Appointed
5 February 2020.

Committee memberships
Chair of the Nomination Committee, and the Reserves Committee and member of the Remuneration Committee.

Key skills and experience
David has vast experience as an international business leader in the energy sector with strong technical and commercial skills. He has over 40 years experience in technical, commercial, business development, general management, and executive roles across all aspects of the oil & gas and energy business, spanning most regions of the world.

Current external appointments
David is currently serving as a Non-Executive Director for Hess Corporation, a large, integrated US oil and gas company.

Previous relevant experience
In April 2024 David retired as Chair from FlexLNG, a Norwegian-listed LNG shipping company. Between May 2014 and February 2020, David served as a Non-Executive Director at Costain plc, one of the UK’s leading smart infrastructure solutions providers. He was also a Non-Executive Director on the Board of Rockhopper Exploration plc until May 2019, where he served as Chair from 2016 to 2019. Other past Directorships include Caza Oil & Gas Inc and Cape plc, where he served as Chair from 2006 to 2008. David’s earlier career consisted of a number of executive positions including at Pioneer Natural Resources, where he was executive vice president for international operations, BG Group, Atlantic Richfield Company (ARCO), LASMO plc, and Shell UK.

Paul joined Genel as Chief Operating Officer in January 2020, with responsibility for all production assets and functional leadership of the operational disciplines. Paul has worked for more than 30 years in upstream E&P having spent time in the North Sea, South East Asia and Africa with experience of onshore and offshore Oil and Gas Operations. Before joining Genel, Paul was Group Head of Operations and Safety at Tullow Oil. Prior to that Paul spent 13 years at Talisman, where he was VP Production & Exploration, leading Operations in Malaysia. Before that Paul worked in a variety of Operational roles for Nippon Oil, Elf, Occidental and Total. Paul holds an MBA in Oil & Gas Management from Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen.

Appointed
5 February 2020.

Committee memberships
Member of the Nomination Committee.

Key skills and experience
Tolga Bilgin has current experience within the energy sector as CEO and Deputy Chairman of Bilgin Enerji Yatirim Holding A.S. and has held this position since 2014. Bilgin Energy is one of the largest companies within the Turkish energy sector. Through his current role and various positions held at Bilgin Energy managing the development, financing and execution of wind, hydro and thermal energy projects, Tolga brings experience in management, leadership, M&A and project financing to the Board.

Current external appointments
Since 2006 Tolga has been serving as the Chairman of the Wind Power and Hydropower Plants Businessmen’s Association and was also appointed as Deputy Chairman of Turkish Electricity Producers Association in 2018.

Appointed
21 June 2020.

Committee memberships
Senior Independent Director, Chair of the Audit Committee and member of the Nomination.

Key skills and experience
Canan has significant financial, corporate and industry experience. She had almost 30 years’ experience at Royal Dutch Shell, culminating in her role as the country chair and CEO of Shell Turkey between 2001 and 2009. Prior to this she was the CFO of Shell Turkey, preceded by a series of positions at the company across numerous aspects of the business, notably marketing, treasury and planning. Since leaving Shell, Canan has advised a number of companies including Accenture, Maersk and APM Terminals in developing their businesses in Turkey.

Current external appointments
Canan is a Non-Executive Director of ING Bank and Tupraş in Turkey, since 2010 and 2017 respectively.

Previous relevant experience
Between 2011 and 2017 Canan was a Non-Executive Directorship of Aygaz, a Turkish LPG marketing and distribution company, and between 2013 and 2019 a Non-Executive Director of Prysmian Turkey. Canan is the former President of PETDER (Turkish Association of Petroleum Industrialists) and Chair of the Oil Industry Council Turkish Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges and board member of WWF. She is also an active member of various NGOs, and is a board member of the Turkish Autism Society, the Global Relations Forum, and Embarq where she was previously Chairperson for five years – the Centre for Sustainable Transport.

Appointed
22 December 2021.

Committee memberships
Chair of the Remuneration Committee, and member of the Audit and Nomination Committees.

Key skills and experience
Yetik has almost 40 years’ technical, commercial, business development, and general management experience, including holding executive and non-executive Directorship roles across the energy utility and industrial sectors in MENA, CEE and the USA.

Current external appointments
Yetik is currently serving as a Non-Executive Director and Chairman of the Remuneration, Governance and Nomination Committees on the Boards of Turkish companies Cimsa Cimento Sanayi ve Ticaret AS and Afyon Cimento Sanayi Turk AS (Sabancı Holding Group Companies), which operate in the industrial construction sector.

Previous relevant experience
Between 1982 and 2004 Yetik undertook a number of engineering, strategic planning and business development roles across various industries including the manufacturing and construction sectors. In 2004, he became CEO of the Energy division at Sabancı Holding A.Ş., rising to become CEO of the Enerjisa Group (Integrated Energy Utility) in 2011. In 2016, he became CEO of STFA Group Holding Company and Chairman of the operational companies within the same group, tasked with the total restructuring of the Group.

Appointed
1 September 2024.

Committee memberships
Member of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee.

Key skills and experience
Sir Dominick Chilcott brings a wealth of expertise from his distinguished career as a diplomat over four decades at the UK’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Sir Dominick most recently served as the British Ambassador to Türkiye from 2018 to 2022. His diplomatic tenure included roles as the Ambassador to Ireland (2012–2016), briefly as the Ambassador to Iran (2011), as Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy in Washington (2008–2011) and as Britain’s High Commissioner to Sri Lanka (2006-2007).

Current external appointments
Sir Dominick currently serves as a Director of Groze Consulting and is the President of the British Institute at Ankara, which promotes research in the arts, humanities and social sciences of Türkiye and the Black Sea region.