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AXA Sigorta is the main sponsor of Kupa Voley

AXA Sigorta became like to thank Turkish Volleyball Federation for offering us this
the title sponsor opportunity.”
of the Kupa Voley
2018-2019, which Yavuz Ölken, CEO of Aksigorta, gave a speech during the sig-
is organized by the nature ceremony, stating that AXA works towards becoming
Turkish Volleyball a brand for healthcare and bases its related activities on UN
Federation. Former- Sustainable Development Goals. He added as follows: “As the
ly called Turkish leading asset management and financial protection company
Cup, the tournament of the world, we have a global power and bear big respon-
is now called Kupa sibilities. Within the scope of ‘Good Health and Well-Being’
Voley. This year will goal of UN Sustainable Development Goals, we support pro-
be the 19th organi- jects that will inspire people to lead healthier and more active
zation for women’s lives. Moreover, traditional insurance approach is changing.
and 26th for men’s Our customers now expect us to take preventive steps before
teams. Sponsorship the losses occur. We believe that sport is one of those preven-
agreements for the tournament were signed on 25 September tive measures and that it makes an influence on mental health
2018. The signature ceremony was attended by Yavuz Ölken, as well as physical health. Therefore, supporting projects that
CEO of AXA Sigorta; Mehmet Üstündağ, Chairman of Turkish will inspire people to adopt more active lifestyles is a part of
Football Federation; and Firüzan İşcan, Chief Sales and Mar- our job and our duty as a company.” Saying that in recent
keting Officer at Axa Sigorta. Focusing on health and well-be- years both women’s and men’s teams have acquired nation-
ing activities in recent years, AXA Sigorta intends to work al and international achievements in volleyball; Ölken added:
on inspiring the society for a more active lifestyle within the “As a former volleyball player, I am sure that our players will
scope of this sponsorship. The Kupa Voley tournament will be gain much bigger achievements for our country when they re-
participated by 12 men’s and 12 women’s teams. Men’s teams ceive greater support.”
will compete between 22 December 2018 and 17 March 2019,
while women’s teams will compete between 4 January 2018
and 24 March 2019.

Firuzan İşcan, Chief Sales and Marketing Officer of Axa Sig-
orta, gave the opening speech of the meeting and said: “For
years, AXA has worked with the mission of making a contribu-
tion for people to lead better lives. Therefore, we attach great
importance to building partnerships that will create value for
this mission. Kupa Voley games that will begin in December
for the 2018-2019 season, will reach millions of sport lov-
ers via tribunes, live broadcasts and media contents. We will
try to contribute to increasing interest in the tournament and
volleyball sport, by organizing activities in and out of the vol-
leyball field in cities that will host the tournament. We would

Allianz Turkey’s leadership to change with the new year

of Allianz Turkey since January
2016, will be promoted to Chief
Global HR Officer as of 1 January
2019. Her current position will
be taken over by Tolga Gürkan,
who currently works as the Chief
Operation Officer of Allianz Tur-
key, following the approvals by the
Ministry of Treasury and Finance.
Arif Aytekin, who has been work-
ing as the General Manager of Al-
lianz Sigorta since 2010, will be
appointed as the Deputy Chief Ex-
There will be major changes in the leadership positions of Alli- ecutive Officer of Allianz Turkey
anz’s global and Turkish operations as of 1 January 2019. Aylin as of 1 January 2019.
Somersan Coqui, who has worked as the Chief Executive Officer