Pelin Anli Bedirhanoglu

Pelin Anli Bedirhanoglu currently serves as the Acting Director of Product Management and Head of Product for Size and Fit at Zalando since October 2020. Pelin has extensive experience in the startup and financial sectors, having founded and served as CEO of Tekkredi, a personal lending platform, from January 2016 to December 2023. Pelin also acted as an Advisor at Figopara and worked as a Product Management Consultant for Mikrogrup, where involvement was focused on financial platform product management for Private Equity portfolio companies. Prior to these positions, Pelin was an Entrepreneur in Residence at Collective Spark and co-founded Doktorburada.com, serving as COO. Early career highlights include roles as Analyst and Sr. Analyst at Garanti Securities and Cerberus Capital Management. Pelin holds an MSc in Management from Imperial College London and a BS in Engineering from Koç University, along with a high school diploma from American Collegiate Institute.