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70 www.ceotodaymagazine.com CEO Today Middle East Awards 2018 TURKEY PAUL DOANY CEO of Türk Telekom ABOUT PAUL DOANY CEO of Türk Telekom Paul Doany graduated from the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering of the American University of Beirut in 1977. He received his master’s degree in Digital Electronics and Communication Engineering from Bradford University in England in 1978 and his PhD in Communication Engineering from the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology in England in 1981. Doany, a senior lecturer in the Department of Electronics / Communication at the American University of Beirut, has served in the telecommunications consultancy sector for 14 years. In this context, he served as the General Manager at Dar Consultants (London) and also established Telecom as General Manager / Partner at Dar Al Handasah Consultants (Shair & Partners), supporting growth in the transportation and economy sectors. Doany has been working for Saudi Oger Group for 12 years, serving as Oger Telekom Founder CEO and Türk Telekom CEO for 5 years. During the tenure of the Saudi Oger Group, he led the acquisition of 55% of Türk Telekom through privatization and the purchase of IT companies and international wholesale operations (Pantel, Turk Telekom International) . He also led the acquisition and start-up operation process until the launch of Cell C in South Africa. Dr. Paul Doany has focused on IT / Internet companies and initial investment in renewable energy by concentrating on Venture Capital and Communication Technology Venture Capital. Doany has been serving as Turk Telecom CEO since September 2016. FIRM PROFILE Türk Telekom is the formerly state-owned Turkish telecommunications company. Türk Telekom was separated from Turkish Post (PTT) in 1995. In November 2005, it was privatized to Oger Telecom. Türk Telekom Group provides integrated telecommunication services from PSTN, GSM to wide-band Internet. The Türk Telekom Group companies had 16.8 million PSTN customers, 6 million ADSL customers and 12.1 million GSM customers as of September 30, 2009. With its network substructure covering the whole country, the group’s companies offer a wide range of services to personal and corporate customers. Türk Telekom, which owns 99.9% of the shares of the companies TTNET, Argela, Innova, Sebit A.Ş. and AssisTT, is also the owner of 81% of the shares of Avea, which is one of the three GSM operators in Turkey. Türk Telekom also supports Albania’s Albtelecom. 55% of the shares of Turk Telekom belongs to Oger Telekomünikasyon A.Ş. and 30% of the shares belongs to Turkey’s Undersecretariat of Treasury. The remaining 15% of shares have been offered to the public. The company holds the naming rights to Türk TelekomArena, home to the Galatasaray S.K. www.turktelekom.com.tr