Appointed
21 June 2020.
Committee memberships
Chair of the Audit Committee, and member of the Nomination Committee.
Key skills and experience
Canan has significant financial, corporate and industry experience. She had almost 30 years of experience at Royal Dutch Shell, culminating in her role as the country chair and CEO of Shell Türkiye between 2001 and 2009. Prior to this, she was the CFO of Shell Türkiye, 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 Türkiye.
Current external appointments
Canan has been a Non-Executive Director of ING Bank and Arcelik (Beko), in Türkiye, since 2010 and 2024, respectively. She is also a voluntary member of various NGOs such as the Turkish Autism Society for whom she is a board member.
Previous relevant experience
Between 2011 and 2017 Canan served as a Non-Executive Director of Aygaz, a leading Turkish LPG marketing and distribution company. She was a Non-Executive Director at Tupras, Türkiye’s largest oil refiner operating four refineries, from 2017 to 2024, and a Non-Executive Director at Prysmian Türkiye from 2013 to 2019. Canan was the former President of PETDER (Turkish Association of Petroleum Industrialists) and Chair of the Oil Industry Council Turkish Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges, Chair of the World Resource Institute for five years and a board member of the Global Relations Forum.