Born in 1981, Niv Garih graduated from New York University, Stern School of Business, Department of Finance and International Business Administration with honors in 2006. 

Mr. Garih worked in JP Morgan’s Asset Management division in New York from 2006 to 2008. He later turned to Turkey in 2009 and started working at Alarko Holding A.Ş.’s Business development, feasibility and valuation departments. 

Since 2013, he has been headig the investor relation activities of Alarko Holding A.Ş. and its subsidiaries. He has been the Member of the Board of Alarko Holding A.Ş. since 2014. Niv Garih is married, has one daughter and speaks English and French.

Born in Metz, France in 1964, Toppazzini joined UTC (United Technologies Corporation) in 1994 and started to work as a Senior Lawyer at Carrier Europe & Transcontinental Operations based in Paris. She was appointed as Executive Assistant to Geraud Darnis, President of Carrier in the United States. In 2007, she was promoted to the Vice Presidency of the Department of Legal Affairs at Carrier EMEA and in 2011 she was appointed as the Vice President of Carrier. 

She worked as Vice President and Chief Legal Counsel of the UTC Building & Industrial Systems Europe, Middle East and Africa between 2013 and 2015. Since November 2015, she is the Vice President and Chief Legal Counsel of the UTC Climate, Controls & Security International Operations. 

Toppazzini has received her Doctor of Law diploma from the Faculty of Law, University of Boston, USA and her bachelor’s degree from the Faculty of Law, Sorbonne University, Paris. She is married and has three children.

Ümit Nuri Yıldız was born in Erzurum in 1966. He graduated from the Department of Business Administration, Faculty of Political Sciences of Ankara University in 1986. He obtained his MSc degree from University of Illinois. In 1987, he started working as Assistant Auditor at Board of Auditors of the Ministry of Finance. Yıldız continued to work in the Ministry as Auditor and Chief Auditor until 1997. He was appointed Deputy General Manager of the Turkish Employment Organization in 1997. He resigned from his position and joined the Alarko Group of Companies in 1998. Mr. Yıldız worked as Senior Vice President, Financial Analysis, System and Planning between 1998-2018. Having been appointed as General Manager of Alarko Holding A.Ş. in 2018, Ümit Nuri Yıldız was elected as Member of the Board of Alarko Holding A.Ş. in 2020. Mr. Yıldız has been appointed as the CEO of Alarko Group of Companies in 2021, and still serves as Board Member of various companies included in Alarko Group of Companies. Mr. Yıldız speaks English.

Sathya Moorthi Devarajan joined Carrier in 2006 as Director of Finance for Middle East. He has led the role of being the CFO for $500M+ businesses spread across Middle East.
During his tenure with Carrier and United Technologies Corporation he has held multiple positions in the areas Finance and IT. 
From 2013 to 2016, Sathya held the role of Chief Financial Officer for UTC Climate, Controls & Security (Middle East) and United Technologies (Middle East and Turkey). In 2017 he headed the function of CFO and IT Head for Middle East and Turkey for HVAC at Carrier Corporation.
Since 2021 Sathya Moorthi Devarajan has held the function of Managing Director for Middle East and Turkey for HVAC at Carrier Corporation.
Sathya Moorthi Devarajan holds a Master of Business Administration degree from the London Business School and is an ACA - Finance and Accounting from the Indian Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. He is married and has two kids.

Born in 1974 in Van, Bedriye Banu Köker graduated from the Department of Business Administration, Faculty of Economic and Administrative Sciences of Boğaziçi University in 1996, and received her graduate degree in Finance, Texas A&M University. Having embarked upon her professional carrier in Abn Amro Bank in 1998 as executive candidate, Köker quit her office in 2010 as she was Group President in Charge of Corporate Banking Officer. She worked as Managing Director in Charge of Corporate Customers at Standard Ünlü during the 2010-2012 period and at Ünlü & Co during the 2012-2020 period. During her 22-year term of office in the banking sector, Ms. Köker has achieved many accomplishments in the fields of both corporate banking and investment banking, serving the leading family holdings and corporate companies of Turkey. Having acted as angel investor since 2020, she supports new start-ups as both investor and mentor. Banu Köker is a member of Women on Board Association Turkey, holds a Gestalt Coaching Certificate and speaks English.

Sıla BAŞARAN Independent Board of Directors Member Sıla Başaran was born in 1986 in the city of Istanbul. She was graduated from Marmara University Law Faculty in 2008. After her graduation, she worked as a lawyer in leading and reputed law firms in Istanbul specialized in commercial and contract laws. She also has a dept knowledge in telecommunication law thanks to her experience in the leading telecommunication company of Turkey. She works for a reputed law firm which specializes in international legal and business matters in Türkiye. She is also registered as a trademark attorney at Turkish Patent and Trademark Authority. She has advanced knowledge of English and German languages.