Hüsnü AKHAN

Chairman

Hüsnü Akhan graduated from the Birecik High School in Şanlıurfa and completed his undergraduate studies in the METU Department of Business Administration in Ankara. He received his master’s degree from the University of Miami, Florida, United States. Akhan worked at different positions in the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey. He served as a representative in the London Office and as Deputy General Manager in the Foreign Affairs Division. He was elected by the Banks as the Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors of İstanbul Gold Exchange for the period 1995-1998. He joined the Doğuş Group in 1994. Following his appointment as Assistant General Manager of Treasury, Operations and External Affairs at Garanti Bank, he was appointed as General Manager at Körfezbank in 1998. Hüsnü Akhan served as a board member and CFO at Doğuş Group from 2001 to 2005 and as board member and CEO from 2006 to 2019. He was appointed as Doğuş Group Deputy Chairman in July 2019. Furthermore, he also serves as Chairman in various companies (Doğuş Real Estate Investment Trust, Doğuş İnşaat ve Ticaret A.Ş, Körfez Havacılık Turizm ve Ticaret A.Ş., Ara Güler Doğuş Art and Museum), Chairman of the Executive Committee of Galataport , Deputy Chairman of the Board of  Directors of PIT Istanbul Otel İşletmeciliği A.Ş. and as a board member in the TUVTURK Vehicle Inspection Stations, and VDF Volkswagen Doğuş Finance companies. 

Ekrem Nevzat ÖZTANGUT

Board Member

After graduating from the Department of Economics, Hacettepe University, Nevzat Öztangut joined the Capital Markets Board of Turkey and served as Auditor and Head Auditor in the Enforcement Department from 1984–1994. In the meantime, Öztangut served as a faculty member of Marmara University from 1992–1994. Öztangut then continued his career as the board member and the CEO of Garanti Securities A.Ş.(Garanti Yatırım Menkul Kıymetler A.Ş.)from 1994–2015. He served as chairman at Doğuş SK Venture Capital; and  board member at Garanti Emeklilik A.Ş., Doğuş Otomotiv A.Ş., Doğuş Oto A.Ş., Doğuş Enerji Toptan Elektrik Ticaret A.Ş., Garanti Investment Trust and Vice Chairman at Takasbank A.Ş. (2000–2013);  chairman of the Turkish Capital Markets Association (2007–2011); president and chairman of the Junior Achievement Turkey Foundation (2011–2015); and independent board member at Goodyear Tire Turkey A.Ş. (2011–2017) and chairman at D.ream Doğuş Restaurant Group Companies (2014–2019). Öztangut currently serves as a board member at Doğuş Holding A.Ş. and Doğuş Real Estate Investment Trust.

Atty. Hasan Hüsnü GÜZELÖZ

Board Member

Hasan Hüsnü Güzelöz graduated from the Istanbul University Faculty of Law in 1986. After working as a freelance lawyer and legal advisor for group companies until 1995, he worked as a legal advisor at Doğuş Group in 1996. He served as a member of the Board of Directors and Deputy Chairman of the Group's Insurance, Investment Bank, and capital markets companies, which are bank subsidiaries, as well as Tansaş Gıda Retail Mağazacılık A.Ş., Doğuş Otomotiv and Doğuş Publishing Group Companies. He is currently an executive board member of Doğuş REIT, a public company, advisor to the Board of Directors of Doğuş Otomotiv, legal advisor of Garanti Real Estate Investment Trust, and a member of the Early Risk Detection and Corporate Governance Committees of these companies. In addition to these duties, he established the "Hasan Hüsnü Güzelöz Law and Consultancy" office in 2017. He provided consultancy and legal services to banks, financial institutions, and many domestic and international companies operating in various sectors. He lectured at the Faculty of Law, Kadir Has University, and the Faculty of Law, MEF University, in Capital Markets Law and Competition Law. He holds CMB Advanced Level and Corporate Governance Rating Licenses. He also conducts domestic and international arbitration proceedings. 

Erdem TAVAS

Board Member

Erdem Tavas completed his undergraduate education at the Department of Civil Engineering, Boğaziçi University, and then his Master's in Civil Engineering and Structural Statics at the same university. Tavas, who started his career at Koray İnşaat in 1997, joined Doğuş Group in 2015. He served as the General Manager of Doğuş Gayrimenkul Yatırım ve İşletme A.Ş. and Galataport İstanbul Liman İşletmeleri ve Yatırımları A.Ş.. Tavas currently holds the positions of Executive Board Member at Galataport Istanbul and of Board Member at Doğuş İnşaat ve Ticaret A.Ş. 

Güler ARAS

Independent Member

Professor Guler Aras is an academic, a civil society leader, and a researcher who leads key studies on finance, corporate governance, corporate sustainability, and integrated reporting. She is a professor of Finance and Accounting at Yildiz Technical University in Istanbul, where she served as the Dean of the Faculty of Business and Dean of the Graduate School for many years. She spent a year as a visiting professor at Georgetown University McDonough School of Business, Center for Financial Markets and Policy in Washington DC. She has founded the Center for Finance Governance and Sustainability (CFGS) and she also started the ground-breaking global initiative on Integrated Reporting Association Turkey (ERTA), where she is still founding chair. Professor Aras, is elected a member of the Integrated Reporting and Connectivity Council - IRCC, the advisory body to the IFRS Foundation Trustees, the IASB, and the ISSB.  Professor Aras is the author of more than 25 international books. She contributed to more than 300 articles in international journals and conferences and carried out numerous granted international projects. She is also the founding Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Capital Market Studies, and Editor of Routledge’s Finance Governance and Sustainability Book Series. Professor Aras is the founder and board member of numerous national and international professional and academic organizations and a member of the Accountancy Europe Corporate Governance Task Force. She has spoken extensively at professional and academic conferences and has served as a consultant to a number of governmental and commercial organizations such as Minister of Development, Minister of Finance, Undersecretary of Treasury, and Minister of Labour and Social Security Employment in Turkey. She also serving as a board member of Turkish Capital Markets Association. Professor Aras writes a newspaper column. She is the International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) Ambassador and known as the ambassador of governance, sustainability and focuses on the education of the next generation of academics and business leaders who could promote sustainable solutions for societal and corporate challenges. She has been crowned one of the most inspirational women in Turkey 2020.

Hatice KARA

Independent Member