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Senior Management



ELİF YENER

CEO of Zorlu Energy Group

Elif Yener graduated from the Department of Industrial Engineering at Boğaziçi University in 2004. Between 2004 and 2010, she worked in project finance at Denizbank. Subsequently, she pursued an MBA at Columbia University in the United States, graduating in 2011.
In the same year, Yener joined Zorlu Holding and, starting from 2012, served as Strategy and Business Development Manager. In 2014, she transitioned to Zorlu Energy Group, where she held progressively senior roles, including Group Financial Affairs Manager and Director of Financial Affairs. Between 2019 and 2024, she served as General Manager of Financial Affairs.
Elif Yener is a member of the Integrated Reporting Network of Turkey (ERTA) and a signatory of the CFO Principles for Integrated SDG Investments and Finance published by the CFO Coalition under the UN Global Compact.
As of January 1, 2025, Elif Yener has assumed the role of Chief Executive Officer (CEO).

FUAT CELEPCİ

General Manager Responsible for Electricity and Gas Distribution Operations

(1959 - Kayseri) Fuat Celepci graduated from the Civil Engineering Department of the Middle East Technical University in 1982 and received his master’s degree from the Faculty of Law at Bilkent University in 2011. He began his career as a civil engineer at the Turkish Electricity Corporation (TEK) in 1982. In 1984, Celepci joined BOTAŞ, where he served as the Deputy General Manager and a Board Member from 1999 to 2005. After retiring from his role as an advisor to the BOTAŞ General Manager in 2012, Celepci joined Zorlu Energy Group in 2012 and served as the General Manager of GAZDAŞ Gaziantep Doğal Gaz Dağıtım AŞ and Trakya Bölgesi Doğal Gaz Dağıtım AŞ, two Zorlu Energy Group companies, from 2012 to 2016. Since January 1, 2017, Celepci has been serving as the General Manager responsible for Electricity and Gas Distribution Operations at Zorlu Energy Group. Fuat Celepci serves as a Board Member at the Natural Gas Distribution Companies Association of Turkey (GAZBİR)



MURAT ŞİMŞEK

CFO, General Manager of Financial Affairs

Murat Şimşek completed his studies at Istanbul University's Department of Econometrics in 2006. Following his undergraduate studies, he received his master's degree in English Business Administration from Istanbul University in 2008. Şimşek, who began his career at Garanti Bank in 2006, worked in various departments in the Corporate and Commercial Banking field at the General Directorate until 2017. He started working at Turcas Petrol in 2017 and held the positions of Corporate Finance Manager and Finance Manager. Şimşek joined Zorlu Holding in 2020 and served as Finance Manager, Finance Director, and Financial Affairs General Manager, respectively. Şimşek assumed the role of Zorlu Energy Financial Affairs General Manager as of January 1, 2025.

After graduating from Uludağ University with a degree in Industrial Engineering, Nihat Türksever began his professional career. Over the course of 28 years, he has gained extensive management experience on international projects.

In the early stages of his career, he held managerial roles at Enka İnşaat, where he worked on large-scale energy and industrial facility projects in the Netherlands, the United States, Russia, and Turkey. During this time, he specialized in project management, cost analysis and control, contract management, and subcontractor coordination.

He later took on senior executive roles within Zorlu Energy Group, providing strategic leadership in business development, procurement, and contract management. In addition to his responsibilities at the head office, he has also successfully served as the General Manager of Rosmiks LLC, Zorlu Group's subsidiary in Russia, for the past 10 years.

Born in 1979 in Ankara, Ayhan Akın graduated from the Department of Aerospace Engineering at Middle East Technical University in 2003 and completed his master's degree in Mechanical Engineering at the same university in 2006.
He began his professional career at Zorlu Enerji in 2004, where he served in various roles including Project Engineer, Mechanical Group Chief, Construction Manager, and Project Manager in the company’s power plant construction projects. Between 2014 and 2017, he worked on various projects under Çalık Enerji.
In March 2017, he rejoined Zorlu Enerji Group and, since June 1, 2020, has been serving as Vice President of Projects and Applications, responsible for the engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning (EPC) of both domestic and international projects.

ERSEN ÖZYILMAZ

Director of Purchasing and Logistics

Born in 1975 in Istanbul, Ersen Özyılmaz graduated from the Department of Electronic Control Systems at Zonguldak Karaelmas University in 1997. Özyılmaz started his career as a Purchasing Officer in the Technical Purchasing department at Gönpa AŞ and joined Zorlu Energy Group in 2000. He has worked as Purchasing Specialist, Purchasing Supervisor and Purchasing Manager within Zorlu Energy Group for more than 20 years. Özyılmaz has contributed to Zorlu Enerji's purchasing and logistics operations, most recently as Deputy Director of Purchasing and Logistics. He was appointed as Zorlu Enerji's Purchasing and Logistics Director on September 1, 2020.

FULYA BIÇAK MUŞTU

Director of Information Technologies and Business Development

(1974-İzmir) Fulya Bıçak Muştu graduated from the Department of Industrial Engineering at Middle East Technical University and completed her MBA at Yeditepe University. Muştu worked as a senior Information Technology Manager at Bimsa, Danonesa, British American Tobacco, Çelebi Holding, Evyap Holding, Balparmak and HD Holding. Having 21 years of management experience, Muştu has served as a Senior Executive responsible for IT in the companies for the last 18 years. She has served as a Member of the Executive Board in various companies. As a result of her professional efforts, she received the USA IDG Global CIO100 Award in 2013; the Dünya Daily Newspaper CIO Award in 2012, 2014, 2017 and 2022; IDC CIO Award in 2016; IDC WIT “Best Business Leader #1” and “Best Transformation Leader #2” awards in 2018. In addition to IT Management, she has also been involved in the structuring of different functions of the management discipline such as Strategy Management, Corporate Process Management, PMO Management in different companies.

Muştu, who has been working as the Director of Information Technologies and Business Development at Zorlu Energy Group since 2020, was included in the 2021 Fortune "Technology Leaders Shaping the Future" list. In 2023, she continues her successful work as one of the "50 Most Influential Technology Leaders" by BMI Business School in cooperation with DataExpert. In addition to her professional management role, she is involved in various volunteering activities such as Kalder EFQM Award Evaluator, ITSMF Turkey Board Member, IDC Advisory Board Member and social responsibility activities for some young people in need.

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