| Görkem Elverici |
CEO
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| After graduating from TED Ankara College in 1992, Görkem Elverici completed his undergraduate studies in the Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering at Middle East Technical University in 1996. He obtained his MBA from Bilkent University in 1998. In 2015, Elverici completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School. He is currently working on his Ph.D. dissertation in Banking-Finance at Kadir Has University. He began his professional career at İşbank in 1998. Throughout his career, Elverici served in various senior management positions at İşbank, HSBC Türkiye, Deloitte Consulting, and Accenture Consulting. Elverici joined Şişecam on March 1, 2013, as the Financial Affairs Director of the Flat Glass Group. He served as Şişecam’s Chief Financial Officer from May 2014 to July 2021 and was appointed as Şişecam CEO as of July 1, 2021. |
| Ebru Şapoğlu |
| Chief Sales and Marketing Officer |
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| A graduate of the Department of Economics (English) at Istanbul University, Ebru Şapoğlu completed the Leading in a Global World program organized by the University of Texas and the Executive Leadership Program organized by the INSEAD throughout her professional career. After embarking on her career as a Product Responsible in Şişecam Flat Glass business unit in 1999, Şapoğlu took various managerial roles in the architectural glass, energy glass, and home appliance glass segments. She was appointed as Marketing and Sales Vice President in Flat Glass business unit in 2016 and Senior Sales and Marketing Director in July 2021. In January 1, 2022, Şapoğlu became the Şişecam Chief Sales Officer. As of August 1, 2024, Ms. Şapoğlu was appointed as Şişecam Chief Sales and Marketing Officer. |
| Dr. Selma Öner |
| Chief Supply Chain Officer |
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| Dr. Selma Öner graduated from Istanbul Technical University, Department of Industrial Engineering in 1995 and received her master’s degree and Ph.D. from Boğaziçi University, Department of Industrial Engineering. She completed the General Management program at Harvard Business School in 2014. Dr. Öner started her professional career as a Research Assistant at Boğaziçi University and then joined Şişecam in 1997. She worked as Logistics Engineer at Paşabahçe Cam San. ve Tic. A.Ş. and later served in various managerial positions there before becoming Supply Chain Director at Trakya Cam San. A.Ş. In 2017, Dr. Selma Öner was appointed Group Procurement Coordinator at Türkiye Şişe ve Cam Fabrikaları A.Ş. In January 2018, she became the Chief Procurement Officer of Şişecam. As of July 2021, Dr. Öner has been serving as Chief Supply Chain Officer. |
| Beytullah Şahin |
| Chief Production Officer |
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| Beytullah Şahin graduated from Akdeniz University, Department of Mining Engineering in 1995. From 1996 to 1998, he worked as a Research Assistant in the Department of Mineral Processing and Beneficiation at Middle East Technical University and obtained his master's degree in the same field. Subsequently, he completed various executive training programs including the Leadership Academy Baltas, the Stanford University Strategic Marketing, and the INSEAD Executive Leadership Program. In 1998, Şahin started work as an Operations Engineer at the Mersin Plant of Trakya Cam Sanayii A.Ş. He served as Procurement and Material Planning Chief in 2004 and as Material Management and Production Planning Manager in 2009 at the same facility. Şahin was appointed as the General Manager of Trakya Glass Rus AO Russia Flat Glass Plant in 2012. He became the General Manager of Şişecam Flat Glass Italy S.R.L. Northern Italy Flat Glass Plant in 2017. While there, he managed the commissioning and integration processes of the Şişecam Flat Glass South Italy S.R.L. Flat Glass Plant, which was acquired in the same period. In 2021, Şahin was appointed as the Architectural Glass Senior Production Director. The following year, he became Senior Production Director for European Operations. He oversaw the management and integration processes of the REFEL SpA Refractory Production Plant, which was purchased in the same period. Mr. Şahin was appointed as Şişecam Chief Production Officer as of March 1, 2024. |
Burak Büyükfırat
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| Chief Research and Technological Development Officer |
