Ümit Önal

Ümit Önal was graduated from Faculty of Communication of İstanbul University in 1995. Having started his Professional life in media and communication sector, Önal joined Turkuvaz Media Group in 2007 and served as the General Manager of ATV, Advertisement Group VP and Executive Committee Member respectively until 2015.

After being appointed as the CEO and Member of the Board of Directors of Digitürk in 2015, Ümit managed the sale process of Digitürk to BeIN group successfully.

After joining to Türk Telekom family at the end of 2016, Ümit Önal took over the Sales and Customer Care Assistant General Manager position between 2016 and 2018. He has been serving as the Marketing and Customer Care Assistant General Manager since December 2018.

In 2019, Ümit Önal has led the record number of revenue and EBITDA performance which has been delivered since the IPO of Türk Telekom.

As of 31st of July 2019, Ümit Önal has been appointed as the CEO of Türk Telekom, the leader telecommunication and technology company of Turkey and he has been working with a vision to spearhead the digital and technological transformation of Turkey.

Having more than 20 years of experience in Media and Communication sector, Ümit Önal had the chance to be a part of the media transformation process of Turkey and he has actively taken positions in national and international associations throughout his career. Previously he served as the Chairman of TİAK (TV Monitoring and Research Committee) and currently Mr. Önal is actively the Chairman of m-TOD (Mobile Telecommunications Operators Association), Board Member of RVD (Advertisers Association), Member of YASED (Foreign Investors Association) and US Business Council Member of DEİK (Foreign Economic Relations Board). Additionally, he is representing Türk Telekom at world GSM Association and TVYD (Association of TV Broadcasters).​