Hale Oruç, PhD.

Hale Oruç, PhD joined Avrupakent Gayrimenkul Yatırım Ortaklığı A.Ş. as the Investor Relations Director in 2024. Prior to that, she worked as the Head of Authorization and Surveillance Group at the Capital Markets Boards of Türkiye, Corporate Finance Department. Oruç has extensive experience in M&A, squeeze out and sell out rights, related party transactions, material transactions and appraisal rights, tender offers, as well as corporate governance and sustainability. In addition, she has taken part in IPOs, the issuance of shares and other capital market instruments and the supervision and surveliance of public companies. Oruç has also provided training as an instructor in SPL, TSPB, TÜYİD, TKYD and universities and public institutions.

Previously, Oruç worked at the Accounting Standards Department of the CMB for 6 years, where she was responsible for the development of financial reporting and auditing standards. She began her career at Ziraat Bank School of Banking and worked at the Bank’s Project Finance Department between 1996-1999, where she was responsible for the economic and financial analysis of agricultural projects. She also taught Corporate Governance Course at Istanbul Ticaret University at graduate level between 2015-2021. She has served as a member of the Advisory Board of the

Project to Promote Higher Representation of Women in Companies’ Decision-Making Bodies and Independent Women Directors.

Oruç holds a Master’s degree in Finance from Cass Business School-City University London with high honors, a Master’s degree in Accounting and Finance from Gazi University, and a PhD from the same university. She graduated from Hacettepe University, Department of Business Administration (English).