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Yıldırım Türe is the new CEO of MAPFRE Sigorta appoints Cevdet Altuğ as the
ERGO Turkey Assistant General Manager responsible from

Commercial Lines
Yıldırım Türe, who
was working as the
Chief Sales and Mar- Cevdet Altuğ was appointed as the Assis-
keting Officer and tant General Manager responsible from
Board Member at Commercial Lines at MAPFRE Sigorta as
ERGO Turkey since 15 of August 27. Within the scope of his new
November 2012, has role, Altuğ will be responsible from MAP-
recently been appoint- FRE Sigorta’s commercial structure. MA-
ed as the new CEO of PRE Sigorta’s existing Traditional Chan-
the company. With nels and Other Channels organizations will
more than 25 years of operate under the newly formed Commer-
experience and know- cial Lines structure.
how in the insurance
market, Yıldırım Türe After graduating from Faculty of Econom-
has taken over his new ics at 9 Eylül University, Cevdet Altuğ be-
duties as of 1 October 2018. gan his career at Garanti Bank. He worked
at several management positions in retail
Yıldırım Türe graduated from Çukurova University, and commercial banking activities in between 1997 and 2003 after at-
Department of Business Administration (English). tending Garanti’s Management Trainee Program. He entered the insur-
He began his career in 1991 at Yapı Kredi Sigor- ance market after being appointed as the Sales Senior Vice President at
ta, where he worked at several different positions Garanti Emeklilik ve Hayat A.Ş in 2003. In 2005, he also undertook the
ranging from internal audit to finance and sales responsibility of Regional Management of the same company. He was then
management, and ended up as the Executive Vice transferred to TEB-BNP Paribas as Head of Bankassurance, and was
President responsible from agents and regions. working as the Assistant General Manager of Sales & Distribution Man-
agement & Business Development at BNP Paribas Cardif before joining
the MAPFRE Sigorta family.

MetLife Emeklilik ve Hayat continues to add value to the lives of its employees with
the Lean In program

Lean In program, which was ini- lik ve Hayat is a corporate member. Deniz Yurtseven, CEO
tiated to support female employ- of MetLife Emeklilik ve Hayat, commented on the Lean In
ees in 2017 within the scope of program and stated as follows: “MetLife Emeklilik ve Hayat
MetLife Emeklilik’s strategy of attaches great importance to the participation of women in
supporting participation and di- business life. Today, 65 percent of our employees are women.
versity in the office, continues Therefore, we continue to invest in the improvement of this
its activities with great interest precious human resource. We have been carrying out several
and participation from female successful projects in this field. Our studies were initiated with
employees. The program aims to the foundation of our Female Employee Network as of 2013,
reveal the hidden potential of fe- and continue under the roof of “Diversity and Participation”
male employees, therefore mak- program. Within the scope of our Lean In program, we im-
ing positive reflections on their plement many useful activities to enrich both professional and
private and professional lives. private lives of our female employees working at different lines
of business.”
Number of female employees participating in the program in-
creased from 19 in 2017 to 30 volunteer female employees
working at different departments and positions in 2018. With-
in the scope of the opportunities presented by the program, 11
high-potential women were included in the in-house coaching
program as counselees. Seminars focusing on leadership, de-
cision-making, balance between professional and private life,
career & courage, and self-improvement were organized with
the participation of experienced leaders within the company
and guest speakers from PWN Istanbul (Professional Wom-
en’s’ Network), an organization of which MetLife Emekli-