Board of Directors

Ayşegül Bensel, who is the Chair of the Board of Directors at Consus Enerji, continues her duty as a Member of the Board of Directors at Global Investment Holdings, the main shareholder of the Company. She is Chair, Vice Chair and Member of the Board of Directors in various domestic and international subsidiaries of Global Investment Holdings. She is also a member of Consus Enerji’s Corporate Governance Committee.
Having graduated from Hacettepe University, Department of Business Administration, Bensel started her career as a Manager in the Treasury Department of a private bank. Bensel joined Global Menkul Değerler A.Ş. in 1993 as an Assistant Analyst in the Research Department. She was appointed Assistant Director of the Research Department in 1998 and then Director of the Research Department. She served as Chair of the Board of Directors and Deputy General Manager at Global Hayat Sigorta A.Ş. between 2003–2006, and as General Manager at Pera Gayrimenkul Yatırım Ortaklığı between 2010–2019. Bensel is the Chair of the Board of Directors at Consus Enerji’s subsidiaries Doğal Enerji Hizm. San. ve Tic. A.Ş., Mavibayrak Enerji Üretimi A.Ş. and Solis Enerji Üretim ve Tic. A.Ş. She continues her duty as a Member of the Board of Directors at Tres Enerji Hizm. San. ve Tic. A.Ş.

Serdar Kırmaz graduated from the Department of Business Administration at the Middle East Technical University in 1987. After working for a short time at Oyak Headquarters in Ankara, he joined Coopers & Lybrand (later PWC) in 1988 and held various positions. He left the same institution in 1997 with the title of Partner.
Kırmaz, who served various Turkish companies at his own consultancy firm between 1997–1999, worked as a Member of the Executive Board in charge of Financial Affairs at STFA Holding A.Ş. between 1999–2005, and as Finance Director at Global Investment Holdings., the main shareholder of Consus Enerji between 2005–2007. He worked at Doğan Group between 2007–2010 and returned to Global Investment Holdings in 2010.
Kırmaz is a Member of the Board of Directors of Global Investment Holdings and various subsidiaries and continues to serve as the Vice Chair of the Board of Directors at Consus Enerji. He is also a Member of Consus Enerji’s Early Detection of Risk Committee. Kırmaz is the Chair of the Board of Directors of Tenera Enerji Tic. A.Ş., Tres Enerji Hizm. San. ve Tic. A.Ş. and Mavibayrak Doğu Enerji Üretim A.Ş., which are subsidiaries of Consus Enerji. Moreover, he is holding various senior positions as Vice Chair of the Board of Directors at Doğal Enerji Hizm. San. ve Tic. A.Ş., Mavibayrak Enerji Üretim A.Ş., Ra Güneş Enerji Üretim San. ve Tic. A.Ş., Solis Enerji Üretim Tic. A.Ş. and Edusa Atık Bertaraf ve Geri Kazanım Depolama San. Tic. A.Ş.

F. Tahsin Bensel, a graduate of Boğaziçi University Industrial Engineering Department, studied Industrial Engineering at the University of Florida. Following his graduation, he worked as a lecturer at Florida Atlantic University between 1982–1991 and provided consultancy services to various companies in South Florida.
He joined the Global Group as the General Manager of Global Menkul Kıymetler Yatırım Ortaklığı A.Ş. at the end of 1991 and has held various senior positions before today.
He also served as the General Manager at Global Portföy Yönetimi A.Ş. and as the Vice Chair of the Board of Directors at Actus Portföy Yönetimi A.Ş. After the merger of Istanbul Portföy Yönetimi A.Ş. and Actus Portföy Yönetimi A.Ş., he continues to serve as the Chair of the Board of Directors of Istanbul Portföy Yönetimi A.Ş.
He is currently the Chair of the Board of Directors at Global Liman İşletmeleri A.Ş., İstanbul Portföy Yönetimi A.Ş and Global Gemicilik ve Nakliyat Hizmetleri A.Ş., and a Member of the Board of Directors at The Yes Foundation Bahamas.
Bensel is currently a member of the Board of Directors of Consus Enerji İşletmeciliği ve Hizmetleri A.Ş. He continues his duties as a Board Member at Consus Enerji’s subsidiaries Mavibayrak Enerji Üretim A.Ş. and Doğal Enerji Hizmetleri San. ve Tic. A.Ş., as the Chair of the Board of Directors at Ra Güneş Enerjisi Üretim San. ve Tic. A.Ş. and Edusa Atık Bertaraf Geri Kazanım ve Depolama San. ve Tic. A.Ş. and as the Vice Chair of the Board of Directors at Tres Enerji Hizm. San. ve Tic. A.Ş. Bensel is also a member of Consus Enerji’s Early Detection of Risk Committee.

