecom, banking, retail and technology. CEO of MUDO (family-business institutionalization, Harvard case). Deputy CEO, Türk Telekom; CDAO, Turkcell; Country MD, IBM Türkiye; Accenture partner, 25+ countries.
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Independent board director and committee chair with 15+ years of board, committee and investment-committee experience across technology, telecom, financial services, retail and healthcare. Former CEO and group-level Deputy CEO with full P&L ownership; founder of Türkiye's leading AI venture platform. Harvard Business School teaches my leadership of MUDO's transition from family business to institutionalized corporate structure as a case study.