Esra Altun, graduated from Marmara University, Department of Economics after finishing TED Ankara College. She started her career as Internal Auditor at Citibank Turkey Private Banking operations in 1994.

She started her career in Banking and continued in Tourism, Automotive and Retail industries as Consultant, Director and GM in the fields of HR, Sales and Retail Operations.
She took her M.S. Degree in Economics field with the thesis themed "Flexibility in Labor Markets".
Esra Altun continues to work as International Retail HR Director at LCWaikiki, manages the organizational development of the business in international market as well as managing the adaptation of the company's retail operation processes to the local cultures and market conditions of the countries where the company has new retail investment.
She was born in 1971; she is married and has 2 children.