Mehmet Ali Deniz has been the Group Chief Strategy Officer of Global Investment Holdings, the main shareholder of Consus Enerji, since 2014 and is responsible for the Group’s global mergers, acquisitions, financing, and capital markets transactions. Deniz has played a key role in Global Ports Holding’s global growth activities.
Deniz also recently led the successful public offerings of Naturelgaz San. ve Tic. A.Ş. and Consus Enerji İşlet. ve Hizmet. A.Ş. in 2021 and 2022 on behalf of Global Investment Holdings. Deniz is currently a Board Member of Global Group companies Naturelgaz San. ve Tic. A.Ş., Naturelgaz Gaz İletim A.Ş., Istanbul Portföy A.Ş., GYH Danışmanlık ve Yönetim Hizmt. A.Ş., Global Ticari Emlak Yatırımları A.Ş and Catania Cruise Terminal S.r.l., Chair of the Board of Directors of AD Port of Adria, and Managing Director of GPH Kalundborg ApS.
Deniz was the CEO of Soma Metalik Madenler A.Ş. between 2011–2014, where he managed the Group’s domestic metal mines, and led the metal mine development efforts abroad and the coal-fired power station development projects in Türkiye. Deniz developed projects and made investments in the metal mines sector through RA Invest A.Ş., a company he founded, between 2009–2011. Between 2006–2009, Deniz was the Head of Business Development Department at Global Investment Holdings, where he and his team managed the Holding’s acquisitions, partnerships, company sales and project financing transactions in the energy, port infrastructure and real estate sectors. Deniz joined the Group in 1997 as an analyst in the Corporate Finance Department of Global Menkul Değerler, where he was involved in major public offerings, mergers and acquisitions in Türkiye, the Balkans and North Africa regions until 2006.
Deniz graduated from the Bilkent University Electrical and Electronics Engineering Department in 1993 and holds an MBA from the same university. He also completed a long-term global leadership program at Yale University and is a member of the Endeavor Association. He is also a member of Consus Enerji’s Early Detection of Risk Committee.

Ercan Nuri Ergül is a Member of the Board of Consus Enerji and serves as a Member of the Company’s Corporate Governance Committee.
Ergül has been a Member of the Board of Directors at Global Ports Holding Plc since 2017 and serves as a Member of the Board of Directors in various subsidiaries of Global Investment Holdings Ergül is the partner and manager of a private equity fund with investments in Türkiye and the Balkans. Ergül, who previously worked as a manager in investment banking activities of Global Menkul Değerler, started his career at Citibank Türkiye’s Corporate Banking Department. Ercan Nuri Ergül completed his bachelor’s degree at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at the Middle East Technical University, and then received his Master of Business Administration degree in the USA. Ergül serves on the Board of Directors of four companies operating in the fleet leasing, packaging, and information technologies sectors. Ergül served as a member of the Board of Directors, Chair of the Corporate Governance Committee and a member of the Audit Committee at Global Investment Holdings between April 2017 and April 2018. Ergül continues his duties as a Board Member at Consus Enerji’s subsidiaries Mavibayrak Enerji Üretimi A.Ş. and Tenera Enerji Tic. A.Ş. and as the Vice Chair of the Board of Directors at Mavibayrak Doğu Enerji Üretim A.Ş.

