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Board of Directors

Elvan Ünlütürk

Chairperson of the Board

Born in İzmir. After completing her secondary education at İzmir American High School, she graduated from the Textiles Engineering Department at Ege University, in 1992.

She started her professional life at Yaşar Holding Textiles in 1991 and moved on to Sun Tekstil in 1992. She currently holds the position of Chairperson of the Board at Sun Tekstil and Jimmy Key.

In the last 10 years, she has served as Vice President of UN Global Compact Network Turkey, Vice President of TÜSİAD Development Policies Round Table, President of TÜSİAD Social Policies Round Table and President of EİB Promotion Committee.

Sabri Ünlütürk

Vice Chairperson of the Board

Born in Istanbul. After completing his high school education in Söke and Buca High School, he graduated from the Faculty of Geological Engineering at Ege University, in 1980.

He founded Sun Tekstil with his brother Sedat Şükrü Ünlütürk in 1987 and continues his position as the Vice Chairperson of the Board at Sun Tekstil.

He has held various positions as President of EGSD, Vice President of the Aegean Apparel Exporters’ Association, President of TARGEV, Supervisory Board Member at TİM, President of the Aegean Textile and Raw Materials Exporters’ Association, and President of the Aegean Exporters’ Associations (EİB).

He currently serves as a Board Member of the Aegean Ferrous and Non-Ferrous Metals Exporters’ Association, a member of the Board of Trustees at the İzmir University of Economics, Chairman of the Board of İzmir BilimPark and Torbalı Composite and Furniture OIZ.

Melis Vekiloğlu

Managing Director
Board Member

Melis Vekiloğlu graduated from the Faculty of Business Administration at Dokuz Eylul University in 2000. She started her career at Sun Tekstil in 2001 and was appointed to various positions such as sales representative assistant, sales representative, product development specialist, office manager, team leader, and assistant managing director. She has been the Managing Director of Sun Tekstil since 2016.

She is a member of the Board of the Aegean Ready-to-Wear and Apparel Exporters’ Association, a member of the TOBB-Turkey Apparel and Ready-to-Wear Industry Assembly and a member of the Business World and Sustainable Development Association.

Aydın Öztürk

Board Member

Aydın Öztürk completed his undergraduate degree by graduating from the Department of Textile Engineering at Ege University in 1991. He started his career as a Production Engineer at Söktaş in 1992. In September of the same year, he moved to Sun Tekstil and continued his career as Production Engineer at Sun Tekstil Knitting Unit.

From 1995 to 2000, he worked as Knitting and Dyeing Unit Manager at Sun Tekstil Knitting Unit. In 2000, as a result of Ekoten Tekstil’s partnership with Sun Tekstil as being Sun Tekstil’s subsidiary, he assigned as the General Manager of Ekoten Tekstil. He continues to work as General Manager and is also a member of the Board of Directors of Ekoten Tekstil. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of the Aegean Textile and Raw Materials Exporters’ Association, which is a part of the Aegean Exporters’ Associations.

İdil Türkmenoğlu

Independent Board Member

Elif İdil Türkmenoğlu, who graduated from Kadıköy Anatolian and Bosphorus Business Administration Department, received on-the-job training at Bank of America, received her Strategic HR certificate from Wharton, completed her graduate studies in Applied Psychology at Istanbul Commerce University and studied “Positive Management” at the University of Michigan.

She worked in Doğuş Group and Boyner Group, and is an Independent Board Member at Sun Tekstil. She has authored four books; “Office Stories”, “Positive Management”, “Corporate Internal Communication” and “Networking is not a Problem”, which she co-authored with Işıl Taysever. She also wrote the “Career Guide” for ASPB and the book, “Equality at Work” with Aysun Sayın.

She is one of the founding partners of the social enterprise “Biraderler Yapım/Çocuk Genç Sanat Tiyatro”, which produces digital and stage content and organizes educational programs. She holds many sectoral awards, and is also among the 50CHRO. She has been a volunteer in civil society for 27 years and is a Board Member of PERYÖN, and Global Compact Turkey.

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Murat Sağman

Independent Board Member

Murat Sağman was born in 1972, in Paris. He was graduated from Galatasaray High School in 1992. He completed University of Sorbonne in France with a bachelor’s degree in economics and finance with honours. Also he held a master’s degree from University of Sorbonne in the area of banking and finance. After getting short experience at the Treasury Department of Paris Credit Lyonnais and the Paris Stock Exchange. He worked in Alfa Securities, U.S. Nasdaq Stock Exchange, Paris Refco, Akbank and Finansbank Private Bankings, Azimut Group.

He has served as a board member of Galatasaray Pazarlama A.Ş. and Galatasaray TV Yayıncılık. He is a member of Certified Financial Accountant (CFA) and a board member of the Financial Literacy Association (FODER), and has been a member of the TÜSİAD Economic Analysis Working Group. He is also the Jury Chairperson of Turkey’s largest virtual asset management competition, Investimate.

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