Born in Izmir in 1973, he graduated from Bornova Anatolian High School in 1991 and Boğaziçi University in 1996.
He started his career as a Management Trainee at Gillette in 1996 and held various Sales and Marketing positions at Diageo, Maxxium and Cadbury respectively. He is currently working as the President responsible for Turkey, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan and TRNC countries at Puratos, where he has been working since 2010. He is married and has three children.