Emre İlban has worked in various roles since 2006. From 2006 to 2009, he served as the Sales Manager at T-box, where his responsibilities included maintaining distributor sales in Turkey, achieving new single-location sales, organizing order collections from customers, and managing merchandising activities in stores.

From 2009 to 2011, he worked as the Sales & Marketing Manager at NF Trade-Dawgs Turkey. His tasks included ordering seasonal collections, overseeing merchandising activities, training store staff, acquiring new customers, conducting store visits, and organizing web sales for the brand through permanent or special campaigns.

Between 2011 and 2017, İlban held several positions at Trendyol.com – DSM Group Consultancy, including Strategy & Merchandising Director, Merchandising Group Manager, and Merchandising Category Manager. He led a team of 12, including 4 direct reports, working on special projects related to international sales, organizing limited sales campaigns for fashion brands, and maintaining relationships with brands regarding inventory and purchase commitments, ensuring targeted overall margin assurance.

From 2015 to 2021, he was the Founder of Güvercin Management & Consultancy and served as E-Commerce Director at ebebek and Şok Marketler. In 2022, he became the Executive Board Chairman and Chief Commerce Officer (CCO) of ClickMeLive and a Board Member of Ecrou Group. İlban has also been a Jury Member at Ecom Leader Club since 2020.

Emre İlban graduated from the Department of Economics at Dokuz Eylul University in 2004 and attended Kadıköy Anadolu High School from 1990 to 1997. In 2019, he received a Retail Training Certificate from Shoptalk.