Board of Directors
Niv GARİH

Chairman of the Board

Born in 1981, Niv Garih graduated from New York University, Stern School of Business, Department of Finance and International Business Administration with honors in 2006. 

Mr. Garih worked in JP Morgan’s Asset Management division in New York from 2006 to 2008. He later turned to Turkey in 2009 and started working at Alarko Holding A.Ş.’s Business development, feasibility and valuation departments. 

Since 2013, he has been headig the investor relation activities of Alarko Holding A.Ş. and its subsidiaries. He has been the Member of the Board of Alarko Holding A.Ş. since 2014. Niv Garih is married, has one daughter and speaks English and French.
Muriel Makharine TOPPAZZINI

Deputy Chairman of the Board

Born in Metz, France in 1964, Toppazzini joined UTC (United Technologies Corporation) in 1994 and started to work as a Senior Lawyer at Carrier Europe & Transcontinental Operations based in Paris. She was appointed as Executive Assistant to Geraud Darnis, President of Carrier in the United States. In 2007, she was promoted to the Vice Presidency of the Department of Legal Affairs at Carrier EMEA and in 2011 she was appointed as the Vice President of Carrier. 

She worked as Vice President and Chief Legal Counsel of the UTC Building & Industrial Systems Europe, Middle East and Africa between 2013 and 2015. Since November 2015, she is the Vice President and Chief Legal Counsel of the UTC Climate, Controls & Security International Operations. 

Toppazzini has received her Doctor of Law diploma from the Faculty of Law, University of Boston, USA and her bachelor’s degree from the Faculty of Law, Sorbonne University, Paris. She is married and has three children.
Ümit Nuri YILDIZ

Member of the Board

Ümit Nuri Yıldız was born in Erzurum in 1966. He graduated from the Department of Business Administration, Faculty of Political Sciences of Ankara University in 1986. He obtained his MSc degree from University of Illinois. In 1987, he started working as Assistant Auditor at Board of Auditors of the Ministry of Finance. Yıldız continued to work in the Ministry as Auditor and Chief Auditor until 1997. He was appointed Deputy General Manager of the Turkish Employment Organization in 1997. He resigned from his position and joined the Alarko Group of Companies in 1998. Mr. Yıldız worked as Senior Vice President, Financial Analysis, System and Planning between 1998-2018. Having been appointed as General Manager of Alarko Holding A.Ş. in 2018, Ümit Nuri Yıldız was elected as Member of the Board of Alarko Holding A.Ş. in 2020. Mr. Yıldız has been appointed as the CEO of Alarko Group of Companies in 2021, and still serves as Board Member of various companies included in Alarko Group of Companies. Mr. Yıldız speaks English.
Sathya Moorthi DEVARAJAN

Member of the Board

Sathya Moorthi Devarajan joined Carrier in 2006 as Director of Finance for Middle East. He has led the role of being the CFO for $500M+ businesses spread across Middle East.
During his tenure with Carrier and United Technologies Corporation he has held multiple positions in the areas Finance and IT. 
From 2013 to 2016, Sathya held the role of Chief Financial Officer for UTC Climate, Controls & Security (Middle East) and United Technologies (Middle East and Turkey). In 2017 he headed the function of CFO and IT Head for Middle East and Turkey for HVAC at Carrier Corporation.
Since 2021 Sathya Moorthi Devarajan has held the function of Managing Director for Middle East and Turkey for HVAC at Carrier Corporation.
Sathya Moorthi Devarajan holds a Master of Business Administration degree from the London Business School and is an ACA - Finance and Accounting from the Indian Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. He is married and has two kids.
İzzet Cemal KİŞMİR

Independent Member of the Board

Kişmir was born in Ankara in 1964. He graduated from the Finance Management (English) Department of the Faculty of Economic and Administrative Sciences of Marmara University in 1986. In 1988 he completed his graduate studies in Modern Management at the same university and in 1996 he completed his MBA at Hartford University, Barney Management Collage in “International Finance and Strategic Management” .

He started to work as Regional Sales Coordinator at STFA Holding in 1987. He held several managerial jobs at Mobil Oil, Garanti Bank, TEB BNP Paribas respectively. Mr. Kişmir has been working as the CEO and the Board member of BNP Paribas Cardiff in Turkey since 2011. İzzet Cemal Kişmir speaks English, is married and has one child.
Bahar Özeray ÇOLAKEL

Independent Member of the Board

Bahar Özeray Çolakel was born in Bursa in 1979. She graduated from Galatasaray High School in 1998, and from Galatasaray University School of Law in 2003. After completing her internship at Istanbul Bar Association, she received a grant from the French Embassy and worked as a foreign intern at Paris Bar Association. Between 2003 - 2006, she worked at a law office specializing in international law in Istanbul. 

At the end of 2006, she set up the Istanbul branch of the Bursa-based Özeray Law Office. Ms. Özeray Çolakel currently works as a lawyer at her own law office. She holds an Occupational Health and Safety Certificate and a Mediation Certificate. She also serves as an expert translator of English and French at Istanbul Courthouse. Ms. Özeray Çolakel is married and is the mother of one child.
Management Staff
Cem AKAN

General Manager

Cem Akan was born in Istanbul in 1976. He graduated from the Department of Economics in 1998. In the year 2000, he started working as Assistant Auditor at Mazars Denge Independent Audit Firm. In 2003 he started working as Senior Financial Analyst at Yapi Kredi Leasing. 

He joined Alarko Carrier in 2004 as Budget and Financial Analysis Specialist. After working at various positions in the company he was appointed as General Manager in January 2019 and he is presently working as the General Manager of Alarko Carrier. Mr. Akan speaks English and has one daughter.
Hırant Kalataş

Deputy General Manager

He got BS degree from İTÜ Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and MBA degree from İÜ Faculty of Business Administration. Joined Alarko in 1984 and has served for many different positions. He has been still working as Deputy General Manager.

He is member of MMO (Chamber of Mechanical Engineers) and TTMD (Turkish HVAC Engineers Association).  In addition to these, he is an accredited professional from LEED.
Murat Çopur

Deputy General Manager

Murat graduated from the Department of Metallurgical Engineering at METU in 1982. After having received his M.Sc. degree from the Department of Materials Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1985, he completed his Ph.D. at ITU’s Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering.

Murat joined Alarko in 1986 and worked in different positions. He is currently working as the Deputy General Manager and is in charge of two factories. He is also one of the board members of Pump and Valves Manufacturing Association.
Koray Fedar

Deputy General Manager

Having received his bachelor's degree from Istanbul Technical University, Department of Mechanical Engineering in year 2000, Koray Fedar then added in 2003, a Master of Business Administration degree from Virginia International University, to his resume.

After serving in various positions in Alarko Group, Mr. Fedar is currently working as the Vice President for Domestic and Overseas Sales of Consumer and Light Commercial Products at Alarko Carrier San. Tic. A.Ş., and is on the board of directors of Natural Gas Equipment Manufacturers and Business Association (DOSIDER).
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