Rifat Hisarcıklıoglu
Chair of the ICC World Chambers Federation​

M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu earned his B.A. degree in Economics and Management from Gazi University in Ankara. After completing his undergraduate degree, his career started in family business and currently he is the Chairman of Eskihisar Group of Companies, which operates in the fields of construction, construction materials, export and import, investments, land development, food industry and automotive sector.

After a one year vice-presidency period at The Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Türkiye (TOBB), the largest non-profit business organization in Türkiye, covering 365 Chambers and Commodity Exchanges and representing more than 2 million companies, Hisarcıklıoğlu was elected as the President of TOBB in 2001 and was re-elected respectively in 2002, 2005, 2009, 2013, 2018 and 2023.

In 2023, he was elected as President of World Chambers Federation (WCF)

Other international associations M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu serves in:

• Vice President of the Islamic Chamber of Commerce and Development (ICCD) (2009-…)
• Vice President of the Confederation of Asia-Pacific Chambers of Commerce and Industry (CACCI) (2014-…)
• President of the Union of Turkic Chambers of Commerce and Industry (2019-....)
• Board Member of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) (2023-...)
• Chairman of B20 Turkey (2015-…)
• ICC G-20 Advisory Group Member (2011 - …)
• Chairman of ICC-Turkey (2001-…)
• Board Member of the Association of Balkan Chambers (ABC) (2002-…)
• Board Member of ECO Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ECO-CCI) (2007-…)
• President of D-8 Chambers of Commerce and Industry (2017-…)
• Co-President of the Turkish-African Chamber (2008-…)
• Co-President of the Turkish-Arab Chamber (2016-...)
• Ankara Forum for Economic Cooperation between Palestine, Israel and Turkey  (2005-…)
• İstanbul Forum for Economic Cooperation between Afghanistan, Pakistan and Turkey (2007-…)
• Co-Chairman of the EU-Turkey Joint Consultative Committee (2016-…)