Born in 1961 in Istanbul. He graduated from Istanbul University Faculty of Business Administration in 1982. He received his master's degree in Marketing in 1984 and his doctorate degree in 1991 from Istanbul University. He worked in the private sector between 1986-1996. Between 1996-1999, he worked as an assistant professor at Kırıkkale University, Department of Business Administration. He continued his academic career at Eskişehir Osmangazi University, Department of Business Administration between 1999-2012. In 2002, he became an associate professor and in 2007 he became a professor.

Prof. Dr. Ömer Torlak has published books and book chapters on marketing and business ethics, as well as many articles published in national and international journals and many papers presented in national and international congresses and symposiums. His publications received many citations.

He served as the Rector of KTO Karatay University between 2012-2015 and as the President of the Competition Authority between 2015-2019. He served as a member of the Scientific Board of TUBITAK between 2016-2018. Torlak, who is currently continuing his academic studies at Istanbul Commerce University Faculty of Business Administration, served as the Dean of the Faculty of Business Administration between 2020-2023. On 19 January 2023, he was appointed as Acting Rector by the Board of Trustees. With the decision published in the Official Gazette dated 6 June 2023, he was appointed to this position as a principal.

İstanbul Üniversitesi Hukuk Fakültesi’nden 1987 yılında mezun oldu, 1989 yılında Marmara Üniversitesi’nde Özel Hukuk alanında Yüksek Lisans, 1995 yılında İstanbul Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Özel Hukuk Anabilim Dalı’nda Doktora eğitimini tamamladı. 2002 yılında Doçent, 2007 yılında Profesör oldu. Özel Hukuk ve Ticaret Hukuku’nun pek çok alanında yayınlanmış makalesi, basılmış tebliğleri bulunmaktadır. 

Prof. Hanifi Parlar completed his undergraduate education in Biology Teaching at Marmara University (1992), his master's degree in Educational Management and Supervision at Yeditepe University (2006), and his doctorate in the same field at Marmara University (2012). After working for 10 years in various private institutions in different positions such as teacher, deputy school principal, school principal, general manager, he was appointed to Istanbul Commerce University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Department of Educational Sciences as an Assistant Professor in 2012. Parlar, who became an Associate Professor in 2018, became a Professor in the field of Educational Sciences in 2024. Prof. Parlar currently works for Istanbul Commerce University, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Department of Educational Sciences. Prof. Parlar has many articles published in journals indexed in national and international directories. Prof. Parlar's research areas include capacity building, school effectiveness, leadership development, teacher professionalism, organizational development, teaching strategies and innovation in education.

Dr. Mustafa Emre Civelek is a Professor of International Trade. He is a scholar at Istanbul Commerce University. Between 2012-2017 he was the head of the Ground Handling Services Management in Aviation Program and between 2017-2019 the Board Member of Technologistics Application Research Center. He teaches courses in e-commerce and foreign trade. He has Ph.D. degree in business administration. He earned his undergraduate degree from Istanbul Technical University in 1994 and his master’s degree from Yeditepe University in 2002. He is also a Practitioner, working from 1994 until 2008 in the banking industry, mainly in international trade finance operations. His focus, therefore, concerns bridging the gap between theory and practice. His academic publications include academic books and research papers on several issues regarding e-commerce, international trade and management.

Buket Doğan received the MS and PhD degrees in Computer-Control Education from Marmara University in 2001 and 2006, respectively. From 1999 to 2007 she worked as a research assistant. She has been working as an Assistant Professor in Computer Engineering department of Technology Faculty. Her research interests include software engineering, data mining and intelligent educational systems.