Dr. Melih Şükrü Ecertaş has served as an Independent Member of the Turkish Airlines Board of Directors and Executive Committee since March 31, 2020.

Born in İnegöl, Bursa in 1987, Mr. Ecertaş graduated from Kartal Anatolian Imam-Hatip high school in 2004. He studied Business Administration at Beykent University and graduated as a valedictorian in 2009.

After his Bachelor’s Degree, granted with Fulbright scholarship, Mr. Ecertaş took his Master’s Degree at Emerson College in Boston, United States in Marketing Communications department. Following his research assistant position at MIT/Sloan School of Management, he completed his PhD degree at Gebze Technical University in Management and Organization. Mr. Ecertaş worked in the field of finance in various companies in Türkiye and currently continues his academic studies as an Assistant Professor in Ibn Haldun University.

He served as the Corporate Development Manager and Member of the Board of Directors at Çilek Furniture.

He worked in many domestic and international organizations in “Human Resources System Design, Performance Management Systems, Employee Rewarding Models, Strategic Planning, Talent Management, HR Digital Transformation and other Organizational Development” projects.

Mr. Ecertaş, who has been involved in civil society and youth studies since secondary education, has undertaken important responsibilities at various levels from the Provincial Organization to the Headquarters in the AK Party Youth Branches in 2012-2018. He still continues to volunteer in various youth-related NGOs.

Mr. Ecertaş has an excellent command of English and a good command of German and Arabic. He is married and has three children.