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       Winners of ‘JA StartUp Turkey’ organized by MetLife and Junior Achievement Türkiye
       are announced

       The startup called LL Material Factory, established to design
       lean technology systems by allowing the students to transform
       urban, agricultural and industrial bio-waste into new-generation
       sustainable structural chemicals with high added value which is
       an alternative to petrochemical products will represent Turkey at
       the 2021 European Enterprise Challenge.

       Attracting attention  with  its contribution  in projects  focusing
       on the development of children and youth within the scope of
       social responsibility activities, MetLife Türkiye, with the finan-
       cial support of the MetLife Foundation and MetLife volunteers,
       the ‘LifeChanger’ project, which has been implemented for many
       years in the EMEA region, the ‘JA StartUp Turkey’ program of
       the Young Success Education Foundation has taken it one step
       further. The students have been provided with many educational,   attending the program will have material and special awards,
       workshop,  and  mentorship  support  regarding  entrepreneurship   the opportunity of including a wide national and international
       including ideas, developing business models, basic financial ed-  network, and developing their startups.
       ucation, and creating a prototype and, e-mamakonum, Mumur-
       gan, and LL Material Factory have become the winners of JA   Deniz  Yurtseven,  General  Manager  of  MetLife  Turkey  gave  a
       StartUp  Turkey  by  successfully  completing  these  steps,  while   speech at the award ceremony and said: “I would like to congrat-
       KarTechhas been awarded MetLife Special Prize. JA StartUp   ulate the winner startups which won JA StartUp Turkey after a
       program, which is held by Junior Achievement for 18 years in   comprehensive mentorship period with the attendance of MetLife
       Europe and in which 115 thousand university students from 20   volunteers. I’m greeting all our students who proved in advance
       countries attend, was started in Turkey for the first time in Feb-  that they are the assurance of Turkey’s more powerful future by
       ruary this year by Junior Achievement Turkey with the contri-  taking place in this exciting journey with their creative thinking,
       bution of MetLife volunteers and with the support of MetLife   self-confidence, and courage no matter if they are awarded or
       Foundation. A 14-week program designed for university students   not.” Çelik Ören Chairman of Junior Achievement Turkey said:
       who are between the ages of 19-30 and want to be entrepreneurs   We have had the opportunity to access many children and youth
       was completed with the sharing of 22 MetLife volunteer mentors   from primary school to high school since 2014 until today with
       regarding experience and knowledge, and 24 finalists took place   the support of MetLife and the youth’s belief in achievement and
       in the Final of A StartUp 2021 Turkey. LL Material Factory,   potential. Today, we are striving to gain initiatives that will cre-
       the winner startup, will represent Turkey at “European Enter-  ate added value for our country with the power of the youth. I
       prise Challenge 2021” under “Gen-E 2021: European Entrepre-  would like to thank MetLife Türkiye and all MetLife volunteers
       neurship Festival” organized for the first time this year. Startups   who have become mentors of the youth during this exciting pro-
                                                              cess in which we have broken new ground for our country.”


                                   Groupama Sigorta’s management staff continues to strengthen



                                   Mahmut    Emre    Bayram   Mahmut Emre Bayram will be reporting to General Manager
                                   joined the management staff  Philippe-Henri Burlisson as Deputy General Manager in charge
                                   of Groupama Sigorta, which  of technical and operations.
                                   operates in 10 countries in
                                   the Global arena and has a  Mahmut Emre Bayram completed his education at Istanbul
                                   deep-rooted heritage in Tur-  Men’s High School and Boğaziçi University Department of Eco-
                                   key, as Deputy General Man-  nomics.  Bayram, who worked in the management of Aviva Sig-
                                   ager in charge of technical  orta, Aksigorta, Sompo Sigorta and Güneş Sigorta companies,
                                   and operations.            finally served as Deputy General Manager responsible for Health
                                                              Insurance in Türkiye Sigorta.
                                   An experienced manager
                                   has joined the management  Mahmut Emre Bayram started his new position at Groupama
                                   staff of Groupama Sigorta.  Sigorta on June 1, 2021.
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