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DR. FATIH KEMAL EBIÇLIOĞLUCHAIRMAN

oined the Board on April 3, 2019.

Fatih Kemal Ebiçlioğlu (Ph.D), Koç Holding AS, President of Consumer Durables

At 1989 Fatih Kemal Ebiçlioğlu started his career at the Ministry of Finance as a Junior Financial Auditor and served as a Financial Auditor and Chief Financial Auditor. He worked as a lecturer in Hacettepe, Bilkent and Atılım Universities between 1998-2002.

He joined the Koç Group in 2002 and worked as the Coordinator of the Finance Group and continued as the Coordinator of Audit Group between 2004-2005. In April 2005 he was assigned as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Arçelik AS. From February

2015, he serves as President of Consumer Durables at Koç Holding AS.

He graduated from Ankara University, Faculty of Political Science and Public Administration. He completed his MBA in Finance at Virginia Commonwealth University and has a PhD from Ankara University, Faculty of Business Administration. Mr. Ebiçlioğlu is also a Member of the Board of Directors of TÜSİAD and Turkish Exporters Association (TİM).

His duties undertaken in the last decade are mainly listed above, and he is on the board of some companies in Koç Group.

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M. H. M. FAIROZMANAGING DIRECTOR & CEO

oined the Board on September 6, 2016.Prior to this appointment Mr. Fairoz served as the Marketing Director of Singer Bangladesh Limited.

Fairoz began his career in marketing nearly 32 years ago with Richard Pieris Group a leading conglomerate in Sri Lanka initially in their FMCG division. In 1997 he moved on their Furniture Division before joining Singer (Sri Lanka) in 2001. Held various positions during the 15-year tenure of exceptional growth of the firm and was Head of the Electronics and Furniture SBU’s before joining the Bangladesh operations.

Fairoz is also a Director of International Appliances Limited (IAL). Vice

President, Sri Lanka Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SLBCCI). Member - Executive Committee, Foreign Investors Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) and also Member of Board of Directors, Bangladesh Employers’ Federations (BEF).

He holds Postgraduate Diploma in Marketing (MCIM-UK) from The Chartered Institute of Marketing, UK along with an Accountancy qualification from Certified Management Accountants (CMA), Australia. In addition, has also completed numerous Management Programs including courses at National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore and Administrative Staff College, Hyderabad, India.

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MASUD KHANINDEPENDENT DIRECTOR

oined the Board on April 28, 2020

Mr. Masud Khan is the Chairman of Unilever Consumer Care Ltd. (ex GSK) and currently working as the Chief

Adviser of the Board of M. I. Cement Factory Ltd. (Crown Cement Group). He is a seasoned professional with 41 years’ work experience in leading multinational and local companies in Bangladesh. Prior to joining M. I. Cement Factory Ltd. (Crown Cement Group), he worked in LafargeHolcim Bangladesh as Chief Financial Officer for 18 years. Earlier, he worked for British American Tobacco in finance and related fields for 20 years both at home and abroad.

He is also an Independent Director of Berger Paints Bangladesh Limited, Community Bank and Viyellatex Limited. His articles on professional and industry issues regularly feature in

newspapers and international and local magazines. He regularly features on electronic media on talk shows and interviews and is often in the news for comments on industry and professional issues. He also does public speaking on professional issues in educational institutions and all the Professional Institutes such as Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh, ACCA and ICMA Bangladesh. He is also a lecturer in the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh for the past 41 years.

He did his Bachelor of Commerce with Honours from St Xaviers’ College under University of Kolkata. Thereafter, he qualified with distinction both as a Chartered as well as a Cost and Management Accountant from the Indian Institutes being a silver medalist at all India level in the Chartered Accountancy Examination in the year 1977.

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REAZUL HAQUE CHOWDHURY INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR

Joined the Board on March 1, 2021.

Mr. Chowdhury is the Managing Director of Runner Automobiles Limited. He is also the

Independent Director of Unilever Consumer Care Limited, Hemas Bangladesh Limited and Non Executive Director of Evercare Hospitals Group.

