BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Nevgul BİLSEL SAFKAN

INDEPENDENT BOARD MEMBER

Having graduated from the Austrian High School in 1989 and from Istanbul University, Faculty of Business Administration, Department of Business Administration (English) in 1993, Nevgül Bilsel Safkan completed her Executive MBA program at Boğaziçi University in 2003.

She began her career in 1993 as an auditor at Arthur Andersen, and during her career took on various roles in financial management during the rapid growth periods of leading companies in their respective sectors. Between 1999 and 2004, she served as CFO at Superonline. Joining the Sabancı Group in 2005, she first worked as CFO at Marsa. Between 2006 and 2013, she served as CFO at Teknosa, where she managed the company’s public offering process and investor relations. In 2013, she was appointed General Manager of Kliksa.com, the e-commerce company established within Teknosa, and held this position until 2016. Subsequently, between 2016 and 2018, she served as General Manager at Hotelspro and Dyson/Hakman, respectively.

Returning to the Sabancı Group in September 2018 as General Manager of the Sabancı Foundation, Nevgül Bilsel Safkan has been a Member of the Board of Directors of the Education Reform Initiative (ERG) since 2020, a Member of the Advisory Board of the Sabancı University Center of Excellence in Gender and Women's Studies (SU Gender), and an Independent Board Member at Teknosa since 2022. As of 2025, she serves as the Chairperson of the Third Sector Foundation of Turkey (TÜSEV).

Internationally, in 2021, she was honored with the title of Zero Project Ambassador by the Austria-based Essl Foundation for her valuable contributions in the field of disability rights, a role she continues to hold. In 2023, she was elected as a Member of the Advisory Board of the European Philanthropy Association (Philea) for a three-year term.

Nevgül Bilsel Safkan is married and has one child.