After graduating from Surrey University, UK, in 2010, Pelin Akın Özalp started her career in the Deutsche Bank. Following her return to Turkey, she attended the MT Program of TAV Airports Holdings. Later moving on to the parent company, she has been serving as a Board Member in Akfen Holding as of 2012.
She is an active member of the Board of Trustees and the Board of Directors at TİKAV (Turkish Human Resources Education and Health Foundation) and Vice President of The Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award-Türkiye National Committee. She is also Chairwoman at the Advisory Board of the Contemporary Turkish Studies Chair founded in London School of Economics since 2010.
She has been serving in DEİK(Foreign Economic Relations Board of Turkey) as a Board Member in British Business Council. She is also a Board Member of Turkish Tourism Investors Association (TTYD), Turkey Business Women’s Association (TIKAD), the Marine Environment Protection Association (TURMEPA), Turkish Enterprise and Business Confederation (TURKONFED) and American Turkish Society (ATS) Boards and in Steering Committee Member of Inclusive Capitalism at the moment.
Previously, her experience entails different Board Memberships in various networks such as Association of Family Businesses (TAİDER) and Turkey Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges (TOBB) Young Entrepreneurs Advisory Councils, Association of Women in Board of Directors (YKKD). She was elected as the youngest deputy board member in TUSIAD in 2014.
Currently serving as Chair of the Board of Terminal Kadıköy and, Board Member of Akfen Holding, and Board of Directors Member of Akfen Renewable Energy, Akfen REIT, Istanbul Sea Buses (İDO) and Travelex.
She has enjoyed her YPO network from 2013-2020.
Sıla Cılız İnanç, graduated from Marmara University, Faculty of Law in 1995, joined Akfen Holding in 1997 upon having carried out law internship in 1996.
She took part in Public Private Partnership projects (PPP) in Turkey, mergers and acquisitions, worked in concern with infrastructure, construction, energy and competition law. She took an active role in secondary legislation of Public Tender Law. She worked at every stage of build-operate-transfer projects, transfer of rights/concession and all process of privatizations implementations including tenders and transfers in which Akfen and its subsidiaries participated, also dealt with establishment of financial structures, facility agreements and both share and bond issues laws and regulations. She conducted company and holding structure works.
She is Board Member of Akfen Holding A.Ş. and also Board Member of various Akfen Holding subsidiaries and Akfen İnşaat Turizm ve Ticaret A.Ş.
from the Civil Engineering Department of Middle East Technical University (METU) in 1998. Between 1998 and 2001, he completed his Master’s degree with a double major in Finance and Information Systems at the Lubin School of Business in New York. He also successfully completed the Artificial Intelligence Programme at the University of Oxford, Saïd Business School.
Mr. Karabeyoğlu launched his professional career at Standard and Poor’s New York Office between years 2001-2004, and continued his professional life at Project Financing Department of Garanti Bank between years 2004 to 2006.
Kayrıl Karabeyoğlu acted as Director at SU Private Equity Management between years 2006-2010 and then appointed as Turkey Country Manager at Advent International between years 2010-2013.
Then appointed as the CEO at Doğuş SK Private Equity Fund between years 2013-2018, Karabeyoğlu further assumed the position of Executive Board Membership at Radore Data Center and Advisory Committee Membership at Endeavor.
Karabeyoğlu also authored three articles entitled “LBO and Credit Risk – relationship between LBO transaction sizes and credit performances”, “Leverage and Dividend – Balance sheet structuring strategies of private capital funds”, and “the credit quality of the portfolios of the derivate market players” that were published at international publications.
He served as the General Manager at Akfen Renewable Energy between years 2018-2022. As of 2023, he is appointed as the Advisor to the Board at Akfen Holding.
Graduating from the Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences at Bilkent University in 2000, Sezgin began his professional career the same year at ABN Amro Yatırım Menkul Değerler A.Ş. He completed his master’s degree in Business Administration in the United Kingdom in 2002. Between 2004 and 2007, Sezgin worked as a Senior Reinsurance Specialist at IBS Sigorta Brokerlik Hizmetleri A.Ş.
In 2008, he joined Akfen Holding’s Business Development Department, where he was involved in processes including project finance, privatization tenders, mergers and acquisitions, public offerings, and bond issuances. In March 2014, Sezgin was appointed Acting General Manager of Akfen Çevre ve Su Yatırım Yapım İşletme A.Ş., and has been serving as General Manager since August 2015.