He has 29 years’ work experience in different multinational companies both at home and abroad. In he past Mr. Chowdhury held the position of Managing Director at Reckitt Benckiser in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Thailand Cluster. He also held senior

management position at Avery Dennison RBIS South Asia, Avery Dennison Bangladesh, Unilever Bangladesh Limited and British American Tobacco Bangladesh.

Mr. Chowdhury completed his Graduation & Post Graduation in Marketing (obtained First Class) from University of Dhaka. He is also a Graduate in Advanced Management from INSEAD Fonteinblue, France.

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HAKAN HAMDI BULGURLUDIRECTOR

oined the Board on April 3, 2019.

After graduating from University of Texas, Austin (Economics & Mechanical Engineering

Departments), Hakan Bulgurlu earned his MBA from the joint program of Northwestern University and the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.

Bulgurlu began his career in 1995 at Koç Holding. He was assigned to key senior management positions in Asia and lived in Hong Kong for 13 years where he led the Asia-Pacific trading and outsourcing operations. Bulgurlu served as the CEO of Arçelik-LG between 2007 and 2010, a joint venture manufacturer of air conditioners, with the largest

facility in Europe and the Middle East before joining Arçelik in 2010. He has been serving as the Chief Executive Officer since 2015. He is also an Executive Board Member of European Committee of Domestic Equipment Manufacturers (APPLiA) and a founding member of Amstel Dialogues, a CEO round table of European leaders that aims to increase the speed of European innovation.

Bulgurlu is a Board Member at The Foreign Trade Association of Turkey (TURKTRADE), Vice Chairman of Turkey China Business Council at The Foreign Economic Relations Board of Turkey (DEİK), and a Commissioner on the High-Level Commission on Carbon Pricing and Competitiveness at The World Bank.

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CEMAL CAN DINÇERDIRECTOR

oined the Board on April 3, 2019.

Can Dinçer got his bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering Department in

Istanbul Technical University in 1989 and master’s degree in Department of Business in Stevens Technology Institute, USA in 1993.

Having started his professional life as a Trainee in Arçelik A.Ş. Finance Department in 1993, Mr. Dinçer served as the Regional Sales Manager in Export Department in 1995. He worked as International Sales Manager - CIS and Other Countries between 2000-2005, as International Sales

Director – European Foreign Markets between 2005-2009 and as Sales Director - Europe, USA, Asia-Pacific between 2009-2012 and as Sales Director - Subsidiaries, USA, Asia-Pacific between 2012-2015. Can Dinçer is the Deputy General Manager for Commercial - Turkey & Pakistan since January 2018.

In addition to this role, he was assigned as Arçelik Pazarlama A.Ş. General Manager as of December 30, 2016.

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KAZI ASHIQUR RAHMANSECRETARY TO THE BOARD

oined as the Acting Secretary to the Board on October 11, 2020.

He is the Senior Manager, Corporate Affairs of Singer Bangladesh Limited, with 23

years’ experience in the areas of internal audit, finance and corporate affairs. He is a Qualified Chartered Secretary and fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries of Bangladesh (ICSB). He completed his Graduation and Post-graduation in Management from the University of Dhaka. He also did Master of Business Administration with Marketing specialization from North South University. He is having experience in

internal audit, finance, company secretarial functions, board management & governance, company meetings, taxation matters, treasury functions, investors relations, company legal and compliance issues etc.

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POLAT ŞENDIRECTOR

oined the Board on April 3, 2019.

Polat Şen received his bachelor’s degree in English Department of Economics in

Marmara University in 1998 and master’s degree in International Finance Department in Bradford University in 1999.

Starting his professional life as Junior Auditor in Koç Holding A.Ş. Control Group Department in 2000, Mr. Şen worked as Senior Auditor in Koç Holding A.Ş. between 2002-2004. Mr. Şen was assigned as Arçelik A.Ş. Internal Audit Manager in 2004, as

Financial Affairs Group Director in Grundig Electronics / Grundig Multimedia B.V. in 2008, and he worked as Grundig Multimedia B.V. Financial Affairs Director between 2009-2010.

He served as the Purchasing Director between 2010- 2015 and has been working as Chief Financial Officer since February 2015.