A graduate of Niğde University, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Department of Business Administration, Çelik Karlıbahar began his professional career in the corrugated cardboard and paper manufacturing sector. Between 2001 and 2009 at Omas Özaltın A.Ş., he served for one year as Accounting Specialist and then for seven years in Financial Affairs and HR Management. From 2009 to 2017, he served as Financial Affairs Manager at Aksa Çukurova Natural Gas Distribution Inc. Since 2018, he has continued as Financial Affairs Group Manager at Aksa Natural Gas Distribution Inc. Çelik Karlıbahar holds Certified Public Accountant credentials from TÜRMOB and Independent Auditor credentials from the Public Oversight Authority.