Mr. M. Turgut Yılmaz is the founder and controlling shareholder of GSD Holding, acompany established in 1986 and listed in 1999.  He serves as the Chairman and Managing Director of GSD Holding since its inception. Under his leadership the Group was set up as the first sectoral foreign trade services company in Turkey and rapidly grew to a diversified holding company operating in banking, factoring, leasing, energy and shipping sectors.

Mr. Yılmaz sought to steer the Group into new ventures by successfully divesting its subsidiary, Tekstilbank to the world’s largest banking group, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China in 2015.   

Mr. Yılmaz began his business career as a young entrepreneur after completing his education in Istanbul High School in german language and the Faculty of Law in Istanbul University. Since early 70s he was engaged in manufacturing of leather, knitted or woven apparels and soon became one of the first large scale Turkish exporters to Europe. Later on he developed his own transportation and logistics business aiming at vertical integration in his growing export operations. Over the years he made substantial investments in several other sectors including banking, financial services, hotel management, real estateand shipping. Currently, along with his positions in the board of GSD Holding and its subsidiaries, Mr. Yılmaz is also the Chairman of MTY Delta Denizcilik, his family owned company holding various real estate and equity investment assets.  

He also took an active role in social life and politics and served as the Chairman of Apparel Manufacturers Association of Turkey, Chairman of Rize Sports Club, Director of Turkish Football Association and Director of Motherland Party.

He is interested in modern and classical arts and also a registered collectioner of Seldjuki antiquities. He is a dedicated philanthropist who has constructed school buildings countrywide and donated to the Ministry of Education of Turkey. 

Married with 3 children, M. Turgut Yılmaz is also a Member of the Board of Trustees of GSD Education Foundation and a member of Turkish Industry and Business Association.

After completing his primary, secondary, and high school education in Istanbul, Engin Kam graduated from the English Economics department of Istanbul University in 1997.

Upon his graduation, he began his career as an Assistant Inspector at the Inspection Directorate of Yaşarbank A.Ş in 1997.

As of March 2000, he held various managerial positions in the Inspection Directorate and later on in different branches of Tekstilbank A.Ş.

Since June 2015, Engin Kam has been serving as the General Manager and Board Member of GSD Yatırım Bankası A.Ş., and as of January 2, 2024, he has also been fulfilling the role of  Vice Chairman at GSD Denizcilik Gayrimenkul İnşaat San. ve Tic. A.Ş.

He graduated from Ankara University, Faculty of Political Sciences, Department of Finance and Economics in 1976.

He began his career in 1977 as an account specialist at the Ministry of Finance and later served as the assistant to the provincial treasurer between 1987-1989, Assistant General Manager at GSD Dış Ticaret A.Ş between 1989-1991 and auditor in GSD Group companies between 2001-2013. Since 1991, he has been working as the certified public accountant in the firms he has shares.

He graduated from Ankara University, Faculty of Political Sciences, Department of Finance and Economics in 1964.

He began his career in 1964 as an assistant accountant at the Ministry of Finance. After earning his credentials in 1967, he was appointed as an Account Specialist. During his tenure as an Account Specialist, he conducted studies on capital markets and mutual funds in England for a year.

Afterwards, he served as the Vice President of the Istanbul Group of Tax Inspectors and Vice Chairman of the Board of Tax Inspectors. In 1975-1981, he worked as Finance Manager in Altınyıldız Group and later on as a prelector at Boğaziçi University from 1981 to 1982 and moved on to Kiğılı Group as Vice Chairman and Manager. He earned the certified public accountant title after the related law came into effect and serves as the certified public accountant in the companies he partnered.

Mr. Yılmaz  graduated from Sankt George Austria Lycee in 2010, and then he holds a BScdegree in Shipbuilding and Engineering from the University of Michigan in 2015and he began his career in GSD Marin. He also holds a master degree from Universityof London City from Bayes Business School in Maritime, Trade and Finance in theUK.

Mr. Hakan Yılmazserves as the Board Member of GSD Marin since 2021 and was also appointedDirector in GSD Shipping B.V. in 2018. He is also the Board Member in DodoMaritime Limited, Cano Maritime Limited, Hako Maritime Limited, Zeyno MaritimeLimited, Neco Maritime Limited, Mila Maritime Limited, Lena Maritime Limited,Nehir Maritime Limited and Nejat Maritime Limited. 

He has been alsoworking as the Vice Chairman of the Board at MTY Delta Denizcilik İç ve DışTicaret A.Ş. since 2021. He is also a Member of the Board of Trustees of GSDEducation Foundation and has been appointed as a Member of the Board ofDirectors of GSD Holding as of May 2022.