Who is Rengin Yiğitbaş Akıllıoğlu

Graduating from Kadıköy Anatolian High School, receiving her Bachelor of Science

Degree at İTÜ Business Engineering and achieving her master’s degree at the

Department of Economy in Boğaziçi University, Rengin Yiğitbaş Akıllıoğlu, subsequently, received leadership training at the University of Harvard. In 2006, she was granted with the title of “Eisenhower Fellow (EF)” by the USA, becoming the first Eisenhower Fellow in aviation within the EF network worldwide. Akıllıoğlu assumed a range of positions at KALID Alumni Association Founders Board, Boğaziçi University Alumni Association,

DEİK (Foreign Economic Relations Board)/SAİK (Healthcare Business Council Execution Board and TÜSİAD (Turkish Industry Business Association)/TAİK (Turkish American Business Council Execution Board Member).

Leadership is a specific approach where the people ask themselves the question ‘how can I contribute in this situation and make a difference?’ rather than simply ask ‘how can I be successful?’

During her professional life, Rengin Yiğitbaş Akıllıoğlu undersigned many successful projects in a range of expertise areas including financing, accounting, banking relations cash management, treasury, derivative transactions, internal/external reporting, follow-up and preservation of standards, strategic planning, risk management, insurance, procurement policies, investor relations, corporate management, Stock Market and Capital Market practices, public offering, marketing and pricing strategies, rules and practices for the Capital Markets of Singapore, Malaysia and Turkey. As a businesswoman who signed her name under quite successful works in the areas of healthcare and civil aviation, she explains the secret of leadership as a desire to create difference.

Rengin Yiğitbaş Akıllıoğlu conducted a range of tasks in the aviation sector simultaneously, including being the vice president of IAWA

(International Aviation Women’s Association) in charge of the Middle-East Region, auditing member for Sun Express Airlines Executive Board, and an assistant general manager in charge of financial transactions at Turkish Airlines. During her term at Turkish Airlines, she contributed to a range of projects of public offering and privatization. She played an active role in the transformation process of THY, which has been continuing since 1989. As the Managing Director in charge of Chicago and Midwest USA, she spent four years in the USA, contributing to the increase in the turnout and profitability of her line. She pioneered the healthcare cooperation and medical tourism between the USA and Turkey.

Directly reporting to the Chairman of the atAcıbadem Healthcare Group, she took a leading role in Abraaj Capital’s –private equity company- exit process as well as in strategic partnership process with IHH Healthcare Berhad, which resulted in Acıbadem, together with IHH, becoming the second largest healthcare group worldwide in terms of market cap and contributed to the globalization of Acıbadem brand. She assumed the leadership for the Turkish team during the dual listing process of IHH Healthcare Berhadin  Malaysia and Singapore. This project was regarded as the first dual listing in the world amounting to 2,2 bio USD  and honored with 10 awards worldwide. Assuming the Director position at the Board of Labmed (Laboratory Service Co. ) , Blab (Lab Co. ), Turuncu Healthcare Co., Akıllıoğlu has also taken the positions of Deputy General Manager,Company Secretary , USA Coordinator and Advisor to the Board at AcıbademHealthcare Group.

Having a range of articles published, she took place at international conferences as a spokesperson, attended a number of trainings both on the national and international scale. With her personality and approach to the business life, Akıllıoğlu was mentioned and honored in “Woman, Man and God in Modern Islam,” published in 2012 by Theodore Friend as well as Dr. Cem Kozlu’s 2007 publication of “Rising Above The Clouds; The Story of Turkish Airlines.”