İsmail Cenk Çimen (born 1967, İstanbul) studied Industrial Engineering at Istanbul Technical University, and later attended Executive Development Programs at University of California, Los Angeles and Stanford University.
Joining the Koç Group as a Management Trainee at Nasoto (1991), he went on to serve as Sales Coordinator, Regional Director and Import Director at Otosan Pazarlama (1993-1996). Following his position as Fleet Sales Manager at Ford Otosan (1996-1998), he was appointed General Manager at Otokoç Ankara (1998). Mr. Çimen became the General Manager of Otokoç, which were brought together under one umbrella, in 2001. In addition to his role at Otokoç. Mr. Çimen was also appointed General Manager of Birmot A.Ş. in 2005, and management of Avis rent a car business was added to his responsibilities the same year. İsmail Cenk Çimen is the President of the Automotive Group at Koç Holding since June 2009.
Mr. Çimen is a non-executive director, but does not qualify to serve as an independent board member according to CMB Corporate Governance Principles. Mr. Çimen, whose appointments in the last decade have been stated above, currently serves on the Boards of several Koç Group companies.
