Ali Sabancı is the chairperson of Pegasus Airlines and vice chairperson of Mars Sportif which are part of the Esas Private Equity portfolio. He also serves on the board of Esas Properties.

Ali is one of the co-founders of Esas Social, which was established to facilitate sustainable social investment. He focuses on increasing awareness of entrepreneurship in Turkey. As the president of the Young Entrepreneurs Board in the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB), he has led successful projects including Angel Investing Legislation, Global Entrepreneurship Congress, G3 Forum, Global Entrepreneurship Week and TIM Innovation Week - Born Global. He is also an angel investor in more than 25 start-up companies.

Ali is a member of the Turkish American Business Association and the Turkish Family Business Association. In 2018 he was awarded the Légion d'Honneur by the French government for his contributions to economic relations between Turkey and France.

Ali Sabancı earned his M.B.A. degree with a major in International Finance from Columbia Business School and B.A. degree in Politics and Economics from Tufts University.

Çağatay Özdoğru oversees all of Esas’ business segments including real estate, private equity, venture capital and wealth management, and serves on their investment committees. He is a board member of Esas Properties and various private equity portfolio companies including Pegasus Airlines, Mars Athletic, Korozo and Ayakkabı Dünyası.

Çağatay joined Esas Holding in 2005 as an executive board member. He played a major role in establishing Esas Private Equity where he served as CEO since 2010, until transitioning to his current role in 2019. He led a number of Esas’ private equity investments and exits of various portfolio companies including UN Ro-Ro, Mars Cinema Group and Peyman.

Previously, Çağatay was the president of IT & Telecommunications Investments at Sabancı Holding. Prior to that, he held various positions at France Telecom Group, where he last served as the executive vice president of the REEMEA region. He was also a member of the Global Operating Committee.

In 2020, Çağatay was appointed as the chairman of Turkey - France Business Council at DEIK (Foreign Economic Relations Council) and Independent Board Member of Fenerbahçe Football A.S in 2021. Çağatay is also a member of the Board of Directors at Tüsiad, Turkish Business & Industry Association as of April 2022. Previously, he served as the chairman of Turkey - Sweden Business Council and Turkey - Croatia Business Council, and board member of TBV (Turkey IT Foundation) and TUBISAD (Turkey IT Industry Association).

Çağatay Özdoğru earned his M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from George Washington University, where he received the Hall of Fame Award for Alumni in 2016, and B.S. degree in Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering from Istanbul Technical University.

Cumhur Kuşçuoğlu is a Senior Director and the Head of Turkish Private Equity and serves on the Private Equity Investment Committees.

Prior to joining Esas in 2009, Cumhur worked as a Director in the MENA Buyout Fund of the Carlyle Group. From 2002 to 2007, he was a Director at EY, supervising the M&A Advisory Services team in Turkey and Southeast Europe. Cumhur started his career in the Audit Department of Arthur Andersen where he worked for six years.

Mr. Kuşçuoğlu earned his B.A. degree in Economics from Boğaziçi University. 

Cumhur Kuşçuoğlu served on the boards of Mars Cinema Group and UN Ro-Ro until exit and sits on the boards of Mars Sportif, Ayakkabı Dünyası, Bonservis and OPLOG.

Can Deldağ is an Independent Investment Committee Member of Esas Turkish Private Equity.

In his career, Can worked as Managing Director and Co-Head for Mideast and North Africa Operations buyout team at The Carlyle Group. Prior to his joining Carlyle Group in 2007, Mr. Deldağ was a Partner at Ernst & Young, where he joined in 2002, following the merger of Ernst & Young and Andersen, as a Head of Transaction Advisory Services for Turkey and Head of M&A Services for Southeast Europe. Prior to this, he was leading the mergers and acquisitions Division in Andersen. He began his career with Arthur Andersen in 1989. 

Mr. Deldağ earned his B.A. degree in Management Engineering from Istanbul Technical University. 

Guy Zarzavatdjian is an Independent Investment Committee Member of Esas Turkish Private Equity.

Mr. Zarzavatdjian serves as a Senior Partner at Quilvest Private Equity since 2018. Previously, he served as the Chief Executive Officer at the firm, since joining in July 1, 2014 until 2018. He focuses on the PE direct investment business. Mr. Zarzavatdjian joined 3i in 1987 until March 2013 where he held various positions in France, Benelux (he created the office in Amsterdam), and the United Kingdom as a member of the Management Board. During his time at the firm, he has been the Country Managing Director of France in the mid 2000s. Mr. Zarzavatdjian managed 3i France from 2002 to 2007, after having created and developed the activity of 3i in the Benelux countries at the end of the 1990.

He served as Executive Officer at Eli Lilly and Company and a family textile group. He has over 30 years of private equity experience across Europe, the USA and Emerging Markets. He has sourced and completed more than 50 private equity investments during his career in private equity.

Mr. Zarzavatdjian holds an M.B.A. from INSEAD (Business School) and a DEA in Finance from Paris Dauphine University.