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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.