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| Burak Büyükfırat graduated from Istanbul Technical University, Civil Engineering Department in 1989 and obtained his MBA degree from Oregon State University in 1991. Following graduation, he started his career at Kabelwerk Wagner GmbH & Co KG in Germany as an Investments Specialist. He joined Sabancı Holding and worked as Commercial Affairs Specialist, Marketing & Planning Manager, Strategy & Development Manager and Executive Committee Secretary at Sabancı Cement Group and Akçansa A.Ş. from 1994 to 2000. He continued his career as a turnaround and restructuring executive in companies operating in packaging, casting, mechanical contracting, energy, and steel industries from 2001 to 2010. Büyükfırat served as Marketing and Sales Director at Erdemir A.Ş., CEO and Chairman of the Board of Directors at Erdemir Çelik Servis Merkezi A.Ş., Board Member at Erdemir Romania S.R.L., CEO at Erdemir Engineering A.Ş., Group Technology Coordinator at Erdemir A.Ş., Executive Board Member at Chemson AG Austria and Board Member at Akdeniz Kimya between 2010 and 2017. Starting from 2017, he engaged in consultancy services and joined Şişecam as an advisor to “production technologies restructuring” project under “One Şişecam” in 2021. As of February 1, 2024, Mr. Büyükfırat was appointed as Şişecam's Chief Research, Development and Quality Officer. Mr. Büyükfırat was appointed as Şişecam’s Chief Research and Technological Development Officer as of August 1, 2024. |
| Gökhan Güralp |
| Chief Financial Officer |
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| Gökhan Güralp completed his undergraduate education in the Department of Business Administration (English) at Marmara University in 1999 and started his professional career at Ernst & Young in 1999. Güralp worked as Assistant Auditor at Ernst & Young from 1999 to 2002 and as Auditor from 2002 to 2003, as Financial Affairs Manager at Bechtel Enka from 2003 to 2004 in Russia, as Audit Manager at Ernst & Young from 2004 to 2007, and as Audit Manager at Ernst & Young Moscow from 2007 to 2008. After serving as a Senior Manager at Ernst & Young Istanbul from 2008 to 2011, Güralp worked as Budget, Strategic Planning and Reporting Manager at Eti Gıda Sanayi Ticaret A.Ş. from 2011 to 2014. He simultaneously served as Finance Director and Member of the Board of Directors at Eti Romania S.R.L. from 2013 to 2014. Güralp worked as Internal Audit Manager at Zorlu Holding A.Ş. from 2014 to 2015. He joined Şişecam as Financial Control and Reporting Group Manager in November 2015. He was appointed as Financial Analysis and Financial Control Director in January 2016. In 2019, he completed the INSEAD Executive Development Programme. He has been serving as the Chief Financial Officer at Şişecam since July 1, 2021. |
Şengül Arslan
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| Chief Human Resources Officer |
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| Şengül Arslan graduated from Istanbul Technical University, Department of Industrial Engineering in 1997 and obtained her master’s degree from Boğaziçi University, Executive MBA Program. Ms. Arslan started her professional career as a Management Consultant at Arthur Andersen in 1997. She worked as the Human Resources Management Consulting Manager at Ernst & Young from 2002 to 2004. She served as the Human Resources and Organizational Development Manager and Deputy HR Director at Danone Tikveşli between 2004 and 2007; as the Assistant General Manager of Avea Human Resources from 2007 until 2011; as the Assistant General Manager in charge of Human Resources at HSBC Bank and HSBC Global Human Resources Transformation Change Leader between 2011 and 2017. As of March 2017, she joined Şişecam upon being appointed as the Chief Human Resources Officer; additionally, she managed Corporate Communications from 2017 to 2020. Following the centralization of all the HR departments in early 2021, Arslan has been responsible for managing the HR function, and also central management of supporting departments, such as industrial relations, occupational health and safety, administrative affairs and security. Ms. Arslan was appointed as Şişecam’s Chief Human Resources Officer as of July 1, 2021. |
| Gökhan Kıpçak |
| Chief Information Officer |
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Gökhan Kıpçak graduated from the Mechanical Engineering Department of Istanbul Technical University and received his master’s degree from the Faculty of Business Administration, Department of Industrial Engineering of the same university. Kıpçak started his career as IT Expert for Sales and Production Systems at E.C.A. in 1988. After he served as IT Manager for Sales Systems at Coca-Cola between 1991 and 1998. He acted as IT Manager in South Korea between 1998 and 2000, SAP Program Manager between 2000 and 2007 and Chief Information Officer and Executive Committee Member between 2007 and 2018 at Coca-Cola İçecek. In 2017, Kıpçak was also appointed as the Transformation Director of Coca-Cola İçecek. Mr. Kıpçak started his role as Head of Information Technologies at Şişecam on May 20, 2019, and he has been serving as Şişecam Chief Information Officer since July 2021.
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