Senior Management

She commenced her professional career at Mudo Mağazacılık A.Ş. in 1990 as a Stores Group Specialist. Between 1991 and 1993, she worked as a Human Resources and Training Manager at F Profil Ltd. In 1993, she joined Koç Group and worked as a Senior Specialist at Arçelik A.Ş. in different Human Resources Processes. She continued her career within the same group as a Management Development Manager at Koç Holding A.Ş. between 2002 and 2007. She was appointed as Human Resources Manager at Aygaz A.Ş. in 2007. In December 2009, she joined Akkök Group as an HR Consultant and took an active role in the execution of Akkök Group's strategic human resources programs. From 2010 to 2014, she was appointed as the Human Resources Manager of Akkök Holding A.Ş. from her previous role as a Consultant and at the same time, she managed the HR Processes of different companies within the group. She managed a variety of tasks and roles as the Organizational Development and Real Estate Human Resources Coordinator at Akkök Holding between 2014-2017. She has been working as the HR Director of Akiş REIT since February 2017. Özlem Özbatır received her bachelor's degree in Psychology from Middle East Technical University in 1989 and her master's degree in Business Administration - Management and Organization from Uludağ University. In 2014, she successfully completed the Adler Professional Coaching Certificate Program in Turkey. Born in 1964 in Merzifon, she is married and the mother of one child. She is fluent in English.