Borusan Group, a prominent transcontinental industrial conglomerate operating across steel manufacturing, logistics networks, renewable energy utilities, and automotive distribution, has finalized a major executive transition to drive its global capital reallocation plans. Following the decision of Barış Kökoğlu to retire from his executive functions after nearly a quarter-century of leadership, the holding has named cross-border finance veteran Mehmet Çayırezmez as its new Group CFO, tasked with overseeing the entity's multi-brand treasury, M&A pipelines, and shared corporate services. The executive appointment will be fully enforced as of July 1, 2026.
Transitioning Legacy Leadership: Barış Kökoğlu Shifts to Board Advisory Roles
Logging an extensive 23-year track of corporate stewardship within Borusan's industrial and capital deployment divisions, Barış Kökoğlu will officially step down from his active operational mandates on June 30, 2026. Kökoğlu will hand over his consolidated portfolio, which includes:
Group Chief Financial Officer (CFO),
President of Finance, Accounting, and Shared Services,
General Manager of Borusan Yatırım ve Pazarlama A.Ş. (BRYAT),
To safeguard the conglomerate's long-term corporate intelligence, Kökoğlu will retain his active seats across various group boards while functioning as a Senior Executive Advisor to the holding's core committees.
Mehmet Çayırezmez: Command Over Multi-Stakeholder M&A and Strategic Corporate Transformations
The incoming Group CFO, Mehmet Çayırezmez, commands a 20-year history of fiscal management across hyper-scale fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG), modern retail distribution, deep-tech digital logistics, and industrial packaging structures. Known for his technical mastery of international mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and lean transformation engineering, Çayırezmez’s executive credentials finalize as follows:
Academic Profile: Graduated from the Middle East Technical University (METU) with a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, subsequently securing a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Bilkent University to align his analytical skills with macro-corporate finance.
Cross-Market Leadership Footprint: Initiating his career trajectory within the corporate treasury at Anadolu Efes, he successfully advanced through upper-management and country manager roles at PepsiCo, Evyap Holding, Getir, and global flexible packaging manufacturer Huhtamaki Elif Global.
Beymen Group Tenure (2022-2026): Since 2022, Çayırezmez has served as the Group CFO for premium luxury retail giant Beymen Group, leading complex refinancing strategies and modernizing stakeholder optimization programs.
In his new capacity as Borusan Group's primary financial architect, Çayırezmez will direct capital structuring, debt portfolio hedging, and ESG-aligned financial resource planning to back the group’s multi-million dollar green steel transition and regional wind-hydro electric investments.
