About Hakan Hamdi Bulgurlu Following a bachelor’s degree at Economy and Mechanical Engineering Departments of Texas University, Hakan Hamdi Bulgurlu completed the joint MBA program at Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management, and Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. He started his professional life in Koç Holding in 1995. He held various positions in Asia-Pacific and led the Holding’s Asia-Pacific foreign trade and supply operations for 13 years in Hong Kong. He worked as Arçelik-LG Air-Conditioner General Manager between 2007-2010. He joined Arçelik in 2010 and has been the CEO of Arçelik since 2015. Bulgurlu is among the founding members of the Amstel Dialogue, which was established with the aim of accelerating the innovation process in Europe, as well as the European Committee for Home Appliances Manufacturers (APPLiA) Executive Committee MemberBulgurlu is a Board Member of Foreign Trade Association of Turkey (TURKTRADE) and Deputy Chairman of Turkey – China Business Council under Economic Relations Board (DEIK). He is also a delegate at the High-Level Commission on Carbon Pricing and Competitiveness operating within the World Bank. Firm Profile Today, with over 40,000 employees throughout the world, 12 brands (Arçelik, Beko, Grundig, Blomberg, ElektraBregenz, Arctic, Leisure, Flavel, Defy, Altus, Dawlance, Voltas Beko), sales and marketing offices in 48 countries, and 28 production facilities in 9 countries, we offer products and services to many different regions of the world. We integrate rapidly developing technologies into our business model, which shape our investments in parallel with global changes. Our R&D power extends from England to Taiwan, the United States to Portugal. Our ecosystem includes world-leading universities such as MIT and Harvard, and together we develop solutions that add value to the lives of our consumers across diverse geographies. At Arçelik Innovation, we design intelligent and networked products at the intersection of artificial intelligence, software and hardware. As a result of our cooperation with global and competent partners in research and development, we develop cloud-based platforms in the fields of voice, vision and health and are supported by machine and deep learning and establish ever-growing ecosystems with our collaborations. CEO of Arçelik Hamdi Bulgurlu Hakan CEO Today Mi dd l e Ea s t Award s 2022 - TURKEY - - 73 -
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