Board of Directors

TANER HOROZ - CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Born on March 24, 1967, in Gaziantep, Taner Horoz graduated from Şişli Terakki Private High School and completed his university education in business administration at Eckerd College in the USA in 1989. Fluent in English, Taner Horoz has held management positions in various companies and units of the Horoz Logistics group since 1990. As a member of the Transportation and Logistics Committee and the e-Commerce Sub-Working Group of TÜSİAD (Turkish Industrialists and Businessmen Association), Taner Horoz actively participates in social responsibility projects and makes significant contributions to the logistics sector. Taner Horoz also serves as a Board Member of the Institut du Bosphore, a European think tank established to develop Turkish-French relations. In addition to this role, Taner Horoz serves as the chairman of the Mehmet Emin Horoz Education Foundation and is a member of UND, UTİKAD, the Foreign Economic Relations Board, the Turkish Exporters Assembly, the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey, and the Istanbul Chamber of Commerce. Taner Horoz actively serves as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Horoz Logistics Cargo Services and Trade Inc. He also serves as a board member of Tradeport Technological Software Trade Inc.

MEHMET AYKUT AYGÜVEN - VICE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Mehmet Aykut Aygüven graduated from the Business Administration Department of Dokuz Eylül University in 1993. In the same year, he started working as a Computer Commodities Distributor within the Karma Group, a position he held until 1996. Between 1997 and 2021, he served as a Distributor for Information Technology and Home Electronics. From 2001 to 2003, he held the position of Supply Chain Director at Schott Glass Orim Cam A.Ş. Between 2003 and 2005, he served as Country Manager at Rynart Transport A.Ş., and between 2005 and 2006 at Ünsped Global Logistics A.Ş. Since 2006, he has held the positions of Head of Domestic Full Load Transportation, Warehouse Operations and Integrated Logistics Group, and Deputy CEO at Horoz Logistics. As of September 3, 2024, he has been appointed as the Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Horoz Logistics.

RIZA TUNA TURAGAY - BOARD MEMBER

Boarded in Vienna in 1964, Rıza Tuna TURAGAY completed his undergraduate studies in Business Administration at Ankara University, Faculty of Political Sciences, and his graduate studies in International Banking and Finance at the University of Birmingham in England. He began his career in 1987 as an Assistant Specialist at the Undersecretariat of Treasury and Foreign Trade of the Prime Ministry of the Republic of Turkey, and until 1997 held positions as Specialist, Branch Manager, Undersecretary's Advisor, and Minister's Advisor. Between 1997 and 2000, Turagay also served as Deputy Director General of Exports at the Undersecretariat of Foreign Trade of the Prime Ministry of the Republic of Turkey, President of the Housing Development Administration of the Prime Ministry of the Republic of Turkey, Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Emlak Konut Real Estate Investment Partnership, Deputy Undersecretary of Customs of the Prime Ministry of the Republic of Turkey, Member of the Board of Directors of the Export Development Research Center, and... He served as the Deputy Undersecretary of Customs at the Prime Ministry. During the same period, Turagay also served as a member of the Board of Directors of TED and the Equestrian Federation. From 2006 to January 2019, he held positions as Director and Board Member in an international company, Board Member of Exporter Associations, and Member of the Turkish Exporters Assembly (TİM). On January 18, 2019, Turagay was appointed Deputy Minister of Trade, and in February 2019, he became the Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors of Eximbank. In October 2021, he was appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors of Export Development Inc. (IGE). Turagay resigned from his position as Deputy Minister in June 2023, and in July and August 2023, he resigned from his positions on the boards of directors of Türk Eximbank and IGE, respectively. He retired from civil service in September 2023. Currently, he serves as a Board Member at Dünya Katılım Bankası A.Ş., Orka Holding A.Ş., Efor Çay Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş., and Beylerbeyi İçecek Pazarlama A.Ş.

MUSTAFA ÖZGEN ÖZKAN – INDEPENDENT BOARD MEMBER

Born in 1964, Özgen Özkan graduated from the Middle East Technical University, Department of Industrial Engineering in 1986. He completed his master's degree in Business Administration at Istanbul University in 1989. A founding member of the Board Members Association, Özkan is married and has one child. He began his career in 1989 at Eczacıbaşı VitrA, where he held significant roles in many different areas, from production planning and services to export, sales, marketing, and logistics. He joined the Franke family in 1998 and held positions as General Manager (Türkiye), Regional Manager (Türkiye, Greece, Romania, Caucasus and Kazakhstan), and Regional Director (Southeast Europe).