EMRE EKMEKÇİ

Vice president

Emre Ekmekci is a seasoned tech entrepreneur and professional with over 25 years of experience in e-commerce, marketing, fintech, ed-tech, and omnichannel retail.

Emre currently serves as an Independent Board Member at Migros Turk AS, the leading supermarket chain in Turkey. He is also an Independent Board Member at Digital Area, a subsidiary of Bank of Georgia. He is the co-founder and chairman of Rubibrands, an e-commerce aggregation business.

He was the President and Chief Commercial Officer of Hepsiburada (Nasdaq: HEPS)– a multi-category e-commerce player from 2015-2019. He founded HepsiPay, Hepsiburada’s fintech solution in consumer financing, wallet, and payment processing. He was the President of Doğan Online Group Companies from 2011-2015. Before that, Emre pioneered the daily deal business in Turkey by launching Groupon’s (Nasdaq: GRPN) Turkey (Sehirfirsati.com) with Rocket Internet and served as the regional head of Groupon.

Emre served on multiple NGOs as the President of the Turkish E-Commerce Association and as the Vice-President of the Turkish Chamber of Commerce’s E-Commerce Council.

Emre has an MBA with honors from Columbia Business School in New York and holds a Bachelor of Science in Industrial and Systems Engineering from the University of Southern California.