Şevket Süreyya Çelikkanat, a graduate of ITU Textile Engineering, was born in 1973 and is a father of two. Throughout his approximately 30-year career, he has held positions in logistics and information technology management within textile production and retail companies. After working for many years within the Zorlu Group, he spent the last 4 years in the United States, where he assumed the role of Deputy General Manager at Zorlu USA. Upon returning to Turkey, he continued his career in 2008 as the Director of Logistics and Information Technologies at İpekyol Group. He has also taken on similar roles in companies such as Beymen, Boyner, and Flormar, overseeing long-term digital transformation projects for these groups. Since 2021, he has once again been serving as the Director of Information Technologies and Logistics at İpekyol Group.