Utku Barış Pazar

Utku Barış Pazar started his career at Nokia Networks in 2000, and after a series of roles at Nokia (Siemens) Networks - North America and McKinsey&Company, he served as the Chief Technology Officer at Doğuş Media Group between 2013-2015.

He joined Koç Group in 2015 as Strategic Planning Director at Beko, and was appointed as Strategy and Business Development Director at Koç Holding A.Ş. in 2016. Since 2018, he has been serving as Chief Strategy and Digital Officer at Beko. During this period, he also assumed the responsibilities of Supply Chain and Asia Pacific region. As of 2023, he has been overseeing the Americas region in addition to the Strategy and Digital function.

In addition to his responsibilities at Beko, Utku Barış Pazar has served as Chairman of the Software Working Group at TUSIAD (2019-2022), is a member of the IDC Global CIO Advisory Board since 2023 and Koç Holding's Delegate at World Economic Forum Consumer Industries Strategy Officers Community since 2024.

Holder of an Electrical and Electronic Engineering degree from the Middle East Technical University in 2000, Utku Barış Pazar later had his postgraduate degree in 2010 from the Emory University Goizueta Business School and completed Harvard Business School Advanced Management Program in 2022.