İ. İzzet Özilhan was born in İstanbul in 1982. He received his undergraduate degree from Hofstra University Banking and Finance Department in 2006 in USA.
Özilhan, began his career as a Brand Representative at Coca Cola A.Ş in 2006 and served as Sales Representative in Coca-Cola Hellenic. In 2009, he started working at Efes Russia and took up duties as Finance Manager and Brand Distribution Representative. In 2011, he started in Anadolu Efes Türkiye as Market Development Supervisor and continued as Horeca Manager and Modern Trade Sales Director respectively. Since 2017, he has been working as On-Trade Director at Anadolu Efes Türkiye. Mr. Özilhan also holds several positions on the Board of Directors of Anadolu Grubu Holding companies
Mr. Özilhan is a Board Member of TÜSİAD and also acts as the Leader of its Food, Beverage and Agriculture Roundtable.