Şekib Avdagiç was born in 1959 in Zenica (Bosnia and Herzegovina).

He started his primary education in Cologne (Germany) and completed his primary and secondary education in İstanbul.

He was graduated from İstanbul Technical University Faculty of Mechanical Engineering in 1982.

He completed Istanbul University Business Administration Programme with a degree in 1988.

Mr. Avdagiç is still the CEO of a company operating in the automotive industry.

He was one of the founder members of the "Independent Industrialists' and Businessmen's Association" (MÜSİAD) and took charge as the Association's Vice President until 2000.

Between 1995 and 1999 he acted as a member of the Istanbul Chamber of Commerce (ICOC) Assembly. And he was first elected as the member of the ICOC Executive Board in 2005.

Through the years 2008-2009 Mr. Avdagiç was a member of the Executive Council of the İstanbul 2010 - European Capital of Culture Agency. He became the agency's Executive Council President in 2009 and remained so until the project was completed in June 2011.

From 2009 to 2013 he served in the Executive Board of the Istanbul Chamber of Commerce as the Vice President.

He has been elected as the Chairman of the ICOC Assembly in May 2013 and held this position until 2018.

And in April 2018, he was elected as the President of ICOC Executive Board.

In addition of these duties, Mr. Avdagiç is a member of board of trustees at the "Istanbul Commerce University", the "International University of Sarajevo", "Prof. Dr. Fuat Sezgin Research Foundation for the History of Science in Islam", the "Istanbul Technical University Development Foundation", "Academic, Foundation of Bosnia Sandžak Culture and History", "ICOC Commercialisation Center and Research Foundation". He is also a member of the "Istanbul Technical University Advisory Board". Furthermore, he is the President of the "Turkish Composite Manufacturing Association" and executive board member at the "Association of Automotive Parts & Components Manufacturers" (TAYSAD).

Mr. Avdagiç speaks English and Bosnian. He is married and has two children.