Serkan Dilek has succeeded Shadab Ahmet Khan as General Director of Coca-Cola Kazakhstan LLP, as of August 2024. He will support further development of the Coca-Cola business in Kazakhstan, working in close collaboration with the bottling partner, Coca-Cola Icecek (CCI). Prior to this, he was head of the representative office of The Coca-Cola Company in Uzbekistan.
Serkan Dilek joined the Coca-Cola System in 2011. He started at CCI and worked first in internal audit in Turkey, and then, during 2016-2018, as business development manager in Kazakhstan. In March 2018 he transitioned to the role of Customer and Commercial Execution manager for Central Asia and Caucasus at The Coca-Cola Company, based in Istanbul. In January 2020, he was promoted to Commercial Director for Central Asia and Caucasus region and in April 2022 became franchise director and head of the representative office of The Coca-Cola Company in Uzbekistan.
Prior to Coca-Cola, Serkan Dilek worked in the banking and automotive industries in Türkiye, including a 4-year tenure at QNB Finansbank (2007-2011) and 2 years at Volkswagen (2005-2007).
Serkan Dilek is a graduate of the faculty of political sciences of Ankara University, Türkiye.
He has relocated to Kazakhstan with his family and will be based in Almaty.