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Burçin Gümrükcü General Overview

Burçin Gümrükcü, who was born in Istanbul in 1977, graduated from Marmara University, Department of Business Administration, and then completed Executive MBA at Istanbul Technical University.

Burçin Gümrükcü started his professional life in the finance sector. After working as a Budget Reporting and Investor Relations Specialist at Digiturk and Philip Morris SA respectively, he switched to the retail industry with a career change decision.

Between 2005-2009, he worked as Business Development Director in Unitim Holding and took the lead in market access strategies and retail operation processes of world famous brands like Accesorize, Tommy Hillfiger, Camper, Gas, G-star, ALDO, Sephora in Turkey, Romania and the CIS countries.

In this context, he performed in 150+ store openings in the abovementioned markets. Subsequently, he was appointed as the Brand Director of Canadian shoe brand ALDO and continued his work successfully.

He successfully managed the processes of access to Turkey Market for the American wedding dress manufacturer and the retail company Bridal and the Italian restaurant chain Carluccios in 2009-2011. As his last stop in the retail sector, he worked in Tchibo GMBH as a commercial director in Turkey.

Following his experiences in the retail industry, he continued his professional career as Leasing Director at Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL), an international commercial real estate leasing and management company, until 2014.
Zorlu Center, Aquaflorya, Vialand, Armada (Ankara), Optimum İzmir, Samsun Piazza, Şanlıurfa Piazza, Kahramanmaraş Piazza and Kütahya Sera Shopping Center are among the projects that he successfully implemented the concept development and leasing stages.

At the same time, he managed the leasing processes abroad, especially in Northern Iraq, in Erbil, Süleymaniye and Dohuk Family Mall projects.

In 2014, he ended his professional business life and established his own company Spaces Danışmanlık ve Ticaret A.Ş., and started to serve in the fields of international and local brand representation and real estate development.
Nine West, ALDO, Carpisa, Pablosky, La Senza, Cole Haan, Aigner, Mosafer, Park Bravo, Tekin Acar, Polo Garage, NumNum, Enzo, Kronotrop and Terra Kitchen are among the brands that he gives consultancy exclusively.

In 2018, he joined MDM Real Estate Development Company as a managing partner. Burçin Gümrükcü is married and has 2 children.