Feristah Miray Usta is member of the Board and the director of Usta Gida Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S; which is one of the largest dried fruit processors and exporters in Turkey. From the third generation managing this family company, she graduated from Business Administration in Turkey and earned a Business Marketing degree in Coventry University in the United Kingdom.

With an experience of over 20 years in the dried fruit industry, Miray held positions in production, quality, account and finance departments within the company. After getting experience in all these departments, in 2001, she started to focus on sales in the export department, knowing that success on sales comes from a deep knowledge of the product. Her career approach as an entrepreneur focuses mainly on innovation, hard work, fairness and team work as the means to keep growing and adapting to changes.