Tuğrul Fadıllıoğlu graduated from the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Boğaziçi University in 1982.
From 1982 to 2002, he worked at Arçelik A.Ş. as a Product Development Engineer, Production Engineer, Mold House Supervisor, Technical Manager at the Washing Machine Plant, Quality Assurance Manager at the Washing Machine Plant, Operating Manager at the Vacuum Cleaner Business in İzmir, Deputy General Manager for Small Household Appliances, and Founding Director of the Vacuum Cleaner and Motor Plant in Çerkezköy respectively. Then, he worked as Deputy General Manager for Operations and Technology at Tanı Pazarlama Hizmetleri A.Ş. between 2002 and 2004, before he worked as the General Manager at the same company from 2004 to 2009. Assigned to Zer A.Ş. as the General Manager in 2009, Fadıllıoğlu held this position until he retired in 2014. In this period, he also acted as a Member of the Board of Directors at Tanı Pazarlama Hizmetleri A.Ş.

When he was in İzmir from 1995 to 2000, Tuğrul Fadıllıoğlu worked as the Founding Chair of the İzmir Branch of the Quality Association of Türkiye (KalDer), and a Member of the Chamber of Industry for the Aegean Region in 2000, which was his last active year there.

After retirement, he took on top-management positions and acted as a member of the board of directors at various organizations and worked as the General Coordinator of the Quality Association of Türkiye (KalDer). He is currently Advisory Board Member of Sistem Teknik A.Ş.

Tuğrul Fadıllıoğlu has not held any other positions in Arçelik or its subsidiaries in the last five years. He does not have any relationship with Arçelik senior executives. Tuğrul Fadıllıoğlu does not directly or indirectly hold more than 5% of Arçelik's shares, has no employee representation and he does not have any commercial relationship with Arçelik A.Ş.

Tuğrul Fadıllıoğlu was elected as an Independent Board Member at the Ordinary General Assembly Meeting held on March 25, 2020, and has been continuing to serve as an independent member of the Arçelik Board of Directors since that date.