Established in 1980, Balparmak is Turkey’s oldest and leading honey and bee products (propolis, royal jelly, pollen) company with app. 50% market share and it is one of the top 10 honey producers globally in sales volume and capacity. Balparmak Research and Development center is also the world’s largest honey specific laboratory. The Company has its headquarters in Istanbul, Turkey and employs 300 people in total.

Kopas Cosmetics is a fast growing regional consumer products company, established in 1974. The Company is the owner of category leader brands such as Dalin (baby toiletries), Bebedor (baby feeding materials), Sesu (wax & depilatories), XO (perfumes & deodorants) and Alix Natura (hair colorants). Kopas markets and sells its products to over 30 countries in 4 continents.

Asset manager with a focus on direct mezzanine investments in Turkey. Onur was a key team member in product design, fund structuring and launch of the fund raising process.

Mid-market buy-out firm in South Eastern Europe. Onur was based in Istanbul, covering private equity transactions in Turkey and in the Balkans. He also had a board level involvement in the largest equity investment of the fund, namely Birgi Mefar (pharmaceuticals toll manuacturing).

Leading emerging markets private equity investor with a focus on growth capital investments. Onur was based in Istanbul, responsible of growth capital investments in Turkey as well as participating in several other private equity transactions in the Middle East (Egypt and UAE). Onur represented the firm as a board member in AFM Cinemas and specialty retail chain.

Deva is one of the largest generic pharmaceutical manufacturers in Turkey. Reporting directly to the Board of Directors, Onur was involved in the sale of the majority stake to a private equity investor.