Mehmet Tütüncü
Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors
Mehmet Tütüncü received his bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from Gazi University and his master's degree in Industrial and Organizational Psychology from Maltepe University. With the IRI scholarship, he attended trainings on Production, Quality Control and Maintenance Practices in Italy for 6 months, on Strategic Marketing at Harvard Business School and various trainings in IMD/Switzerland and Insead/Singapore.
Starting his professional career as an engineer at the Ministry of National Education, Department of Construction Works in 1981, Mehmet Tütüncü worked at Best Rothmans Entegre Sigara ve Tütün Sanayi A.Ş. between 1987 and 1996 as Production Manager, Operations Manager and General Manager, respectively. He started his first position at Yıldız Holding in 1996 as Operations Coordinator at Ülker Gıda A.Ş. He served as General Manager of Ülker Biscuit and Chocolate factories, Vice President of Ülker Group, President of Food and Beverage Group, President of Food Group and President of Ulker International Group. In 2016, he was appointed as Regional CEO responsible for Turkey, Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia in the pladis organization established under Yıldız Holding. In 2017, he took responsibility for South Asia and Latin America regions and pladis Global Information Systems and Business Models Transformation and continued to serve as Deputy CEO. In October 2018, he assumed the duties of Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors of Yıldız Holding and the CEO of Yıldız Holding. Tütüncü is a member of TÜGİS Board of Directors and a member of many Turkish and foreign sectoral organizations. He is also on the Board of Directors of FoodDrinkEurope and the Liaison Committee of FoodDrinkEurope.