Eczacıbaşı Holding Chairperson Bülent Eczacıbaşı began his professional career in 1974, and held various positions in Eczacıbaşı Group companies. He also served in the management of a number of prominent business associations, including TÜSİAD, the Turkish Industry and Business Association, where he was Chairman of the Board (1991- 1993) and Chairman of the High Advisory Council (1997-2001); and the Turkish Pharmaceuticals Manufacturers’ Association (İEİS), where he was Chairman of the Board (2000-2008). He serves as chairperson of several Eczacıbaşı Group companies. Bülent Eczacıbaşı continues to serve both TÜSİAD and İEİS as Honorary Chairman. He is also an Honorary Member of both the Foreign Economic Relations Board (DEİK) and Turkish Enterprise and Business Confederation (TÜRKONFED), and a member of the High Advisory Council of the Aegean Industry and Business Association (ESİAD).

Bülent Eczacıbaşı is also on the boards of various civic organizations. He is Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Istanbul Modern Art Foundation, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (IKSV), and a member of the High Advisory Board of the Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation (TESEV), which he previously served as the Founding Chairman (1993-1997).
Bülent Eczacıbaşı graduated from the Department of Chemistry of the Imperial College of Science and Technology, London, and obtained his master’s degree in chemical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He has received French and Italian awards of merit, respectively the “Chevalier dans l'Ordre National de la Légiond'Honneur” and “Commendatore dell'Ordine della Stella d'Italia”.

He is the author of "A Rip in the Sea: New Responsibilities for Business" (2020), a book about his experiences in business and the new roles and responsibilities of business leaders. Bülent Eczacıbaşı is also an avid photographer who loves to experience diverse cultures. A selection of photographs bearing witness to the people and stories he encountered during his travels was also published in 2020 under the title "From the Road".

Faruk Eczacıbaşı began working in the Eczacıbaşı Group in 1980 after completing his graduate work at Berlin Technical University, and for many years managed the Group’s e-transformation process.

Faruk Eczacıbaşı is President of the Turkish Informatics Foundation (TBV) which he co-founded in 1995. In this role, he contributes to the preparation of numerous studies on related issues as well as the shaping of public policy.

In 1996, Faruk Eczacıbaşı assumed his current position as Vice-Chairperson of the Eczacıbaşı Group. He serves as Chairperson or vice-chairperson of several Eczacıbaşı Group companies. In 1999, he also became President of the Eczacıbaşı Sports Club.

Faruk Eczacıbaşı has written a book on the transformational changes taking place in Turkey and around the world as a result of new digital technologies. Published in Turkish in 2018, the book considers the challenges for individuals, institutions and societies, and discusses ways to prepare for the positive and negative aspects of the digital future.

Atalay Gümrah graduated from Galatasaray Lycée and Boğaziçi University’s Industrial Engineering Department. He received a master’s degree in Industrial Engineering from the same university.

Gümrah initiated his career in 1992 at Ekom Eczacıbaşı Foreign Trade as Regional Manager. In 1994, he was appointed Commercial Manager of VitrA UK, and in 1997, General Manager of the Group’s newly established marketing and sales company in Russia, EBM Jsc., where he was given the responsibility of developing its business. In 1999, Gümrah joined Intema Building Materials Marketing and Sales, where he served respectively as Projects and Operation Manager, Sales Operation Manager, Assistant General Manager, and General Manager, a position he held between 2006 and 2011. In January 2011, he was appointed Vice President of the Eczacıbaşı Building Products Division (Bathrooms) and General Manager of Eczacıbaşı Building Products, and in October 2013, he was given the additional role of Executive Vice President of the Eczacıbaşı Building Products Division. A member of the Board of several Building Products Division companies, Gümrah was appointed CEO of the Eczacıbaşı Group efective as of 1 February 2017.

In addition to serving on the boards of several Eczacıbaşı Group companies, Gümrah is Chairman of the Clay, Ceramic, Cement and Glass Industry Employers’ Association of Turkey.

Seyfettin Sarıçam completed his BS in Industrial Engineering at Bosphorus University in 1995 and his MBA at New York University's Stern School of Business in 1999.

Sarıçam started his career in the audit department of PwC's Istanbul ofice in 1995, then moved into investment banking and advisory services. He has worked for JPMorgan Chase in New York and London ofices as an Investment Banking Associate (1999-2001), the Istanbul-based corporate finance and advisory boutique Antika Partners as Vice President (2002-2006), and Merrill Lynch's Turkish Investment Banking department as Vice President (2006-2008) and Director (2008-2010). In 2010, Sarıçam joined Deutsche Bank’s Turkish Investment Banking department, where he became Head of Turkish Corporate Advisory in 2014. During this period, Sarıçam completed several M&As, divestitures, equity and bond oferings, and financing transactions for corporates, private equity houses, and sovereign wealth funds in Turkey and abroad.

Sarıçam joined the Eczacıbaşı Group in July 2016 as Deputy Head of Strategic Planning and Finance at Eczacıbaşı Holding and became Head of Strategic Planning and Finance in October 2016. In January 2019, he was appointed to his current post of Chief Financial Oficer. He serves on the boards of several Eczacıbaşı Group companies.

Born in Istanbul in 1946, Toker Alban completed his secondary education at Ankara College and his undergraduate degree in the Department of Finance and Economics of Ankara University’s Faculty of Political Sciences. Subsequently, he completed a postgraduate degree in economics at Oxford University.

Alban worked as an Economist and Project Specialist in the State Investment Bank from 1969 to 1976 and as Education Manager, Assistant General Manager and Board Member of DESİYAB from 1976 to 1980; he was also a member of the Board of Directors of Taksan and Testaş. In 1980, he joined the Eczacıbaşı Group as Planning and Budget Control Manager at Eczacıbaşı Seramik Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş. Later, he moved to Eczacıbaşı Holding where he served respectively as Assistant Coordinator of the Building Products Division, Assistant General Manager, Planning and Finance Coordinator, and Head of the Strategic Planning and Finance Department. Alban retired in January 2009.

Toker Alban is an independent member of the Company’s and İntema Building Materials Marketing and Sales’ board of directors since April 2018.

Born in Çanakkale in 1954, Zühal Atanan completed her secondary education at Robert Academy, her undergraduate degree in Boğaziçi University’s Faculty of Administrative Sciences and continued her studies at the University of California, Berkeley, where she obtained an MBA.

Atanan started her business life as a planning specialist at Eczacıbaşı Holding A.Ş. Over the next 30 years, she held numerous strategic planning positions at Eczacıbaşı Holding while also serving on the board of directors of various Eczacıbaşı Group companies. Atanan retired from her final post as Strategic Planning and Business Development Director in July 2009.

Zühal Atanan is an independent member of the Company’s and İntema Building Materials Marketing and Sales’ board of directors since April 2018.