The Management

Born in 1958 in Malatya, as a member of a prominent family operating in the textile business since the 1930s; Ahmet Çalık the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Çalık Holding, started his first personal business ventures in 1981. Currently, as one of the business leaders in both the Turkish and international markets with sustainable investments in 5 sectors including energy, construction, mining, textiles, and finance, Ahmet Çalık established Çalık Holding in 1997 to bring together all Group companies under a single roof. Focusing on projects that benefit society through his visionary investments, Ahmet Çalık is known for his integrity, reliability, strong financial assets; and long-term collaborations with international companies throughout his activities in diverse regions of the world. Ahmet Çalık has been honored with numerous awards and badges domestically and abroad, particularly including the Japanese Order of The Rising Sun, Gold Rays and Neck Ribbon, the Turkmenistan Order of Merit, Turkmenistan Mahtumkulu Award, Turkmenistan Gayrat Medal, USA Ellis Island Medal of Honor, Albania Knight of Flag Order, Republic of Turkey State Medal of Distinguished Service, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkish Republic State Medal of Distinguished Service, and the Turkish Grand National Assembly Distinguished Service Award. Honorary Consul to Bursa of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Mr. Ahmet Çalık has been bestowed upon honorary doctorate by Matsumoto University and Kindai University in Japan, the University of Tirana in Kazakhistan and Malatya Turgut Özal University in Turkey. Ahmet Çalık currently serves as the Board Chairman at Çalık Holding, Group Companies, and the Ahmet Çalık Foundation.

Temel Kotil graduated from Istanbul Technical University (ITU) Department of Aeronautical Engineering in 1983 and received his master's degree in Aeronautical Engineering from the University of Michigan in 1986. His second master's degree in Mechanical Engineering was from the same university in 1987, and his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the same university in 1991. Mr. Kotil founded and managed the aviation and advanced composite laboratories at the ITU Faculty of Aeronautics and Astronautics from 1991 to 1993 and served as Assistant Professor and Associate Professor as well as serving as Vice Chairman of the Department and Vice Dean of the Faculty. After his duties as Head of Research, Planning and Coordination Department of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality, Mr. Kotil started his career at Turkish Airlines in 2003 as Assistant General Manager of the Technical Department and was appointed as General Manager and the Board Member of Turkish Airlines in 2005. Mr. Kotil served as the Chairman of THY Teknik A.Ş. between 2005 and 2011 and as a Board Member of Sun Express between 2010 and 2012. Mr. Kotil served as a Board Member of TAI (Turkish Aerospace Industries Inc.) between 2015 and 2023 and as the General Manager of TAI from 2016 to 2024.

Born in Nevşehir in 1955, O. Saim DİNÇ, earned a degree in Faculty of Mechanical Engineering in Istanbul Technical University in 1978, and went on to assume the title of assistant professor in 1988. He went to the RPI (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), New York, USA in 1988 for academic studies, and worked for GE Corporate Research and Development Center at the same time. Having worked for General Electric in NY, USA for 15 years, Mr. DİNÇ has taken office for several positions, and run many projects in power plants, gas turbines, wind turbines, technology of aircraft engines, and product development. He assumed the title of associate professor in 1992. He was appointed as the Chairman of TPAO (Turkish Petroleum Corporation) on May 20, 2003. Having held office for 4 years, he gained a wide range of experience in oil and gas industry, and completed scores of major projects on a high note during his tenure. Having joined Çalık Enerji on 16 April 2007, O. Saim DİNÇ holds the title of Deputy Chairman of the Board. He has more than 60 patents and over 40 articles published by international conferences and scientific journals. He is also an award-winning executive in many lines of business.​

Being graduated from Chemical Engineering Program at the Middle East Technical University, Orhan Geniş has received his master’s degree from the leadership studies at the UK’s University of Exeter. Orhan Geniş has started his career in 1976 as a process engineer at TÜPRAŞ and then been transferred to UOP, a refinery and petrochemical production company in England, in 1990. He worked at petrochemical and refinery optimization departments, served as refinery technologies manager, engineer, and consultancy group director between 1993 and 2002 at UOP which has been then acquired by Honeywell. He became the Product Group General Manager of UOP in Europe, the Middle East, the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), and Africa in 2002. He continued to hold office as the General Manager in Switzerland between 2008 and 2010 due to the reorganization of the company. After working at various positions for 20 years at Honeywell Intl Inc., Orhan Geniş managed Honeywell’s business activities as the President of Turkey and Central Asian Fastest Growing Strategic Countries in the region between 2010 and 2018, before he retired in September 2018. Orhan Geniş created multiple publications internationally and he is one of the contributing authors of the “Petroleum Refining Process” technology book published by Mc Graw Hill. In 2003, he has been granted the Assoc. Prof. Dr. Süha Atamer Award, which is given by METU Chemical Engineering Academic Board to recognize the leaders with outstanding achievements in the industry. He joined Çalık Group as a Board Member of Çalık Enerji as of April 2019.

Fatih Genç graduated from the Department of Civil Engineering at Middle East Technical University in 1978. He worked at several levels in STFA Construction Group for 34 years and then became the General Manager for the company. Then, he worked as the IC İçtaş General Manager of Construction, IC İçtaş Executive Board Member and Taca Construction Saudi Arabia Country Director. Crossing paths with STFA Construction Group one more time in 2017, Fatih Genç worked as a Project Management Committee Member in Kuwait. He has become a Board Member of Çalık Enerji and also GAP Construction Companies in 2019.

Born in 1977, Izmir-Tire, Mustafa Aksoy has BSc degree in Public Administration at Dokuz Eylül University. Having worked at Egebank and Garanti Bank as the auditor, Mr. Aksoy completed his MBA at Belgium's Antwerp University. He joined Çalık Group in 2004, served in various positions in the fields of marketing, corporate finance, M&A, and business development. Serving as the General Manager of Lidya Madencilik since July 2010, Mr. Aksoy holds board member positions both with Lidya and our JV mining companies with foreign partners. In addition, he joined the Çalık Enerji Board of Directors as of April 2019​. Besides English, he has a good command of German, French and Italian.