Polat Şen received his bachelor’s degree from Marmara University, Department of Economics (in English) in 1998 and his master’s degree in international accounting and finance from the University of Bradford, School of Management in 1999. He completed the Harvard Business School Advanced Management Program in 2016. Having started his career in the Internal Audit Department of Koç Holding in 2000, he was appointed as Internal Audit Manager at Arçelik A.Ş. in 2005, and Group Director of Finance and Accounting at Grundig Electronics / Grundig Multimedia B.V. in 2008. He worked as Finance and Accounting Director at Arçelik A.Ş. / Grundig Multimedia B.V. in 2009 and 2010, and as Purchasing Director from 2010 until 2015. Polat Şen served as the CFO of Arçelik A.Ş. between 2015 and 2022, in tandem with which he held the position of Assistant General Manager responsible for Sub-Saharan Operations of Arçelik Group. Şen was appointed the CFO of Koç Holding at 2022. Polat Şen has been a Board Member of Yapı Kredi and Koç Financial Services since April 2022. Şen is also a board member in various Koç Group Companies.