Uğur Doğan graduated from the Faculty of Law at Ankara University and later completed a master’s degree in International Economic Relations in France. He began his career in 1980 as an Assistant Specialist at the State Planning Organization. He subsequently served as Head of the Investment Projects Evaluation Department and later as Deputy Permanent Representative of Turkey to the European Union in Brussels.
Between 1990 and 1992, he served as Chairman of the Board and General Manager of Petrol Ofisi Inc. In 1992, he was appointed as an Advisor to the Prime Ministry. From 1992 to 1996, he held senior executive positions, including Chairman of the Board, Board Member, General Manager, and Executive Committee Member, at several prominent organizations such as Doğan Holding Inc., Ray Insurance Inc., Milpa, Kanal D, Tekstilbank, Güriş Holding, Parsan Inc., and Merkez Insurance.
From 1996 to 1997, he was appointed Undersecretary at the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources, where he also chaired the Electricity Energy Fund and the Mining Fund.
Between 2001 and 2003, he again served as an Advisor to the Prime Ministry. Until 2017, Mr. Doğan held top executive positions, including CEO and Board Member roles, at various leading companies such as Güriş Holding, Delta Consulting, Turcas Petroleum, Park Holding, Park Energy Holding, Eti Soda, Güney Ege Energy Operations, Havaş Ground Handling Services, Veolia Water Çelebi Holding, Nurol Holding, Nurol Construction, Tümad Mining, and Göksu Electricity.
From 2010 to 2018, he served as Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees at Istanbul Commerce University and also chaired the DEİK Turkey–Tunisia Business Council. He has served as an independent board member at Ditaş Automotive, Çelik Halat, and Çelebi Holding Inc., as well as a consultant at BMC Automotive Industry and Trade Inc., and a board member at Corpus Insurance Inc. and Quick Finance Inc.
Currently, he serves as the Chairman of the Board of OYAK Energy Companies, which includes GüzelEnerji (TotalEnergies - M Oil), Likitgaz (Milangaz), OYEN, OYPOWER, OYAK PV, İSKEN, and Otojet.
Fluent in English and French, Uğur Doğan is married and has two children.
