MEHMET HABBAB - Chairman

Mehmet Habbab started his career in 1970 by founding an office equipment company with the US firm Smith Corona. Over the next decade, it developed and expanded its business, making it a leader in the Turkish office equipment market.

In the early 1980s, Mehmet Habbab, Delta Petroleum Co. He started his own company and entered the oil and gas business. It established large facilities in Southern Turkey, the Mediterranean and the Black Sea, and has grown rapidly to become one of the leading oil service and trading companies in Turkey. The company entered oil and gas trade in the Mediterranean and the Middle East and has become one of Iraq's main suppliers since 1985, with over 25 years of relationships with Iraqi SOMO as well as with many other countries. In 2012, the Group entered the mining business in Turkey and as of 2022, it is among the top 5 companies in Turkey in the field of chrome mining.

Mehmet Habbab served as Chairman or Board Member in many organizations. He is the President of the Turkish-UAE (United Arab Emirates) Businessmen's Council at DEIK, the Vice-President of the Turkish-Lebanese Businessmen's Council, the Vice-President and Coordinator of the Middle East Businessmen's Council, and has recently presided over the newly established Turkish-Arab Businessmen's Federation.

Mehmet Habbab is a member of the International Board of the Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania.

SAMİ HABBAB - Vice Chairman and CEO of Delta Group

As Delta Group CEO, Sami Habbab manages the Group's investments and growth strategies. In the past, he managed the Group's post-production activities, trade, warehousing, transportation and logistics operations in the integrated oil and gas sector. Currently, the Group has active duties in the management of different businesses, which consist of energy as well as mining and commodity trading activities. In addition to the Group's existing investments, it also directs growth and new ventures. It takes part in international projects in a wide region from Africa to the Middle East.

In previous years, he served as the CEO of the wholesale liquid storage and port infrastructure business of the Group, which has Terminals in Turkey and Georgia and is one of the leading oil storage companies with a storage capacity of 800,000 cubic meters, 2.5 km of port infrastructure and six berthing stations in the entire Black Sea and Mediterranean region. In these years, it doubled its operating volume by working in the wholesale liquid storage and port sector. During his leadership he worked with international refineries and internationally renowned commodity trading companies and international oil companies.

Sami Habbab graduated with a BA from Wharton School of Business and an MBA from Kellogg Business School Northwestern University. He worked as a Corporate Finance Analyst for three years at Citigroup, Salomon Smith Barney Investment Banking departments during the first years of his career, and then took charge in Delta Group management.

He is a member of the Board of Directors of DEIK Energy Council and a former board member of GYIAD (Young Turkish Businessmen's Association). As of 2022, he represents the Group in the United Nations Global Compact network as a member of the Global Compact Turkey General Assembly.

SELİN HABBAB - Member of the Board

Born in Istanbul, Selin Habbab completed her primary and secondary education at Boğaziçi Private High School, and later attended the American University of Paris in France. She went on to graduate from George Washington University in the United States with degrees in Communications and Marketing.

She began her career at global brands and worked for many years in various positions at international companies in Turkey, including Louis Vuitton Paris, Image Public Relations, Borusan Automotive, Mercedes-Benz Turkey, Doğuş Automotive, and Garanti BBVA.

Since 2011, she has continued her career as a Board Member at her family business, Delta Group. In the same year, she brought the French children's clothing brand Jacadi to Turkey, opening the first store in Istanbul's Akmerkez. Under her leadership, the brand achieved the fastest local growth in its 50-year history.

In 2018, as one of the founding partners of the brand SIRMASA, she established Turkey's first event and equipment rental company, providing services for major events worldwide and bringing a fresh perspective to the concept of luxury rentals. She quickly scaled this initiative globally and eventually sold the company.

In 2013, she became a member of the Young Presidents' Organization (YPO), the world’s largest community of leaders. After holding various leadership roles, she continues her responsibilities as a Global Board Member as of 2024.

Continuing her role as a Board Member at Delta Group, Selin Habbab actively contributes to the execution of the group's new investments in global commodity trading and retail, leveraging her experience in public relations, automotive, luxury consumption, and fashion. At the same time, she continues to expand Jacadi Turkey by opening new stores in target markets.