Pegasus Historia

Mr. Sağıroğlu has served as a member of our Board of Directors since 2013. He previously held several positions at Türkiye Sinai Kalkınma Bankası between 1980 and 1999 where his last position was head of corporate finance. Mr. Sağıroğlu served as the CEO of a joint venture corporate finance advisory company founded by a German investment banking group, IEG Investment Banking, from 2011 to 2012. Currently, he serves as the independent member of the board of directors of alarko Gayrimenkul Yatırım Ortaklığı A.S. and the chairman of the Association of Listed Comapnies’ Executives (Koteder). Mr. Sağıroğlu holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Boğaziçi University.

Saad Hassan Hammad joined Pegasus Hava Taşımacılığı A.Ş. as a non-executive member of the Board of Directors effective as of April 25, 2014. Mr. Hammad has an extensive executive and non-executive experience in the airline industry and he has been serving as the CEO of Flybe Group plc since August 2013. Between 2005 and 2009, Mr. Hammad served as the chief commercial officer of easyJet plc and between May 2011 and September 2012 he served as a non-executive director at Air Berlin plc where he was also a member of Air Berlin's finance committee.
Outside of the aviation industry, between 2009 and 2013, Mr. Hammad served as the managing director of The Gores Group, an operations-focused private equity firm with approximately US$4 billion under management. Mr. Hammad also held a number of management positions in business management, brand management, sales and marketing and retailing at Procter & Gamble, Thorn-EMI, Vision Express, the Minit Group and the Boston Consulting Group, served as managing director at Tibbett & Britten, as co-founder and CEO at Autocascade, a pan-European web-based yield management start-up focused on the automotive sector and as a non-executive director at Optos plc where he was a member of the audit and remuneration committees.
Mr. Hammad holds a bachelor's degree in Politics, Philosophy and Economics from Oxford University and a master's degree in Business Administration from INSEAD in France.

Conor McCarthy, who has been serving as Member of Board of Directors at Pegasus Hava Tasimaciligi A.S since 2012, began his work life at Aer Lingus in 1978 and worked in all areas of the airline administration including engineering, operations, maintenance, commercial planning, marketing, line economy, finance, strategic management, fleet planning and general management for 18 years in total. While he was working as chief executive officer at Aer Lingus Commuter, he left the company, started working in Ryanair as group operations director and continued until 2000. He is still holding a position as executive chief officer in Dublin Aerospace Ltd. and also a management position in AirAsia, which he took part in its joint foundation. Moreover, he is the administrative director of PlaneConsult.com. Conor McCarthy has a Bachelor's degree in Engineering granted by Trinity College Dublin.

Mr. Kozlu has served as a member of our Board of Directors since 2013. Mr. Kozlu held several positions at The Coca-Cola Company between 1996 and 2006 where his last position was the president of the company's Central Europe, Eurasia and Middle East operations. Sinec 2006, he has continued to serve as consultant to Coca-Cola Eurasia and Africa Group. Mr. Kozlu served as a member of Parliament in the Turkish Grand National Assembly from 1991 to 1995 and was the chairman of CEO of Turkish Airlines from 1988 to 1991. He also served as the president of the Association of European Airlines in 1990. Mr. Kozlu holds a bachelor's degree from Denison University and an MBA degree from Stanford University. He also holds a Ph.D. in administrative sciences from Boğaziçi University.

Sertac Haybat , who has been serving as General Manager and Member of Board of Directors at Pegasus Hava Tasimaciligi A.S since 2005, began his work life at Bursa Airlines in 1979 as Maintenance Manager in airlines sector. He held office as a member of engineering team between 1982 and 1987, as Strategic Planning and Investments Manager, Marketing Director and Sales Director for Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia between 1989 and 1993, and as an Executive Board Member responsible for Financial and Corporate Planning at Turkish Airlines between 1997 and 2003. Moreover, he also served as a Member of Board of Directors at SunExpress company. Sertac Haybat has a Bachelor's Degree in aviation engineering granted by Manchester University in 1976.
He was elected as the Chairman of Turkish Private Aviation Enterprises Association (TOSHID) in December 2012 and still holds this position.

Huseyin Cagatay Ozdogru is a member of the Board of Directors at Pegasus Hava Tasimaciligi A.S since 2007. Huseyin Cagatay Ozdogru held various positions at France Telecom Group between 1997 and 2001, where his last post was Vice President of REEMEA region (Russia-East Europe-Middle East & Africa. Huseyin Cagatay Ozdogru was the President of IT & Telecommunications industry in Sabancı Holding between 2002 and 2005. In June 2005 Huseyin Cagatay Ozdogru joined Esas Holding as a member of the Executive Committee and since 2010 he is serving as the CEO at Esas Holding A.S.. Huseyin Cagatay Ozdogru has a Bachelor’s Degree in Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering from Istanbul Technical University and a Master’s Degree in Telecommunications Engineering from the George Washington University.

Ali Ismail Sabanci has been holding the position of Chairman of Board in Pegasus Hava Tasimaciligi A.S since 2005. Between 1991 and 1997, he served in miscellaneous duties in Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated and Akbank T.A.S. and held office as Deputy Executive Manager of Strategy and Business Development between 2001 and 2004. He also holds a member position in Board of Directors of Esas Holding. He has a master's degree in Economics and Politics granted by Tufts University and bachelor's degree in International Finance obtained from Columbia University Business Administration Faculty.
He is the Chairman of Young Entrepreneurs Board within the Union of Chambers and Commodities of Turkey and also member to Istanbul Chamber of Industry (ISO) and Turkish-American Business Council (TAIK).