Occupying a position on the executive management team of Turkey’s leading mobile phone operator, İ. Serhat Demir first joined Turkcell in the distinguished role of executive vice president of the legal and regulation function in May 2015. Demir was entrusted with this position in part due to his rich experience in the in-house legal sector at large Turkish companies; he worked as a lawyer and held executive and directorial positions responsible for legal affairs at Yıldız Holding and Çalık Holding. He was a member of the board of directors of Çalık Holding, Albtelecom, Banka Kombetare Tregtare and Aktif Yatırım Bankası. He is currently a board member of Turkcell’s subsidiaries namely Superonline, Global Bilgi and Global Tower. Demir graduated from the Faculty of Law at Istanbul University and has a Master’s of Business Administration degree. He started his professional career in 1997 at commercial data, analytics and business insights firm Dun & Bradstreet.