OUR TEAM
Baysaş Holding derives its strength from its belief in the future.
At Baysaş, our success is driven by our dedicated, vision-driven, and experienced team of experts. Each team member embraces our company values and goals, continuing our mission to provide our customers with the highest quality service. On our introductory page, you can learn more about the professionals behind this success.
Team
Shakir Oral
Chairman
Şakir Oral is the Chairman of Baysaş Group, providing strategic leadership across energy, infrastructure, and industrial investments. He has led the Group's expansion into international markets, establishing strong partnerships with governmental and private-sector institutions. His leadership emphasizes long-term value creation, national development alignment, and sustainable growth.
Mesut Aras
General Counsel
Mesut Aras oversees all legal and regulatory affairs across the Group's subsidiaries and partnerships. He brings extensive experience in corporate law, cross-border transactions, and compliance frameworks. His advisory role ensures that all strategic activities are aligned with international legal standards and national regulatory requirements.
Jose Alberto Torres Lima
Board Member & Technical Excellence
Jose Alberto Torres Lima is a senior board member and technical advisor with extensive leadership experience in the upstream energy sector. He previously served as a Director at Petrobras, contributing to strategic oversight, investment evaluation, and long-term field development planning across global assets. He has led major onshore and offshore operational programs focused on drilling, completions, and reservoir optimization, ensuring technically robust and economically efficient project outcomes at Shell.
Turkish Muhlis Ünaldı
Board Member & Technical Excellence
Türk Muhlis Ünaldı is a board member specializing in subsurface evaluation, energy strategy, and cross-border energy development frameworks. He has led large-scale upstream projects, international JV negotiations, and technology deployment in both conventional and unconventional reservoirs. His work integrates technical insight with strategic partnership building and national resource development objectives.
Nader Kashkariy
Board Member
Nader Kaşkariy serves as a board member supporting regional business strategy, stakeholder relations, and government engagement. He has extensive experience in Middle Eastern investment landscapes and cross-border commercial structuring. His work emphasizes relationship-driven collaboration and long-term development planning.
Michael Scott Costello
Chief Geoscientist
Michael Scott Costello is the Group's Chief Geoscientist and previously served as Shell's Global Unconventional Exploration Manager for 30+ years makes him the most experienced person in this industry, leading large-scale resource evaluation and development programs across multiple continents. He integrates seismic, geological, and reservoir disciplines to guide optimized field development strategies. His leadership supports high-confidence decision-making, resource maximization, and efficient development execution in both conventional and unconventional presses.
Robert Dave McCann
Chief Geophysicist
Robert Dave McCann specializes in advanced seismic analysis, geophysical modeling, and subsurface risk assessment. He has supported exploration and field development projects across multiple international presses. His expertise enables more accurate reservoir understanding and improved exploration decision-making.
Kerim Caştur
Director
Kerim Caştur manages international commercial operations, supply-chain coordination, and energy trading relationships. He has built and maintained strategic ties across key regional markets. His role ensures secure, compliant, and efficient commercial execution across borders.
Bjørn Petter Lindhom
CEO, EMGS
Bjørn Petter Lindhom leads EMGS in delivering cutting-edge marine and electromagnetic subsurface imaging solutions to global energy markets. He has extensive executive leadership experience in technology-driven energy services. Under his direction, EMGS provides risk-reducing exploration insights that support high-confidence development decisions.
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CEO, MindMons
Güven Fidan leads MindMons in developing digital transformation, AI-driven analytics, and integrated operational performance platforms. His background spans software development, industrial automation, and enterprise data systems. He drives innovation that enhances efficiency, transparency, and decision support across the Group's operations.