Our Management Team

Senior Management Team

Carsten Wallmann

CEO

Born in 1973 in Germany, Mr. Wallmann got his Master’s Degree in Law at the University of Freiburg, Germany.

Utku Ayyarkın

General Manager & Board Member

Utku Ayyarkın is the General manager and Board Member of Aras Kargo, one of Turkey's leading and innovative delivery companies, since 2019.

Barbara Hagen

CFO

Barbara Hagen completed her graduate studies of international business at the Vienna University of Economics as well as an LL.M. in international tax law.

Our Management Team

Billur Burkutoğlu

Deputy General Manager of Marketing, Corporate Communication, and Customer Experience

Billur Kaymak Burkutoğlu graduated from Marmara University, Faculty of Business Administration in English, and continued her education at the University of California, Berkeley.

Erdem Özdemir

Deputy General Manager of Sales

Erdem Özdemir graduated from the Department of Geophysical Engineering at Kocaeli University and started his corporate career at Commercial Union in 2003.

Filiz Evren

Deputy General Manager of Financial Affairs

Having graduated from Yıldız Technical University electrical engineering, she completed her master's degree in the international business department of Istanbul University.

Gökay Burak Akkuş

General Manager of Aras Digital

Gökay Burak Akkuş graduated from the Department of Computer Engineering at the Faculty of Engineering of Ege University and completed his master's degree in the same department at Boğaziçi University.

Kenan Cebeci

Deputy General Manager of Information Technologies

Kenan Cebeci graduated from the Department of Computer Engineering at Karadeniz Technical University, in 2008 and completed his master's degree in Computer Engineering at Marmara University.

Oğuzhan Öztürk

Deputy General Manager of Purchasing and Real Estate Management

After completing his bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering at Istanbul University, Oğuzhan Öztürk completed his master's degree in Industrial Engineering at Boğaziçi University in 2003.

Onur Aytekin

Deputy General Manager of Operations

Onur Aytekin graduated from Saint-Joseph High School and completed his undergraduate education at Galatasaray University Business Administration department.

Ramazan Altınay

Head of International Affairs, Business Development, and Strategy

Ramazan Altınay obtained a bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering from Yıldız Technical University and completed the Leadership Development Programme at Sabancı University.

Selda Özacar

Deputy General Manager of Human Resources

After graduating from the Psychology department of Middle East Technical University, she completed her master's degree in Human Resources Management and Development at Marmara University and her post-graduate in International Human Resources Management and Development at the University of Manchester, respectively.

Yiğitcan Bozoğlu

Chief Legal Counsel

Yiğitcan Bozoğlu, the Chief Legal Counsel of Aras Kargo, graduated from Bilkent University Faculty of Law and completed the minor program at Bilkent University Department of International Relations.