Board of Directors

Tekin Ekinci

Chairman of the Board

With over 25 years of international experience across the financial, legal, and operational layers of the aviation industry, he is a senior expert and "Transition Period Architect" managing the major structural transformation in the sector's history. In his role as COO of Global eAviation Inc., he stands out as one of the global pioneers in hydrogen and battery technologies, energy storage systems, and the electric flight (e-Aviation) ecosystem. Acting as the first institutional-level integrator of the "New Aviation Paradigm" in Turkey, he guides the aviation industry's decarbonization journey by establishing strategic bridges between regulators, airports, and energy producers. He is a "Transition Management" architect who effectively converts high risks into high-yield investment opportunities by grounding current sectoral uncertainties and complexities onto commercially validated, secure foundations through robust standards, certifications, and experience-driven models. Capitalizing on his proven track record in satellite-based communications and digital infrastructure projects managed under Globalstar Avrasya Inc., he has dedicated his career to implementing the safest, most sustainable, and efficient integration models for the future of our skies and the planet.

NUH MEHMET ÇELEBİ

Vice President

An entrepreneur, executive, and diplomat with an extensive background in information technologies, aviation training, tourism, organization management, and international business development. As the founder of HAVAJET Aviation High School—one of Turkey’s first private vocational aviation high schools—he developed innovative models in aviation training. In his international capacity, notably as the Honorary Consul of Guinea-Bissau, he orchestrates global initiatives centered on education, investment, and strategic partnerships. Through the companies he founded and manages, he has delivered multidisciplinary projects across educational technologies, aviation, software, tourism, and international trade, establishing high-level collaborations with public institutions, private sector representatives, investor groups, and international bodies. He specializes heavily in aviation training infrastructure, sustainable aviation, technical training systems, franchise models, African investments, and strategic growth planning.

Dr. Cüneyd Parlayan

Secretary General

A versatile strategy architect who has spearheaded more than 12 national and international projects at the intersection of medicine, bioinformatics, and sustainable governance, seamlessly merging academic depth with an entrepreneurial vision. Leveraging top-tier professional experience acquired across the Canadian, Japanese, and Turkish ecosystems, he engineers high-value systems spanning from AI-driven healthcare solutions to corporate sustainability reporting (ESG). By formulating advanced technologies (AI, Biostatistics) alongside elite quality methodologies like ISO standards, Six Sigma, and Kaizen, he stands out as an authority managing the digital and green transformation processes of institutions at global benchmarks.

Following his education at Istanbul University, Faculty of Economics, he specialized in accounting and finance, gaining profound experience in Financial Advisory, financial architecture, and budget management. Bringing his entrepreneurial vision into the manufacturing industry, he served as a senior executive at Fatih Makina Ltd. and Fatih Kalıp Elemanları San. ve Tic. Ltd., companies of which he is a co-founder. He seamlessly translated a quarter-century of corporate expertise in production and finance into social utility through active leadership roles in various non-governmental organizations dedicated to fundamental human rights since his youth. Expanding beyond local domains, he structured international-standard machine and mold component manufacturing alongside global supply chain management processes within his enterprises. To keep a finger on the pulse of global shifts, he actively participates in international industrial exhibitions, fostering strategic alliances and global commercial networks. His deep literacy in international financial reporting, foreign trade regulations, and industrial production procedures has enabled him to successfully manage complex operational environments. His expertise in industrial productivity, incentive mechanisms, and budget optimization has elevated his standing within the real sector to a strategic position. Recognized for his constructive spirit in human relations, rigorous manufacturing discipline, and macro-economic foresight, he is widely trusted as an invaluable guide and mentor across both business networks and civil society. Today, he continues to inject significant institutional value utilizing this exact industrialist identity, financial engineering proficiency, and extensive NGO background.

Seçim Seçkin Koçak

Quality & Safety Architect / Auditor

A leader of military discipline origin, uniting the operational, technical, and academic disciplines of the aviation ecosystem through 35 years of masterful experience. He has assumed critical duties in shaping the safety benchmarks of a top-tier global carrier like Turkish Airlines. Blending his extensive flight history with academic authority in risk mitigation (Bow-Tie Expert) and NGO governance, he carries a profound vision to structure flight safety not merely as a technical checkbox, but as a core corporate culture and an enduring "Quality Legacy".

Possessing 30 years of elite professional execution across NGO legislation, administrative legal proceedings, and corporate governance architectures; he is a visionary who interprets law not merely as technical rulesets, but parses it through legal sociology to synthesize it with societal dynamics. He has enhanced his technical legal mechanics with global, dynamic, and sensitive environments like aviation law, embracing the vital mission of guarding civil society’s institutional memory. In the corporate workspace, across NGOs, and throughout his expansive social ecosystem, he is celebrated for a constructive, unifying character that triggers motivation via magnificent synergy. Backed by the structural institutional memory of Erikel Law Office, Ali Güngör holds ultimate responsibility for planning board dynamics and membership procedures proactively according to corporate bylaws, alongside flawless compliance regarding declarations submitted to administrative bodies.