EXECUTIVE BOARD

Uğur Gülen

Board Member and General Manager

(Since May 1, 2009)

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

Fahri Altıngöz

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

(Since December 1, 2005)

Fahri Altıngöz started his professional career at Aksigorta in 1988 and held administrative positions at various insurance companies before becoming Assistant General Manager responsible for claims in 2005. He has served as Corporate Insurance Assistant General Manager since 2007. Mr. Altıngöz is a graduate of Middle East Technical University, Department of Statistics and holds a Master’s degree from Istanbul University, Department of Technology and Industry, Economics.

Metin Demirel

Assistant General Manager – Technology, Digital and Individual Technical

(Since January 12, 2015)

Metin Demirel started his professional career at Akbank in 1992. After 1996, he went to the United States to continue his career. Mr. Demirel first worked at Sulzer Medica Intermedics as Senior System Analyst. Then, he served as a Consultant for Oracle. From 2004 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. Subsequently, he served 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.

Osman Akkoca

Assistant General Manager - Financial Affairs

(Since January 1, 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 2007-2010; as Risk Manager in 2010-2011, and as Financial Control Manager from 2011 to 2017. Since January 2017, Mr. Akkoca is serving as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Aksigorta.

Tolga Okan Tezbaşaran

Assistant General Manager – Retail Sales and Health

(Since November 1, 2016)

Tolga Okan Tezbaşaran worked as Regional Manager at Halk Yaşam Sigorta and Yapı Kredi Emeklilik at the start of his professional career. Subsequently, he served 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 the Individual and Small Enterprises Segment as well as Board Member. He graduated from Dokuz Eylül University, Department of Industrial Engineering in 1993.

Soner Akkaya

Assistant General Manager - Claims Customer Experience

(Since January 1, 2017)

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. Having worked 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 2017.

Ayşegül Gürkale

Assistant General Manager – Human Resources

(Since August 1, 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 from 2003 to 2005, Regional Performance Monitoring Manager between 2005 and 2007, Planning Manager from 2007 until 2008, and Regional Manager between 2008 and 2013. In her last role at Garanti Pension and Life, she served as Director of Human Resources, Organization, Purchasing and Administrative Affairs from 2013 to 2017.

Esra Öge

Assistant General Manager – Strategy and Transformation

(Since June 2018)

Esra Öge graduated from Yıldız Technical University, Department of Mathematical Engineering and obtained her Master’s degree in Economics and Finance from Boğaziçi University. She began her professional career in 2006 in the Risk Management Department at Hacı Ömer Sabancı Holding and joined Aksigorta in 2010. Ms. Öge held managerial positions in strategic planning, bancassurance and marketing. She managed the partnership with Ageas, including strategy and business model design and implementation. In addition to participating in the talent development programs at Aksigorta and Sabancı Holding, Ms. Öge conducted research studies in value innovation at INSEAD.