Yıldız Günay

INDEPENDENT BOARD MEMBER Yıldız Günay completed her undergraduate education at Boğaziçi University Industrial Engineering Department (1989), and her master's degree in Economics (1992) at the same university. Ms. Günay started her career in 1990 at the Treasury Department of Citibank, assuming trading responsibilities for different asset classes, whereafter she was promoted as Treasury Marketing Unit Manager. She joined Cargill in 1995, and as Deputy General Manager, took responsibilities in the realm of financial trading units, corporate treasury, and financial operations. Subsequently, she founded Cargill - Black River Asset Management Turkey office in 2004, serving as General Manager and Cargill Turkey Member of the Board of Directors, whereby her area of responsibility eventually expanded to include Central Asian and African countries. Ms. Günay served as the General Manager of Turkish Educational Foundation (TEV) between September 2012 and August 2021, where she pioneered the institutionalization and digitalization of the Foundation, in addition to revving up its asset management capabilities.