Chairman

Born in Istanbul in 1970, Funda Firuz Aktan graduated from Galatasaray High School in 1989 and from Boğaziçi University, Department of Economics in 1994.

She started her career as a financial auditor at Price Waterhouse Coopers in 1994 and continued with investment analyst and senior management experiences in various companies in the finance sector. She was the founding director of Cappadocia Vocational School between 2007-2017. With the establishment of Cappadocia University in 2017, she assumed the roles of the University's Board of Trustees Coordinator, General Secretary and Continuing Education Center Manager.

A freelance accountant and financial advisor, Aktan served as the President of the Ballooning Commission, which was established by the General Directorate of Civil Aviation and played an important role in the development of hot air balloon activities in Turkey, and as a member of the Higher Education Vocational and Technical Education Working Group.

Aktan, who is married and a mother of two, was appointed as the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Cappadocia University as of February 22, 2024

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