Born in Kemah, Erzincan in 1950, Mr. Torun graduated from the Faculty of Economics at Istanbul University, in 1975.
He then decided to work in the private sector and quit his job in 1982. Together with his brother Mehmet Torun, he laid the foundations of the Torunlar Group of Companies.
He currently serves as Chairman and Member of the Board of Directors of several subsidiaries of Torunlar Group.
2013 –He also served as Chairman of the Board of Directors at GYODER (The Association of Real Estate and Real Estate Investment Companies) between 2013 and 2017.
Born in 1953 in Ağaçsaray, near Kemah in Erzincan.
He started his business career at an early age. He is currently the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Torunlar Food Industry and Trade Inc., Torunlar Energy Industry and Trade Inc. and Başkent Natural Gas Distribution REIC; all of which are within Torunlar Group. He is the Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Kütahya Sugar Factory Inc., Torun Construction Industry and Trade Inc., Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Nokta Construction Inc. and member of the Board of Directors of Netsel Tourism Inc. He is also a founding partner of Torunlar Real Estate Investment Company.
Born in 1961, Afyon – Sincanlı. Graduated from İstanbul University Faculty of Law in 1982.
Since completing his lawyer internship in 1983, he has been working as a lawyer particularly in the areas of Commercial Law, Corporate Law, Banking and Capital Markets Law and Enforcement-Bankruptcy Law. Mr. Karabıyık is a member of the Board of Directors of Yeni Gimat REIC and Başkent Natural Gas Distribution REIC.
Born in Tekirdağ in 1972. Mr. Kazanç graduated from the Faculty of Business Administration at Bilkent University in 1994. He completed a MSc. Degree in International Financial Markets at the University of Southampton in 2001.
He worked as an Inspector on the Board of Internal Auditors between 1994 and 2002, and as an Assistant Treasury Manager between 2006 and 2008 at Türkiye İş Bankası, and as the Group Manager in the Treasury Department at İş Bankası between 2006 and 2008. He worked as an Assistant General Manager at Arab-Turkish Bank between 2008 and 2009..
Since 2009, İsmail Kazanç has been the CFO at Torunlar REIC. He served as a member of the Board of Directors at Turkish Capital Markets Association between 2014 and 2018. Also, Mr. Kazanç is a member of the Board of Directors at Başkent Natural Gas Distribution REIC, Torunlar Energy Industry and Trade Inc., Torunlar Food Inc. and TRN Hotel Management and Investment Inc.
Ferda Besli is the founder and managing partner of Besfin Finansal Hizmetler Danışmanlık ve Tic. A.Ş. She is the founder and managing partner of Besfin Finansal Hizmetler Danışmanlık ve Tic.
After working in various positions at Akbank, Mr. Besli retired as Executive Vice President responsible for Commercial Banking, SME, Project Finance and Cash Management Departments in 2011 and founded BESFIN in the same year. A 1985 graduate of Istanbul University, Department of Economics, Mr. Besli interned at Deutsche Bank, the world's leading financial institution, during his tenure at Akbank and participated in numerous domestic and international trainings on sales and marketing.
Besli participated in the "Customer Focused Marketing Strategy" training at the London Business School, and took part in the initiative established with CEPS (Centre For European Policy) - IEMED, a thinktank organization of the European Union, to solve the financing problems of SMEs operating in Mediterranean countries, and took an active role in this initiative by attending meetings in Barcelona and Brussels in 2010.
Born in 1960, he graduated from Ankara University School of Sports. He received language training at Regent School of English in London. He began his professional career in 1983 at Sheraton Istanbul.
From 1984 to 1987, he worked in reservations, reception, banquet, and sales departments at Sheraton Istanbul. Between 1987 and 1988, he worked in the international sales group at Sheraton London. From 1988 to 1993, he held the positions of Sales Manager and Marketing Director at Sheraton Istanbul and Antalya. From 1993 to 1995, he served as General Manager at Elegance Hotels Marmaris. In 1995-1996, he worked as Sales and Marketing Director at Taksim Hotel Management Inc.
Between 1996 and 1998, he served as Assistant General Manager at Sheraton Voyager Antalya. From 1998 to 2005, he worked as Deputy General Manager responsible for tourism at Setur Servis Turistik A.Ş. From 2006 to 2016, he served as General Manager at Setur Servis Turistik A.Ş. He has been a member of the Board of Directors at Setur Servis Turistik A.Ş. from 2016 to 2022.
Born in 1957, he graduated from Michigan Technological University in the USA in 1981. He graduated from Darüşşafaka High School in 1976. He began his professional career in 1982 as a Foreign Trade Officer at UPA International Trade Inc.
From 1983 to 1990, he worked as a manager in the International Trade departments of PEMSAN Foreign Trade Inc., İMEKS Foreign Trade Inc., BAYTUR Foreign Trade Inc., and CERİT Chemicals Inc. Between 1990 and 1994, he served as the Founding General Manager of BAY Service and Trade Inc. From 1995 to 1996, he was the Founding General Manager of TATİLYA Entertainment Center. From 1996 to 1998, he served as the General Manager of CAPITOL Shopping Center.
Between 1998 and 2013, he worked as a partner and General Manager at MLM Shopping Center Leasing and Management Inc. During his tenure at MLM, he managed leasing for 31 shopping centers, reaching a total leasable area of 773,000 m². From 2013 to 2020, he served as a partner and General Manager at RTM Retail Trade and Management Inc. in Canada. In this role, he provided consultancy services in retail markets in Canada and international markets.