Board of Directors
Batu AKSOY
CEO & Vice Chairperson
Batu Aksoy is the CEO of Turcas Petrol (BIST:TRCAS) and its controlled subsidiaries since 2010 where he has been serving as an Executive Board Member since 2005. He is also a Board Member at Shell & Turcas Petrol and Vice Chairperson at RWE & Turcas Power, both of which are Group subsidiaries. Additionally, Batu Aksoy serves as the Vice Chairperson at Aksoy Ventures Energy & Tourism, Aksoy Real Estate Investments, Aksoy International Trade, as the Chairperson at Aksoy Holdings, The Ritz-Carlton Residences, Bodrum, Aksoy International Holdings, Aksoy USA Holdings and as an Executive Board Member at Conrad Istanbul Bosphorus Hotel, all of which are related legal entities.
Batu Aksoy is the Honorary Consul of the Republic of Chile in Istanbul since 2016; a Member of TUSIAD (Turkish Industry and Business Association) where he served as a Board Member between 2015-2022, a Member of the High Advisory Council of TÜRKONFED (Turkish Enterprise and Business Confederation), a Board Member of the Türkiye-U.S. Business Council (TAİK) and Turkey-Chile Business Council within DEİK (Foreign Economic Relations Board of Turkey), and a Member of the Advisory Board of The Johns Hopkins University (JHU) Whiting School of Engineering. Batu Aksoy is a 1998 graduate of The Johns Hopkins University, Whiting School of Engineering (Baltimore, USA) with a BSc degree in Electrical & Computer Engineering. Batu Aksoy is married with a son and a daughter.
Erdal AKSOY
Founding Chairperson
Erdal Aksoy has been the Founding Chairperson of the Board of Directors of Aksoy Holding since 1978. Mr. Aksoy also serves as the Chairperson of the controlled subsidiaries Turcas Petrol, Aksoy Real Estate Investments and Aksoy International Trade, the Vice Chairperson 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 Chairperson 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 Chairperson 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, and is married with two children and has three grandchildren.
Banu AKSOY
Vice Chairperson
Banu Aksoy is the Vice Chairperson of Aksoy Holding and Turcas Petrol and its controlled subsidiaries. She is a Member of the Risk Management Committee since 2010 and she serves as an Executive Board Member at Aksoy Ventures Energy & Tourism, Aksoy Real Estate Investments, Aksoy International Trade, Conrad Istanbul Bosphorus, and The Ritz-Carlton Residences, Bodrum, Aksoy International Holding, Aksoy USA Holdings, and all of which are related companies and legal entities.
Having worked at the Eurasia Business Development Division of ConocoPhillips between 1998 and 2000, Ms. Aksoy also serves as a Member of the Board at Shell Petrol, one of Group subsidiaries.
Banu Aksoy is dedicated to social investment initiatives and collaborates with various non-governmental organizations. She also serves as the Chairperson of the “Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion Committee” within the company. Both Turcas and Aksoy Holding are signatories of the United Nations Women’s Empowerment Principles (WEPs). She actively oversees the integration of gender equality practices into corporate processes and ensures their effective implementation.
She is a Member of DEIK (Foreign Economic Relations Board of Türkiye), PETFORM (Petroleum Platform Association), and the Endeavor Association
Following her graduation from The Koç University Faculty of Business Administration in 1997, she completed a Finance Extension program at the University of California at Berkeley.