CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

Çağlar Göğüş earned his B.Sc. degree in Business Administration at Bilkent University in Turkey, and his MBA from the University of Florida. He began his professional career in 1996 as a Senior Analyst at Coopers & Lybrand (current PwC). In 2000, Following his tenure as Senior Analyst and consultant at Arthur Andersen and AT Kearney, he joined the Peppers & Rogers Group. Later becoming an international partner at Peppers & Rogers, he initially served as the General Manager overseeing after- sales services in all regions. Göğüş played an important role in Peppers & Rogers’ growth in the EMEA region and beyond. Through his consultancy work for over fifty major companies and regulatory authorities across a range of geographic areas, he has gained special expertise in strategic growth and transformation. He has attained vast experience over the years in the new economic order as well as in classic economics.

Göğüş joined the Doğan Group in 2015 as an independent board member for Hürriyet Gazetecilik. After holding this position for one year, he served for over two years as Hürriyet Gazetecilik’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO). During his tenure, he oversaw important projects, including those involving digital transformation, efficiency, profitability, redefining of business processes and the designing of a corporate character for Hürriyet Emlak (Hürriyet Real Estate and Properties).

Göğüş is married and has a daughter and a son.

Bora Yalınay has over 20 years of experience in international audit companies, and local and international public companies. His areas of expertise include financial restructuring, investor and analyst relations, financing, public offerings, cost optimization, financial planning, and analysis.

Bora Yalınay graduated from Bilkent University, Department of Economics in 1997 Having begun his career in 1997 at the Istanbul offices of Deloitte auditing firm, he worked most recently as a senior manager. He worked at the Deloitte Canada offices between 2000 and 2002.

Following his auditing experience of over a decade, and a Yaysat financial control experience of 1 year, he continued his career as the Group Financial Audit General Manager with Yıldız Holding in 2009 He worked as the CFO of Ülker Bisküvi between 2010 and 2016 During the process that began with the financial restructuring of the company in 2010, he has carried out several acquisitions, company sales and merger projects, completed overseas financing projects of USD 1 billion, and led the secondary public offering process in 2013 He worked as the Vice President of Ülker Bisküvi in charge of Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Romania, Kazakhstan, Lebanon, and Pakistan operations between 2015 and 2016 During such time, he led a team of more than 200 finance professionals in six different geographies. He has also led the financial operations of the central procurement company of Yıldız Holding within the scope of his responsibilities with Ülker.

Bora Yalınay has worked as the CFO with the Gürallar Group, the six biggest glass producer in the world exporting over 130 countries, between 2016 and 2019, and has conducted the first overseas financing and overseas expansion projects of the Group.

Bora Yalınay holds a Certified Public Accountant certificate and speaks English fluently. He has one son.

He has graduated from Istanbul University, Faculty of Business Administration in 1998 and later completed his MBA program at Virginia Tech University in 2002. He then obtained a PhD in Business Administration and Finance at Işık University. Following his graduation, Mr. Kuyan worked as Private Portfolio Manager at Finans Yatırım Menkul Değerler A.Ş. He joined Doğan Group in 2005 as Assistant Specialist in Strategical Planning and Business Development. Along with the Group's investments in the energy field, he was appointed as the Energy Director of Doğan Holding in 2012. Kuyan, who was Chairman of the Board of Directors and Executive Director of Galata Wind since 2014, has also served as the General Manager of the Company since 2017.

Still serving as the Executive Board Member and the CEO of Galata Wind as well as Head of all energy investments and operations of the Doğan Group, Kuyan has also been the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Energy Trading Association (ETD) since 2019. He is also a Board Member of the Solar Energy Investors Association (GUYAD) and the Electricity Generators Association (EÜD).

Burak Kuyan is married and has one child.

Onur Aytekin started to work as an independent auditor at KPMG after graduating from Bilkent University, Department of Economics in 2006. He carried out independent audits of many sectors, especially banking, non-bank financial institutions, automotive and construction, as a manager and senior manager. Between 2014 and 2018, he worked as the Finance Director and CFO at Kuehne + Nagel, operating in the logistics industry; and İskan Gayrimenkul operating in the construction industry. Aytekin, who started working within Doğan Holding in 2018, first took office as Assistant General Manager in charge of Finance and Financial Affairs at Doğan Yayınları. In December 2021, he was appointed as CFO at Galata Wind. He speaks English. Onur Aytekin is married and has two children.

After graduating from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at Istanbul Technical University in 2009, Gürpınar received a MSc. degree in 2011 from Nordic Five Joint Programme in Innovative Sustainable Energy Engineering at Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan (KTH- Stockholm) and in Wind Engineering from Danmarks Tekniske Universitet (DTU-Copenhagen). Meanwhile, he worked as a master thesis student at DTU's National Sustainable Energy Laboratory in Risø. Gürpınar started to work as an energy assistant specialist at Galata Wind within the Doğan Holding MT (Management Trainee) Program in October 2012. He undertook different duties within the company in the fields of electricity retail sales, portfolio management, domestic and international electricity trading, power plant operations, new investments and business development. Gürpınar still continues his duties as Assistant General Manager and Executive Board Member of Galata Wind. He speaks English and is a Professional Coach.