Born in Izmir in 1966, Esra Yazıcı Tözge graduated from Izmir American High School for Girls in 1984 and earned her degree in economics in 1988 from the Department of Administrative Sciences at Boğaziçi University. In the same year, she worked as an intern in the finance department at LYAC POWER in Denmark. Between 1989 and 1997, Tözge worked in Henkel Turyag, Izmir, in various roles in the planning and control, logistics control, and sales departments and, lastly, as the Chain Stores Sales Manager. Tözge worked in Saint Gobain Weber, Izmir, as Marketing Manager from 1997 to 2001. Tözge provided consulting services on various projects for Henkel KGaA Düsseldorf and Barem Research International, Istanbul, between 2001 and 2002. Joining Kale Group in April 2002, Tözge worked at Kalekim and Kaleterasit until 2007. From 2007 to 2015, Tözge served as a consultant to Zeynep Bodur Okyay, President and CEO of Kale Group. Since 2015, Tözge has been serving as Vice- Chairperson for Corporate Development in Kale Group. Between 2015 and 2022, Ms. Tözge served as the Vice Chairperson for Corporate Development at Kale Group. Esra Yazıcı Tözge is married with one child and speaks fluent English.