FOUNDERS

Cemal is the Founder Partner at Chitlig. He is a dedicated expert on new technologies for sustainable energy and biopolymer materials. Prior to joining Chitlig, Cemal was an active Professor for the Department of Environmental Engineering at Hacettepe University. Cemal was an oceanographer expert at Institute of Marine Sciences of Middle East Technical University between 1981-1996, where he studied the transport of Saharan Desert dusts. In the recent decades, he has concentrated on the interactions of desert dusts and cloud interactions.

Amir is the Founder Partner of Chitlig. He is an environmental engineer with 10+ years of experience in air pollution, atmosphere, meteorology, Saharan Dust transportation, carbon dioxide, and methane for global warming and greenhouse gases. Amir has skilled in data analysis, management and reporting. He has been involved in Research projects of “The Study of Desert Dust Cloud Interactions and Its İmpact on Atmospheric CO2 And CH4 Formations” and “The Investigation of the Variations in Atmospheric CO2 Levels During the Course of Saharan Dust Transport”.

Metin is the Technology Advisory Partner at Chitlig. He is one of the pioneer names in Turkey for the renewable energy sector. He has been involved in the establishment of the first Wind Power Plant Investor Association in Turkey in 1998. Metin is a physicist from the Middle East Technical University. He began his career in research projects mostly related to oceanography and the environment. He is in charge of the technology development department of Chitlig.

Yiğit is the Managing Partner at Chitlig. He is a senior investment analyst in energy and biotechnology. Yiğit has 20 years of experience in the renewable energy venture and in private company investing, equity and alternative financing (hybrid and debt instruments). He has worked for several years with wind, solar and natural gas fired combined cycle power plant projects.