Chairperson of the Board
Ipek Ilıcak Kayaalp, who graduated from the Department of Economics at Middle East Technical University in 2000, worked in various international companies in asset management and finance fields until 2006.
In 2006, Kayaalp started serving as a Member of the Executive Board of Rönesans Holding and as the Treasury Group President of Rönesans Holding Group Companies.
Since 2014, she has been holding the position of Chairman of the Board of Directors at Rönesans Holding. She is also a member of the Board of Directors of Rönesans Education Foundation.
She actively participates in activities with civil society organizations such as TÜSİAD and KANÇODER.
Vice Chairman of the Board
Kamil Yanıkömeroğlu, who graduated from the Department of Civil Engineering at Middle East Technical University in 1988, worked in various international companies in the fields of construction, management, and project development until 2003.
Since 2003, Yanıkömeroğlu has also been serving as the Chairman of the Board of Rönesans Real Estate Management and the President of Rönesans Concessions group.
Member of the Board of Directors
Özgür Canbaş completed his undergraduate degree at Istanbul Technical University, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, in 1995, and his MBA in Business Administration at Koç University in 1997.
He began his career in 1998 at Deutsche Bank in the Corporate and Investment Banking department, where he was involved in various mergers and acquisitions, capital market public offerings, and syndicated bond issuance transactions for 11 years.
In 2009, he joined Rönesans Holding and has since served as a board member in various group companies. Additionally, Canbaş is a member of the Supervisory Board at Ballast Nedam NV, a subsidiary of Rönesans Holding based in the Netherlands.
Member of the Board of Directors
Sercan Yüksel completed his undergraduate degree in English Economics and a minor program in Banking & Insurance at Istanbul University in 2007.
He began his career as a financial analyst at Ernst & Young and joined Rönesans Holding in 2010.
Since 2014, Yüksel has served as the CFO of Rönesans Holding's real estate division, and in 2022, he was appointed as the CFO of Rönesans Holding Turkey Investment Group.
He continues to hold board membership positions in various companies within the Holding.
Independent Member of the Board of Directors
After graduating from the Department of Civil Engineering at Boğaziçi University in 1993, Ebru Dildar Edin pursued her Master's degree at Işık University. Starting her career in banking in 1993, Edin held various managerial positions in the banking sector until 2022.
Currently, Ebru Dildar Edin continues to serve as the Chairperson of the Advisory Board of the Sustainable Development Association, as well as holding membership on the Board of Directors of Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (IKSV) and the Board of Directors of the 30 Percent Club.
Additionally, she maintains roles as an independent board member in various companies operating in different sectors.
Independent Member of the Board of Directors
After graduating from the Economics Department at Middle East Technical University (ODTÜ), Deran Taşkıran completed his doctoral studies in Economics at Yale University in the United States.
Subsequently, from 2005 to 2013, he served as a Managing Partner specializing in consumer products and retail at the Boston Consulting Group's New York and Istanbul offices.
In 2014, he was appointed CEO of Boyner Büyük Mağazacılık, where he led the integration of YKM and repositioned Boyner.
Returning to the United States in 2017, he entered the Private Equity sector and served as a Managing Partner responsible for portfolio operations in the consumer and retail sectors at KKR.
Concurrently, he held the role of Chief Transformation Officer at KKR portfolio companies, Bountiful Company and Wella Company. In 2021, he joined Devoted Health, a digital health company, as Chief Development Officer.
Continuing his career in 2023, he founded Housitive, a company focused on energy efficiency and decarbonization in the United States, where he continues to offer solutions to reduce carbon emissions from homes as the founding CEO.
Additionally, she serves as a board member of the retail company Fleet Farm.
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