Erdal Aksoy

Erdal Aksoy has been the Founding Chairman of the Board of Directors of Aksoy Holding since 1978. Mr. Aksoy also serves as the Chairman of the controlled subsidiaries Aksoy Ventures Energy & Tourism, Turcas Petrol, Aksoy Real Estate Investments, and Aksoy International Trading, the Vice Chairman of Conrad Istanbul Bosphorus Hotel, and a Board Member at The Ritz-Carlton Residences, Bodrum. Mr. Aksoy is at the same time a Founding Board Member at the group subsidiary Shell & Turcas Petrol.

Erdal Aksoy is a Member of TUSIAD (Turkish Industry and Business Association), Vice Chairman of PODEM (Public Policy and Democracy Studies), a Member of the Advisory Board of TESEV (Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation), and Member of the Board of Trustees of the Azerbaijan Diplomacy Academy (ADA). Erdal Aksoy had served as a Member of the Board of TISK (Confederation of Turkish Employers Union) and Chairman of the Turkish Shipowners and Employers Union in the past. Erdal Aksoy, for a period, was the Istanbul Provincial Head of the Motherland Party (ANAP), and the President of Sarıyer Sports Club. Erdal Aksoy, an Electrical & Electronics Engineering Graduate of Istanbul Technical University (1966), speaks fluent English.