Executive Board

Uğur Gülen

Board Member and General Manager

(Since May 2009)

Uğur Gülen obtained undergraduate and Master’s degrees from Middle East Technical University, Department of Industrial Engineering. He began his career in 1991 and worked in various positions at Interbank, DenizBank, Ak Internet and MNG Bank. During 2004-2009, he served at AK Emeklilik A.Ş. and AvivaSA Emeklilik ve Hayat A.Ş. as the Assistant General Manager. He has served as General Manager and Board Member at Aksigorta since May 2009.

Osman Akkoca

Assistant General Manager - Financial Affairs

(Since January 2017)

Osman Akkoca graduated from Istanbul Technical University, Department of Business Engineering. He began his professional career as an assistant inspector at Sümerbank in 1999. After holding various management positions between 2003 and 2005, he worked as Inspector at AvivaSA from 2005 to 2007. He worked as Assistant Manager of Internal Control and Compliance during 2007 and 2010; as Risk Manager in 2010-2011, and as Financial Control Manager from 2011 to 2017. Since January 2017, Mr. Akkoca has served as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Aksigorta.

Fahri Altıngöz

Assistant General Manager - Corporate Technical, Sales, Legal and Reinsurance

(Since 2005)

Fahri Altıngöz, graduated from Middle East Technical University, Department of Statistics and from Istanbul University Technology and Industry, Economics. Throughout his professional life, he served as Inspector, Regional Manager, Regional Coordinator, Deputy General Manager and General Manager. Fahri Altıngöz worked as the Founding General Manager of TEB (Zurich) insurance company between 1997-2005. In 2005, Mr. Altıngöz rejoined Aksigorta Insurance Company and worked as Assistant General Manager Responsible for Claims and Recovery, Corporate Insurance, Marketing, Health Insurance, Risk Management and Reinsurance, respectively. Altıngöz is currently working as the Assistant General Manager Responsible for Corporate Sales, Corporate Technical, Corporate Relations, Corporate Law and Reinsurance. Mr. is an executive committee member of Turkey Non-Life Insurance Association, board member Altıngöz of Tarsim, board member of OSEM, member of International Investors Association of Turkey Insurance and Pension Working Group (YASED) and member of the insurance working group of Turkish Industry and Business Association (TÜSİAD). Fahri Altıngöz, who speaks English and German, is married and has two sons.

Ayşegül Gürkale

Assistant General Manager - Human Resources, Purchasing and Administrative Affairs

(Since August 2017)

Ayşegül Gürkale graduated from Marmara University, Department of Economics in 1999. She began her professional career in 1999 as a Management Trainee in the Commercial Banking Marketing Department at Pamukbank. In 2003, she joined Garanti Pension and Life, where she served as Product Development Specialist in 2003-2005, Regional Performance Monitoring Manager in 2005-2007, Planning Manager in 2007-2008, and Regional Manager in 2008-2013. In her last role at Garanti Pension and Life, she served as Director of Human Resources, Organization, Purchasing and Administrative Affairs from 2013-2017.

Metin Demirel

Assistant General Manager - Technology, Digital and Individual Technical

(Since September 2018)

Metin Demirel started his professional career at Akbank in 1992. After 1996, he continued his career in the United States. He first worked at Sulzer Medica Intermedics company as Senior System Analyst. Then, he worked as a Consultant for Oracle. From 2006 to 2006, he managed his own firm Midsoft Inc. Mr. Demirel returned to Turkey in June 2006, and started working for Tofaş as Financial and Commercial Practices Manager. Lastly, he worked as Director in charge of Zürich Insurance Information Technologies Management. After graduating from Boğaziçi University, Department of Computer Engineering in 1992, Metin Demirel attended the Executive MBA program at Koç University.

Tolga Okan Tezbaşaran

Assistant General Manager - Retail Sales and Health

(Since November 2016)

Tolga Okan Tezbaşaran graduated from Dokuz Eylül University, Department of Industrial Engineering in 1993. He began his professional career at Halk Yaşam Sigorta. Later, he worked as Regional Manager and Group President at Yapı Kredi Sigorta. In 2011, Mr. Tezbaşaran joined Zurich Sigorta, where he served as Assistant General Manager responsible for Individual and Small Enterprise Segment and as Board Member. Mr. Tezbaşaran has been serving as Assistant General Manager of Bancassurances and Health since November 2016; he was promoted to Assistant General Manager of Retail Sales and Marketing on April 1, 2017.

Soner Akkaya

Assistant General Manager – Claims Customer Experience

(Since January 2017)

Mr. Soner Akkaya graduated from Yıldız Technical University, Department of Civil Engineering. He worked as an auditor at Interbank between 1998 and 2002, and later as Assistant Manager at Tekfenbank between 2003 and 2005. From 2005 to 2011, he worked as Audit Manager at Sabancı Holding, and as Head of Internal Audit at Aksigorta between 2011 and 2017. Mr. Akkaya has been serving as Assistant General Manager of Claims Customer Experience since January 1, 2017.

Esra Öge

Assistant General Manager - Strategy and Transformation

(Since June 2018)

After graduating from Yıldız Technical University, Department of Mathematical Engineering, Esra Öge earned her Master’s Degree in Economics and Finance from Boğaziçi University. She began her professional career in 2006 in the Risk Management Department of Hacı Ömer Sabancı Holding, where she worked as a Risk Management Specialist until 2010. On 20 September 2010, Ms. Öge joined Aksigorta as Risk Management and Actuarial Specialist. Later, she held management positions at Strategic Project Management, Bank Insurance, Digital and Customer Experience, and Corporate Communications departments, respectively. From 2015 to 2018, she worked as Manager of Strategic Planning Department. Esra Öge was appointed as Assistant General Manager responsible for Strategy and Transformation in June 2018.