Esma Gulten
Cofounder & CEO
Gizil
Esma is a dual-degree engineer in
Mechanical and Industrial Engineering with over a decade of leadership experience spanning
digital innovation, plant engineering, and strategic growth within the energy sector. Before
founding Gizil, she held strategic roles at Siemens across business development, marketing, and
corporate strategy. As CEO of Gizil, she leads the vision, international expansion, and
commercialization of the Virtual Plant platform, enabling scalable brownfield intelligence for
offshore and industrial facilities. Esma has been recognized as a Rising Star by the Global Tank
Storage Awards and named among the Forty Under 40 by StocExpo for her impact on industrial
digital transformation.