Born in Niğde in 1966, she graduated from Çamlıca Girls’ High School and from METU in Electrical and Electronics Engineering. She started her career in 1990 and since 1995 has chaired Tepar Tekstil, which produces functional yarns for technical textiles and exports to more than 35 countries. She is Treasurer Board Member of the Istanbul Chamber of Industry, a board member of İTHİB, a member of the TOBB Istanbul Women Entrepreneurs Executive Board and chair of the textile sector sustainability committee. She was named among Fortune Türkiye’s 50 Most Powerful Businesswomen in 2019.
COP31 events
13:30–14:30
Fri 13
Panel
Ended
Financing Green Competitiveness: Women-Led Industrial Transformation, Investment and Sustainable Value Chains
Zeynep Bodur Okyay (speaker)Speakers: Sultan Tepe, Tuğba Işık Ercan and 3 more
Organiser: AK Party Women’s Branch