Turgay Durak has been the Deputy CEO of Koç Holding since May 2009.
Turgay Durak began his career at Ford Otosan, Koç Holding’s automotive
joint venture with Ford Motor Company in 1976 as a product development
engineer and worked in manufacturing engineering, marketing, purchasing
and production functions in management roles before becoming the General
Manager of Ford Otosan in 2002. In May 2007 he was assigned as Koç
Holding Automotive Group President responsible for the group’s joint
ventures Ford Otosan and Fiat-Tofaş as well as the automotive retail
company, Otokoç. He is on the Board of Directors of related Koç
companies and serves as the Chairman of Turkish Automotive
Manufacturers’ Association (OSD) since 2004. He has BS and MS degrees in
mechanical engineering from Northwestern University in Illinois, U.S.A.