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TAV Airports Holding Annual Report 2008
board of
dırectors
Hamdi Akın, Chairman, TAV Airports Holding, 55.
Hamdi Akın assumed his current duties as the TAV
Airports Holding Chairman in 2005. He is the founder and
Chairman of Akfen Holding, a shareholder of TAV Airports
Holding. Graduated from the Department of Mechanical
Engineering, Gazi University, Akın founded Akfen Holding
in 1975, a company that operates in the construction,
tourism, commerce and services sectors. Undertaking
infrastructure and investment projects within the scope
of privatization efforts besides private entrepreneurial
activities, Akın contributed to the creation of the Chair
in Contemporary Turkish Studies at the London School
of Economics through Akfen Holding. He is currently
a Member of the Board of Directors of the Turkish
Industrialists’ and Businessmen’s Association (TÜSİAD)
and the Chairman of the Information Society and New
Technologies Commission. Akın is also the Founding
Member and the Honorary Chairman of the Turkey
Human Resources Foundation (TİKAV), which he cofounded
in 1999 in order to provide well-educated human
resources for Turkey.
Ali Haydar Kurtdarcan, Vice Chairman,
TAV Airports Holding, 58.
Ali Haydar Kurtdarcan assumed his current duties as
the TAV Airports Holding Vice Chairman in 2000 and is
also the Chairman of the Audit Committee. Graduated
from the Department of Civil Engineering, Middle East
Technical University in 1973, Kurtdarcan is the Chairman
and CEO of Tepe Construction, a shareholder of TAV
Airports Holding. He has filled various managerial
positions, including general manager and assistant
general manager, at Tepe Construction for the last 22
years.
Mustafa Sani Şener, Board Member and President & CEO,
TAV Airports Holding, 54.
Mustafa Sani Şener was appointed as the Member of the
Board of Directors, President and CEO of TAV Airports
Holding in 1997. Graduated from the Department of
Mechanical Engineering, Black Sea Technical University
(BTU) in 1977, Şener earned his Masters degree on fluid
mechanics in 1979 from the Department of Applied
Sciences, University of Sussex, the UK. He has been
awarded Honorary Doctorate from BTU for his invaluable
contributions to the development of Turkish engineering
at international level. Before his career at TAV Airports,
he filled project manager and general manager positions
in prominent national and international projects.
İbrahim Süha Güçsav, Board Member,
TAV Airports Holding, 41.
İbrahim Süha Güçsav was graduated from the
Department of Economics, İstanbul University in 1992,
and received his masters degree from the Department
of Business Administration, the Institute of Social
Sciences in Gazi University. Starting off on his career at
Alexander & Alexander Insurance Brokerage Co. in 1992,
Güçsav joined the Akfen Group in 1994. Serving as the
Group President of Finance and then as the CEO at Akfen
Holding, he has been the Vice Chairman of Akfen Holding
since 2003. Güçsav also serves as a Member of the
Board of Directors at various subsidiaries including TAV
Airports Holding, Executive Director at Akfen GYO Real
Estate Investment Trust, and the CEO at IBS Insurance
Brokerage Services.