Abdullah Çerekçi

Dr. Abdullah Çerekçi received his bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering from Bilkent University and his master's and doctoral degrees in Industrial and Systems Engineering from Texas A&M University. Dr. Çerekçi began his professional career as a Production Planning Specialist at Ford Otosan in 2002 and later worked as a Management Consulting Project Manager at Booz&Company in 2008. In 2012, he assumed the role of Strategy Project Manager at Sabancı Holding. From 2013 to 2023, Dr. Çerekçi served as Strategy and Business Development Manager, and later as Strategy, Mergers, and Acquisitions Director at Zorlu Holding. Dr. Abdullah Çerekçi joined Kale Group in 2023 as Chief Corporate Strategy and Business Development Officer.

Additionally, Dr. Abdullah Çerekçi has served as the Chairman of the Foreign Investments Business Council at the Foreign Economic Relations Board since 2020 and as the Co-Founder and Vice Chairman of Aegean Ventures since 2021.