Mustafa Karahan serves as the Independent Member of the Board of Directors at Consus Enerji and he is also the Chair of the Company’s Audit and Corporate Governance Committees. He serves as a member of the Early Detection of Risk Committee.
Karahan graduated from Ankara Atatürk Anatolian High School in 1985. He received his bachelor’s degree from Ankara University, Faculty of Political Sciences, Department of Economics in 1990. In the same year, he began working at Hitit Menkul Değerler.
Karahan worked in the Treasury and Finance Department of Türk Eximbank between 1992–1994. He received his MBA degree from NY Institute of Technology (Old Westbury) University between 1994–1998. During the same period, he interned at Merrill Lynch Private Clientele Group and worked for Broadway Inc. for two years.
Returning to Türkiye in 1998, Karahan started his career at Demirbank’s Treasury Department and continued until 2004, at which time this bank was purchased by HSBC. During this time, he worked at the International Capital Markets, Treasury Sales and Derivative Products desks.
In 2004, he worked as a partner and manager at Central Asian Financial Advisory Services (CAFAS) in Kazakhstan. Additionally, he traded the risks and non-performing loans of Central Asian banks. Until 2008, when he lived in Kazakhstan, he worked as an investor, manager or consultant at different companies such as BASF Central Asia Construction Chemicals lnc, BetonAta (Çiments Francais/ltalcimenti Group), Galatafilm, through his partner BFV company. He started his duty at EFT Türkiye in 2008, again as a managing partner, and continued until 2012, when he sold his shares in the Company. During this time he traded electricity within EFT.
He served as the founder and the Chair of the Board of Directors for two terms at the Energy Trade Association (ETD), which was established with the initiative he started in 2009. Karahan heads the Wholesale Markets, Organized Markets and Demand Side Participation Working Groups at ETD. He is currently the Vice Chair of the Board of Directors of ETD, Manager at Dragon Enerji Finansal Danışmanlık Hizmetleri, President of the Türkiye Energy Summit, and Board Member of Enerji Piyasaları İşletme A.Ş. (EPIAŞ). Karahan is also an Independent Board Member at Naturelgaz San. ve Tic. A.Ş. and a Board Member at Straton Maden Yatırımları ve İşlet. A.Ş., both subsidiaries of Global Investment Holdings.

Talip Selçuk Şaldırak was appointed the Independent Board Member of Consus Enerji by the General Assembly on May 4, 2023. After his graduation from Boğaziçi University, the Department of Mechanical Engineering in 1979, he worked as an engineer at Türkiye Gemi Sanayii until 1986. He started his banking career as a management trainee in 1986 at a banking institution-later named Interbank. He received his Master’s degree in Business Administration from Istanbul University. After taking several posts in marketing divisions and serving as a branch manager in several banks including Interbank, Korfezbank and Demirbank, he was appointed to Romania to be in charge of the foundation of a subsidiary firm of Demirbank.
After the foundation of Demirbank Romania SA, he served as the founding General Manager and Chair of Board of Directors of the Bank. Folllowing the acquisition of the Bank by the Italian Unicredit Group in 2001, he continued his position as the General Manager of Unicredit Romania until 2004. Later, he continued his career as the General Manager and the Chair of the Board of Directors at Banca Tiriac, then the largest local bank in Romania. After the merger of the Bank with a subsidiary of Bank Credit Einstalt, Şaldırak took his new position in 2007 at DHB (Nederland) NV located in the Netherlands where he served as General Manager until 2010.
During his career in Romania, he served as a Member of the Board of Directors at a firm then called Unicredit Leasing, also a Member of the Board of Directors of Demir Kazakhstan and after its acquisition, as the Chair of IK Bank Macedonia (today’s Halk Bank Macedonia) which was then a subsidiary of Demir Halk Bank.
Since 2011, he has been serving as a founding Board Member of both Access Financial Services SA- a non-banking financial institution located in Romania and Access Business Solutions Srl- a consultancy firm. He is an independent Board Member of Credit West Bank-a commercial bank located in Ukraine. At Consus Enerji, Şaldırak is also the Chair of the Early Detection of Risk Committee and serves as a Member of the Corporate Governance and Audit Committees.