Mr. Ertugrul holds a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration from Anadolu University and has received marketing training at Zoni Business School (NY-USA).

Mr. Ertugrul is a professionally certified ‘Executive Coach’ and completed his education with a Master's degree in Business Administration from Çukurova University and degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Agricultural Engineering from Ondokuz Mayıs University.

Prior to the take over of RJ Reynolds US by British Americas Tobacco, Mr. Ertugrul held lead executive positions for over 16 years, including leading distribution development, operations optimization, commercial marketing.

During his tenure, Mr. Ertugrul received numerous honor awards from both British American Tobacco, and RJ Reynolds.