Güliz Öztürk is the Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) for Pegasus Airlines, with responsibility for the commercial department, which includes Sales, Network Planning, Marketing, Revenue Management and Pricing, Cargo and Guest Experience. Güliz joined Pegasus in 2005 as Head of Sales and Marketing, to manage the launch of the airline’s scheduled services.
Güliz Öztürk began her career at Turkish Airlines. From 1990 to 2003, she served in various roles including as Manager of International Relations and Contracts, Alliance Coordinator, Sales and Marketing Director at Turkish Airlines. During that time, she managed key strategict projects such as launching the first code-share flights, managing the alliance projects, launching the airline’s loyalty and bank card programs and its first website as well as implementing online ticket sales for the first time. Between 2003 and 2005, Öztürk served as Aviation and Tourism Project Coordinator and Director of Human Resources at Ciner Holding.
Güliz Öztürk graduated from the Department of Psychology at Boğaziçi University then completed the Advanced Management Program at Columbia Business School in 2018. Güliz Öztürk is co-chair of the Women in Sales (WiSN) social project, which was established in 2019 to further gender balance in company sales departments, under the umbrella of the Sales Network platform.