Mehmet Ahkemoğlu was born in Ankara in 1964 and graduated from Ankara University, Faculty of Political Sciences, School of Economics in 1986. In 1996, he completed his Master's Degree in International Accounting and Auditing at Illinois University. In 1986, Ahkemoğlu started working at the Ministry of Finance as Assistant Tax Inspector, in 1989 as Tax Inspector, in 1997-2004 as Department Head on the Revenues Administration of the Ministry of Finance, and in 2005 as Department Head on the Department of Revenues Management of the Revenues Administration. He resigned at the end of 2005 and joined the Alarko Group of Companies in 2006. He is the Group President of Auditing of the Alarko Group of Companies. Ahkemoğlu who is also a member of the Board of various companies within the Alarko Group. He speaks English. Mehmet Ahkemoğlu does not qualify as independent director according to the CMB's Communiqué Numbered II-17.1.