Born in the Babadağ county of Turkey’s Denizli province in 1939, Zeki Zorlu carried the profession of weaving he had taken up as a child over to the realm of commerce with the first store the family opened in Trabzon. Adding manufacturing to their list of operations following the company headquarters’ relocation in İstanbul in 1970, Zeki Zorlu laid the foundations of Korteks in Bursa in 1976. Establishing Zorlu Holding together with his brother Ahmet Zorlu and making Vestel a part of it in 1994, Zeki Zorlu played a key role in the establishment and acquisition of numerous companies in the industries of energy, tourism, and property development.
In addition to his current status as the Vice Chairman of Zorlu Holding, Zeki Zorlu chairs various group companies in the industries of textile, energy, and property development.
Actively engaged in the work of non-governmental organizations, Zeki Zorlu is the Vice Chairman of the Textile Industry Assembly of the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB). Having served two years on the Board of Directors of the Bursa Industry and Business Association (BUSİAD), Zeki Zorlu is a member of the International Patent Cooperation Union, the Bursa Disaster Association (BURAD), the Foundation for the Empowerment of the Uludağ University, the Turkish Society for Quality (KALDER), the Association of Artificial Synthetic Fiber Manufacturers (SUSEB), the Bursa Research Foundation, and the Association for International Competition and Technology.
Ahmet Nazif Zorlu began his career in the textile business at a young age, following in on his father’s footsteps. After engaging in the textile trade with the store he opened in Trabzon in the early years of his career, he moved his company’s headquarters to Istanbul in 1970, laying the foundations of Zorlu Holding. Ahmet Zorlu set up his first production company, Korteks, in 1976 and united all of his companies under the roof of Zorlu Holding in 1990. In 1994, Ahmet Zorlu acquired Vestel, thus opening the door to new lines of business for Zorlu Holding. Ahmet Zorlu’s entrepreneurial spirit, which manifested itself in the textile industry, continued in various businesses operating in a wide range of industries, such as household appliances, electronics, energy, property development, metallurgy, e-mobility and defense. In addition to his duty as the Chairman of Zorlu Holding, Ahmet Zorlu serves as chairman in several Zorlu Group companies operating in different industries. Ahmet Zorlu holds memberships in non-governmental organizations, including DEIK (Foreign Economic Relations Board), TUSİAD (Turkish Industry and Business Association), DENBIR (Education and Culture Foundation of People of Denizli), BASIAD (Babadağ Industry and Business Association) and TETSIAD (Turkish Home Textile Industrialists’ Association).
(1965, Trabzon) Olgun Zorlu began his professional career in 1986 after completing his higher education in textiles and business administration in the UK. He started to serve in managerial positions at various Zorlu Group companies in 1988, leading their foreign market research and business development operations. In addition to serving as the Chairman of the Board of Meta Nikel, Olgun Zorlu is also a Board Member at Zorlu Energy, Vestel White Goods, Vestel Electronics and various companies affiliated with Zorlu Holding. A Zorlu Holding Board Member since 1998, Zorlu has assumed the position of Vice Chairman of the Board of Zorlu Holding as of 2022. Zorlu is a member of the Turkish Industry and Business Association (TÜSİAD) and the Turkish Home Textile Industrialists’ and Businessmen’s Association (TETSİAD).
(1967 - Ankara) Cem Köksal graduated from Boğaziçi University, Department of Mechanical Engineering in 1988, and completed his master's degree at Bilkent University in 1990. Köksal worked in the banking sector between 1990 and 2002. After working at various levels at Interbank between 1990 and 1997 Köksal, started working as Deputy General Manager at Denizbank in 1997 and joined Vestel in 2002 as the Chief Financial Officer. In 2012, he was appointed as the Head of Zorlu Holding’s Financial Affairs Group. Köksal served as the CEO of Zorlu Holding from June 2024 to March 2025. He currently continues to serve as a Board Member at Zorlu Holding and few Group companies.
Arzu Pişkinoğlu
Internal Audit, Control and Risk Management General Manager
After graduating from Üsküdar American Academy, Arzu Pişkinoğlu completed her undergraduate studies in Economics at Boğaziçi University and began her professional career as an independent auditor at Ernst & Young.
She later worked as Department Manager of Quality Assurance in Retail Banking at Citibank, and was subsequently appointed as Manager in Ernst & Young’s Advisory practice.
In the Advisory practice, Pişkinoğlu provided consultancy services to both local and international companies across various industries on topics including corporate governance, risk management, internal audit, internal control, IT-enabled process improvement, ethics and compliance, and financial and operational transformation, and in 2007, she became Partner in the Advisory practice, responsible for Risk Services.
Pişkinoğlu joined Zorlu Holding in 2016, where she leads the Holding’s internal audit, internal control, enterprise risk management, ethics and investigation functions.
She holds several local and international certifications, including Certified Public Accountant (CPA - Turkey), Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), Certification in Risk Management Assurance (CRMA), and Certified Internal Control Auditor (CICA).
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