Haluk Akçalı

Haluk Akçalı is a ODTU graduated materials engineer with a Engineering Management MSc. Degree from Istanbul Technical University and MBA degree from The University of Chicago Booth School of business all of which are top notch universities in Turkiye and USA. He has deep experience in program management, business development and plant management in the automotive and home tech industries. He is with Fark Holding group since 2000 and managed almost all group companies, executed M&A, restructuring, turn-around and exit projects at a global level. In the year of 2019, he became the Chief Strategy Officer of the group and developed the road map for the whole group and started running Fark Labs. Since then he is responsible for all Fark Labs activities, support several portfolio companies at their board and personally co-invests in some of the projects. Furthermore, Haluk also co-founded a start-up for the development of ion exchange membranes which is a critical component for the new clean energy sources. Finally, Haluk lectures Business Strategy courses in universities and helps start-ups develop their strategies as well.