MELTEM KURTSAN
Meltem Kurtsan was born in 1960 in Istanbul, graduated from Pharmacy Faculty of Istanbul University in 1982 with a Bachelor of Science degree. She worked in every management level of ''KURTSAN Group''. She is the president of the group since 2004. Throughout her business career she attended several business development activities including Owner President Management (OPM) Program at Harvard Business School during the summers of 1997-98-99. She is nominated  as ''Global Leader for Tomorrow''  by World Economic Forum in 1999, participated annual meetings in Davos for three years. She has started to focus on intellectual property rights and became Trademark and European Patent Attorney by passing the examination of Turkish Patent Institute in 2001. She is the founder and  President of Women Entrepreneurs Association (KAGIDER, www.kagider.org). She is the president of Intellectual Property Rights Working Group at Turkish Industrialists’ and Businessmen’s Assosiation (TUSIAD, www.tusiad.org.tr). She is the member of Young Presidents Organization (YPO www.ypo.org ), TUSIAD (www.tusiad.org.tr),Corporate Governance Associtation of Turkey (www.tkyd.org) and  Bugday Associtation (www.bugday.org).

AYLİN ONUR

Aylin Onur, who was born in Samsun in 1969 graduated from Economics in English department of Istanbul University. She started her career as Foreign Relationship Specialist at Guaranty Bank. She worked as Financial Manager at Arnetta Textile between 1993-1995. Following working as Financial Manager at Kurtsan Holding for 4 years, she was promoted to Assistant General Manager. Aylin Onur is General Manager of whole group since 2004. She is member of Samsun Anatolian High School Graduate Club, Istanbul University Graduate Club and Samsun Rotary Club.