Rıza Tuna Turagay received his bachelor's degree in Business Administration from Ankara University, Faculty of Political Sciences and his master's degree in International Banking and Finance from the University of Birmingham in the UK. Mr. Turagay started his career as an Assistant Specialist at the Undersecretariat of Treasury and Foreign Trade in 1987 and served as Specialist, Branch Manager, Advisor to the Undersecretary and Advisor to the Minister until 1997. Between 1997 and 2000, Turagay served as Commercial Counselor at the Embassy of the Republic of Turkey in Washington, and between 2000 and 2006, he served as Deputy Director General for Exports at the Undersecretariat of Foreign Trade, Chairman of the Housing Development Administration, Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors of Emlak Konut Real Estate Investment Trust, Deputy Undersecretary of Customs, Member of the Board of Directors of the Export Development Study Center and Deputy Undersecretary of Customs. Mr. Turagay also served as a member of the Board of Directors of TED and the Board of Directors of the Equestrian Federation during the same period. Until January 2019, Mr. Turagay served as Director and Member of the Board of Directors of an international company, Member of the Board of Directors of Exporters' Associations and Member of the Turkish Exporters Assembly (TİM). Mr. Turagay was appointed as the Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Trade on 18.01.2019 and became the Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors of Eximbank in February 2019. In October 2021, he was appointed as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Export Development Corporation (IGE). Mr. Turagay resigned as Deputy Minister in June 2023 and resigned from the boards of Türk Eximbank and IGE in July and August 2023, respectively. In August 2023, he retired from civil service. He currently serves as a Board Member at Dünya Katılım Bankası A.Ş., Orka Holding A.Ş., Efor Çay Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş., Horoz Lojistik Kargo Hizmetleri ve Ticaret A.Ş., Hareket Proje Taşımacılığı ve Yük Mühendislik A.Ş., Beylerbeyi İçecek Pazarlama A.Ş. and Bilici Yatırım Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş.

Rıza Tuna Turagay is an independent member in accordance with the CMB Corporate Governance Principles. The duties he has undertaken in the last 10 years are explained above and he has not had any relationship with Aksa Akrilik Kimya Sanayii A.Ş. and its related parties in the last five years.

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