Polat Şen received his bachelor’s degree from Marmara University, Department of Economics (in English) in 1998 and his master’s degree in international accounting and finance from the University of Bradford, School of Management in 1999.

Şen completed the Harvard Business School Advanced Management Program in 2016. Having started his career in the Internal Audit Department of Koç Holding in 2000, he was appointed as Internal Audit Manager at Arçelik A.Ş. in 2005, and Group Director of Finance and Accounting at Grundig Electronics / Grundig Multimedia B.V. in 2008.

He worked as Finance and Accounting Group Director at Arçelik A.Ş. / Grundig Multimedia B.V. between 2008 and 2010, and as Group Purchasing Director from 2010 to 2015. Polat Şen served as the CFO of Arçelik A.Ş. between 2015 and 2022, in tandem with which he held the position of Assistant General Manager responsible for Sub-Saharan Operations of Arçelik Group.

Polat Şen, who served as CFO of Koç Holding between 2022 and 2026, was appointed President of the Consumer Durables Group at Koç Holding as of March 2026.