He graduated from the School of Architecture in Canada McGill University and completed his Master’s Degree at the same school. He is working as a Board of Chairman at Burla Group of Companies which holds a shareholding in Arçelik A.Ş. He has been a Board member at Arçelik A.Ş. since April 1994. He speaks English and French.

Mr. Robert Sonman, who is a non-executive board member pursuant to the Corporate Governance Principles of the CMB, is not an independent member.