Born in Istanbul in 1966, Çağatay Özdoğru graduated from Saint Benoit French Lycée in 1985. In 1989, he received his degree from Istanbul Technical University in Electronic and Communications Engineering, followed by a Telecommunications Higher Engineering degree from George Washington University in 1991. In 1995, Mr. Özdoğru completed a Higher Degree in Modern Management Techniques, a collaborative program of the University of Maine and Marmara University.
Çağatay Özdoğru began his career in 1991 in the US and went on to work at Koç-Unisys between 1992 and 1994. Following various engineering and sales and marketing positions at IBM Turkey between 1995 and 1996, he was appointed Turkey Sales Director of Global One between 1997 and 2001, after which he was appointed General Manager of Turkey and Regional Vice-President of Russia, Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Between 2002 and 2005, Mr. Özdoğru was President of Information and Telecommunications for Sabancı Holding. He has also been Vice President of the Board of Directors and Managing Director of TurkNoktaNet, Akinternet and I-Bimsa. He has also been appointed founding General Manager and Vice President of the Board of Sabancı Telekom.
In June 2005, Mr. Özdoğru became a member of the Executive Board of Esas Holding and is Managing Director of affiliate companies Medline, Promed and Medair. He is also a Member of the Board at Pegasus Airlines.
Mr. Özdoğru sits on the Managing Board of the Turkish Informatics Foundation and the Propeller Club. He is also a member of the National Advisory Council of George Washington University’s faculty of Engineering and Applied Knowledge.
Mr. Özdoğru is married and has two children and speaks Turkish, French and English.