Gulenc joined Daikin in 2006 in Türkiye as one of the first two employees appointed in the country. He assumed his current role in 2017. He is responsible for managing the Middle East and Africa’s direct subsidiaries based in the U.A.E., Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Egypt, as well as sales offices in Nigeria and Morocco and independent distributors in Africa and the Near East Region. The company offers product planning, promotion, sales, after-market service, and support for air conditioning products across the GCC and Africa. In 2022, Daikin opened its first factory in Saudi Arabia.