A. Rona Yırcalı
Chairman of the Board of Directors
After completing his high school education at Robert College in Istanbul, Rona Yırcalı completed his higher education in Economics and Business Administration at University of Miami, USA.
Yırcalı serves as the chairman of the Board of Yırcalı Group Companies, he also served as the Chairman of the Board of Directors at such organizations as Yapı ve Kredi Bank, Türk Henkel A.Ş., Group Companies. He also was a Member of the Board of Directors at many companies such as Coca-Cola, Ülker, BAGFAŞ (Bandırma Fertilizer Factories).
Moreover, Yırcalı assumed presidency of the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB), Foreign Economic Relations Board of Türkiye (DEİK), World Chambers Federation, and board memberships of International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and Turkish Economic Development Foundation (İKV).
In the field of social responsibility, he served as a Chairman of Board of Directors at Turkish Education Foundation (TEV) and continue his mission as the member of the Board of Trustees at The Turkish Foundation for Combating Soil Erosion, for Reforestation and the Protection of Natural Habitats (TEMA).
Yırcalı is married and has two children.
A. Sırrı Yırcalı
Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors
After graduating from Robert College, Sırrı Yırcalı completed his higher education in the Department of Business Administration at Bryant University, USA.
He is the Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of BEST, also carries out different tasks in Yırcalı Holding group companies. He is also a Board Member of BAĞFAŞ Bandırma Fertilizer Plants.
Sırrı Yırcalı is married and has two children.
Sinan Yırcalı
Board Member
After finishing Koç High School in Istanbul, Sinan Yırcalı received his BS from Georgetown University with majors in finance and international business. He completed his MBA at London Business School between 2007-2009 with a focus on finance and private equity.
Sinan Yırcalı, who started his career at Delphos International in Washington, DC in 2003, has been serving as a Member of the Board of Directors and Finance Director of BEST since 2009. He is also a board member at Yırcalı Holding and its various subsidiaries. Sinan is an active member of Young Presidents Organization (YPO) Istanbul Chapter.
He is married and has one daughter.
Ömer Şerif Egeli
Board Member
Ömer Egeli completed his higher education at Tulane University. He has been a member of the BEST Board of Directors since 2013.
Tunç Tezel
Board Member | General Manager
Tunç Tezel is a graduate of Istanbul Technical University, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering.
He started his career at AEG in 1993. He became Alstom / Areva T & D's General Director of Turkey then continued his work in Paris between 2002-2005 as the Sales Director of Central Asia Region, later became Country Chairman of the Caucasus. During the company's Alstom Grid process, he served as Vice President of Southern Europe and Central Asia Region, then Global Vice President of General Electric Power Transformers Product Group, and finally Vice President and Commercial President of General Electric Renewable Energy Group Africa Region.
He has been working as the General Manager and Board Member of BEST since December 2019.
Tunç Tezel is married and has two children.