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www.ceotodaymagazine.com 66 CEO Today Middle East Awards 2018 TURKEY MEHMET GÖÇMEN CEO of Haci Ömer Sabanci Holding A.S. ABOUT MEHMET GÖÇMEN Born in 1957 in Bursa, he completed his higher education in 1981 in the Department of Industrial Engineering at the Middle East Technical University and his postgraduate education in 1983 at Syracuse University, Department of Industrial Engineering. After having held various positions in Çelik Halat and Lafarge companies, he has been the General Manager of Akçansa between 2003-2008. As of August 1, 2008, Göçmen, who has been appointed as Human Resources Group Presidency, has left this task in 2011. Göçmen, whowas appointed as the Cement Group Presidency on 20 July 2009, abandoned this duty on 1 September 2014. Göçmen has been serving as Energy Group President between June 16, 2014 and March 30, 2017. Since March 30, 2017, Göçmen has been serving as CEO and Board Member at Sabancı Holding. Mehmet Göçmen is married and has two children. Mr. Mehmet Gocmen has been the Chief Executive Officer at Haci Ömer Sabanci Holding A.S. since March 30, 2017. He served as President of Energy at Haci Omer Sabanci Holding AS. Mr. Göçmen served as the President of Energy SBU at Haci Omer Sabanci Holding AS since June 16, 2014 and served as its Chief Executive Officer of Strategic Business Unit President. Mr. Göçmen served as General Manager of Akcansa Cimento AS from June 2003 to August 1, 2008. He served as an Executive Vice www.sabanci.com/tr President of Sabanci Holding Human Resources at Akcansa A.S from August 1, 2008. He started his career in 1983 at Çelik Halat and served as the General Manager of Lafarge Ekmel Concrete and as the Vice President of Lafarge Turkey in charge of Business Development, Strategy and Marketing between 1996 and 2002. Mr. Göçmen subsequently assumed various functions at Celik Halat, steel rope manufacturers and Lafarge. He served as Chairman of the Board at Sasa Polyester Sanayi A.S. He served as Chairman of the Board of Akçansa Çimento Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S. since July 20, 2009. He served as the Chairman at Olmuksa International Paper Sabanci Ambalaj Sanayi ve Ticaret AS. Mr. Göçmen serves Chairman of the Board of Directors at Enerjisa Elektrik Enerjisi Toptan Satis A.S. and Enerjisa Enerji A.S. He served as the Chairman for Cimsa Cimento Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S. since July 20, 2009. He serves as Vice Chairman of the board of Directors at Yunsa Yunlu Sanayi ve Ticaret a.s. and has been its Director since March 26, 2013. He served as Vice Chairman of Cimsa Cimento Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S. from April 8, 2008 to July 20, 2009. He served as Director of Kordsa Global Endustriyel Iplik ve Kord Bezi Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S. since September 2008 He served as a Director at Akçansa Çimento Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S. since September 12, 2008. He was educated at the Galatasaray High school and graduated from the Industrial Engineering department at the Middle East Technical University in 1981. Mr. Göçmen completed a Master’s Degree in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research at the Syracuse University in the USA in 1983.