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59 www.ceotodaymagazine.com CEO Today Middle East Awards 2018 TURKEY ATALAY GÜMRAH CEO of ECZACIBAŞI YATIRIM HOLDİNG ORTAKLIĞI A.Ş FIRM PROFILE Dr. Nejat F. Eczacıbaşı foundations laid in 1942 by the Eczacıbaşı Group, primarily building products, consumer products and health fields, showing activity for national and international markets is one of Turkey’s leading industrial groups. The first attempt in the industrial area, was founded in 1952 in Istanbul, Turkey’s first modern pharmaceutical factory that performs the Eczacibasi, today owns the world’s largest ceramic sanitary ware gathered under one roof plants. Eczacibasi Turkey also is holding in his hand the leadership of the tissue paper market. The Eczacıbaşı Group also operates in real estate development, resource technology, mining, information technology and finance fields with a total of 44 companies, of which three are foreign partners, more than 12,750 employees and by the end of 2016 with a unit of TL 9.6 billion. Publicly-traded corporations; Eczacıbaşı Pharmaceuticals, Industrial and Financial Investments San. and Tic. Inc., Eczacıbaşı Investment Holding Incorporation, Eczacıbaşı Yatırım Ortaklığı A.Ş. and Intema Construction and Installation Materials Investment and Marketing Inc. Creating. The Eczacıbaşı Group sets standards in products and services that are presented with the aim of being the pioneer of contemporary, quality and healthy life. Community; while promoting social developments through social services in the fields of culture, arts, education, science and sports; integrated quality, environmental and human resources management systems. ABOUT ATALAY GÜMRAH After graduating from Galatasaray High School, Atalay Gümrah completed his undergraduate and graduate education at Boğaziçi University Department of Industrial Engineering. Gümrah started his career in 1992 in Eczacıbaşı Group and he was Ekom Foreign Trade Regional Manager. He worked as Commercial Manager in VitrA UK between 1994-1997 and as Company Manager in EBM JSC in Russia in 1997, He worked as Project and Chief Affairs Manager, Sales Operations Manager and Assistant General Manager, and as the General Manager of Intema between 2006 and 2011. In January 2011, Atalay Gümrah, Vice Chairman of Eczacıbaşı Building Products Group and General Manager of Eczacıbaşı Building Materials, took on the role of Group Chairman in October 2013, in addition to his present duties. Gümrah, who is a member of the board of directors of various companies of Eczacıbaşı Yapı Ürünleri Grubu, became Eczacıbaşı Group CEO by 1 February 2017. Gümrah, a member of the board of directors of Eczacıbaşı Group companies; At the same time, the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Toprak Employers’ Union continues. Gümrah, who speaks English, French and Italian, is married and father of two children. www.eczacibasi.com.tr