Executive Officers

Oguz Alper Oktem (Alper) is Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Marti Technologies, Inc. Prior to founding Marti, Alper served as Chief Operating Officer at BluTV in Istanbul and started his career at Deutsche Bank’s London office working with clients in the nuclear energy space. Alper received a Master of Science in political economy from The London School of Economics and Political Science, where he chaired the London Turkish Society. Prior to completing his master’s, Alper gained a Bachelor of Arts in economics at the University of Chicago.

Mr. Durgun has served as Marti’s President since December 2018. Prior to joining Marti, he was co-founder and general partner of Aslanoba Capital, a venture capital firm, from June 2013 to September 2017. Prior to Aslanoba, Mr. Durgun was co-founder and general partner of Romulus Capital, also a venture capital firm, from October 2008 to June 2013. Mr. Durgun received his Bachelor of Science Degree from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Economics and Management Science and his Masters of Business Administration from Stanford University.

Mr. Özeker has more than 25 years of senior finance and operational leadership experience, having served in senior finance leadership positions and managing director roles across Europe and Türkiye for companies of various sizes. He joins Marti from Newport Shipping UK, where he served as Managing Director from 2021 to 2024. In this role, he managed a global team of approximately 200 employees. Prior to Newport Shipping UK, Mr. Özeker served as Managing Director of Icron Software in Amsterdam from 2019 to 2021. Earlier in his career, Mr. Özeker held senior finance and operations leadership positions at Pepsi, Beymen, H.O. Sabancı Holding, and Unilever. He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from Istanbul University and Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Louisiana at Monroe.