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Haluk Dinçer

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Haluk Dinçer
Haluk Dinçer
Born1962 (age 63–64)
Istanbul, Turkey
EducationLycée Saint-Joseph, Istanbul
Alma materUniversity of Michigan (BS)
Ross School of Business (MBA)
OccupationsBoard member, Sabancı Holding
Spouse
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(div. 2023)​
Children2

Haluk Dinçer (born 1962, Istanbul) is a Turkish business executive who spent 30 years at Sabancı Holding, serving as an Executive Board Member between 2002 and 2025 and as Financial Services Group President from 2020 to 2025.[1][2] He left his executive positions in March 2025.[3][4] As of 2025, he serves on the boards of Aksigorta, Agesa and Medisa, acts as a strategic advisor to companies across various sectors, and manages his own investment portfolio in public and private assets.[5]

Early life and education

Dinçer attended Saint-Joseph French High School in Istanbul before going to the United States.[6][7] He received a Bachelor of Science in Engineering (B.S.E.) in Mechanical Engineering in 1985 and a Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) in 1988, both from the University of Michigan.[8][9]

Career

Haluk Dinçer started work in 1985 as a project engineer at General Motors Global Technical Center in Detroit.[1] He moved to the Sabancı Group in 1995. He was appointed as Food and Retail Group President in 2004 and Retail and Insurance Group President in 2007.[1]

Upon the reorganization of the group in June 2016, Dinçer was named Insurance Group President and later, in April 2020, Financial Services Group President.[10][11]

In this capacity, he served as Chairman of the board of Aksigorta, Agesa and Exsa, and sat on the boards of Brisa — the Group’s joint venture with Bridgestone — as well as Tursa and Ankara Enternasyonel Otelcilik, both operating in partnership with Hilton Hotels & Resorts.[1]

Dinçer spent 30 years at Sabancı Holding, where he served as an Executive Board Member between 2002 and 2025 and as Financial Services Group President from 2020 to 2025.[1]

He left his executive positions in March 2025. Since then, he has continued his professional career as a board member of Aksigorta, Agesa and Medisa, as a strategic advisor to companies in various sectors, and as manager of his own portfolio of public and private investments.[12][13]

Non-business activities

Dinçer served as President of the Turkish Industry and Business Association (TÜSİAD) from June 2014 until January 2015, and as Vice-President from January 2010 until June 2014.[14][15]

Dinçer was President of the Turkish-American Business Council (TAİK), operating under the Foreign Economic Relations Board of Turkey (DEİK), from September 2008 until October 2014.[16][17]

In June 2010 and November 2011, he represented Turkey at the G-20 Business Summits held in Toronto and Cannes, respectively.[18][19]

From 2015 until 2018, Dinçer participated in the International Advisory Council of the Brookings Institution.[20]

He served on the board of the Global Relations Forum (GRF), an independent platform dealing with international affairs, from 2018 to 2021.[21]

He was a member of the Geneva Association, the leading insurance think tank, from 2019 to 2025. [22]

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