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Board Members

Board Members

Ömer M. Koç

Koç Holding A.Ş Vice-Chairman of The Board Of Directors

Education

  • MBA, Columbia University, Business School, New York
  • BA- Ancient Greek, Columbia College, Columbia University, New York, U.S.A.
  • Freshmen, Sophomore years at Georgetown University Washington D.C. Millfield School, Somerset, England.
  • American Robert College, Istanbul, Turkey

Experience Details

  • 2008, May – / Koç Holding A.Ş.
    Vice – Chairman of the Board of Directors
  • May2004, April – 2008, May / Koç Holding A.Ş.
    Member of the Board of Directors
  • 2000 – 2004, Apr / Koç Holding A.Ş.
    President, Energy Group
  • 1996 – 2000 / Koç Holding A.Ş.
    Vice President of the Energy Group
  • 1992 – 1996 / Koç Holding A.Ş.
    Finance Coordinator
  • 1991 – 1992 / Gazal A.Ş.
    Manager
  • 1989 – 1990 / Ramerica Int. Inc. New York, U.S.A.
    Sales Officer
  • 1985 – 1986 / Kofisa Trading Company Geneva Switzerland
    Sales Officer

Foreign Language Skills

English and French.

Membership Organizations/Social Activities

This year, the Koç Family received the Hadrian Award granted by the World Monuments Fund to persons or institutions that contribute to the cultural legacy of the world every year.

Erdal Yıldırım

Vehbi Koç Foundation, General Manager

Education

  • Indiana University – Philanthropy/MBA
  • Boğaziçi University, Engineering

Experience Details

  • 1997 – / Vehbi Koç Foundation
    General Manager
  • 1991-1997 / Boğaziçi University’s Alumni Association
    Secretary General
  • 1991 and before
    Managerial positions in tourism sector.

Foreign Language Skills

English

Memberships To Organizations

  • Member of Boğaziçi University Foundation Board of Trustees
  • Member of Suna-Inan Kıraç Foundation Board of Directors
  • Member of Educational Volunteers Foundation  Board of Directors
  • Member of Turkish Private Schools Association  Board of Directors

Bülent Gültekin

Koç Univeristy, Member of the Board of Trustees

Education

  • PhD, University of Pennsylvania, 1976; AM, University of Pennsylvania, 1975
  • MA, Bogazici University, 1974; BSc, Robert College, 1969

Recent Consulting

Senior privatization adviser to several governments and organizations on issues of privatization and economic reform. Governments include Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Poland, Indonesia, Turkemenistan, and Turkey; organizations range from The World Bank and European Bank to the United Nations Development Program to the United States Agency for International Development as well as major international corporations.

Career and Recent Professional Awards; Teaching Awards

WEMBA Program Teaching Award, 2003

Academic Positions Held

Wharton: 1981-present (Director, Emerging Economies Program, 1992-93; Co-Director, Weiss Center for International Financial Research, Wharton, 1990-93). Previous appointment: Dartmouth College. Visiting appointments: University of Chicago; Koc University, Istanbul, Turkey

Other Positions

Governor, Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey, 1993; Chief Adviser, to the Ministry of Privatization, Poland, 1990-91, to the Prime Minister of Turkey, 1987-89, 1991; President, Housing Development and Public Participation Administration, Turkey, 1987-89; Director General for Research, Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey, 1986-87
Corporate and Public Sector Leadership 2005-2009
Trustee, Koc University Istanbul, Turkey, 1991-present; Chairman of the Board of Directors, Sumerbank, Turkey; Trustee, American University in Bulgaria, 1995-present; Foundation for Privatization and Ownership Changes, Poland, 1990-present

Umran S. İnan

President of Koç University
Professor of Electrical and Electronics Engineering

Education

  • B.S., Middle East Technical University, Turkey (1972)
  • M.S., Middle East Technical University, Turkey (1973)
  • Ph.D., Stanford University (1977) Ph.D Thesis

Professional Experience

  • 2009, Sep – President, Koç University
  • 1997, Sep – 2009, Sep Director, Space, Telecommunications and Radioscience (STAR) Laboratory
  • 1992, Sep – Professor of Electrical Engineering (EE), Stanford University
  • 1985, Sep – 1992, Aug Associate Professor of EE, Stanford University
  • 1982, Sep – 1985, Aug Assistant Professor of EE, Stanford University
  • 1981, Feb – 1981, Mar Research Associate, EE Dept., Stanford University
  • 1981, Apr – 1982, Aug Acting Assistant Professor of EE, Stanford University
  • 1980, Sep – 1981, Jan Assistant Professor of EE, Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey
  • 1978, Sep – 1980, Aug Acting Assistant Professor of EE, Stanford University
  • 1977, Sep – 1978, Aug Research Affiliate, EE Dept., Stanford University

Books

Honors And Awards

    • American Physical Society (APS) Fellow, 2009
    • Appleton Prize of the International Union of Radio Science and Royal Society of London, July 2008
    • Allan Cox Medal of Stanford for Faculty Excellence in Fostering Undergraduate Research, June 2007
    • Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU), December 2006
    • Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), November 2006
    • European Space Agency (ESA) Certificate of Recognition (CLUSTER), September 2005
    • NASA Group Achievement Award (CLUSTER), August 2004
    • Ionospheric Effects Symposium, Most Outstanding Paper Award, May 1999
    • Stanford Tau Beta Pi Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching June 1998
    • NASA Group Achievement Award (POLAR), June 1998
    • NSF and Department of the Navy Antarctic Service Medal, August 1993
    • Young Scientist Award of the International Union of Radio Science, September 1984
    • NASA Group Achievement Award (Dynamics Explorer), October 1983
    • Outstanding service award of the Electrical Engineering Department for excellence in teaching (1978)

Yonca Sarıgedik

Education

  • Baruch College MBA – International Business
  • New York University BA – International Relations)

Foreign Language Skills

English and German

Experience Details

1999 – / Ramerica International, Inc.

Tamer Şahinbaş

Koç University Founding President and Member of the Board of Trustees