Dr. Abdullah Çerekçi graduated from Bilkent University’s Department of Industrial Engineering and completed his master’s and doctoral studies at Texas A&M University’s Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering.
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Dr. Çerekçi began his professional career as a Production Planning Specialist at Ford Otosan in 2002 and later worked as a Management Consulting Project Manager at Booz & Company in 2008. In 2012, he assumed the role of Strategy Project Manager at Sabancı Holding. From 2013 to 2023, Dr. Çerekçi served as Strategy and Business Development Manager, and later as Strategy, Mergers, and Acquisitions Director at Zorlu Holding. Dr. Abdullah Çerekçi joined Kale Group in 2023 as Vice President of Corporate Strategy and Business Development.
Additionally, Dr. Abdullah Çerekçi has served as the Co-Founder and Vice Chairman of Aegean Ventures since 2021.
COP31 events
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Beyond Commitments: Real Stories of Business Transformation
Abdullah Çerekçi (speaker)Speakers: Fatih Özkadı, Cüneyt Yavuz and 4 more
Organiser: We Mean Business Coalition
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Powering the Future: Deep Tech Innovations for the Energy Transition
Abdullah Çerekçi (speaker)Speakers: Yasemin Somuncu, Tolga Güneri and 2 more
Organiser: Startup Zone
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COP31 Business Forum
Zeynep Bodur Okyay (participant), Abdullah Çerekçi (participant), Rana Birden (participant)
Organiser: TOBB