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Senior Appointment at Turkey Sigorta

Emeklilik continue to strengthen their between 2003-2006. In 2006-2007,
senior management staff. According to he worked as the Financial Affairs
the statement made by Türkiye Sigorta to Strengthened Director at Garanti Sigorta
the Public Disclosure Platform (KAP); it and participated in the Company Sales
has been noted that Mehmet Ertan Özay, Project Coordination.
an experienced name in the insurance
industry, will start working as the Deputy Özay worked as Turkey Financial
General Manager of Türkiye Sigorta Affairs and Collection Group Manager
Financial Management and Türkiye and Member of the Executive Board at
Hayat Emeklilik Finance, Actuarial, and Groupama between 2007 and 2013, as
Technical Operations after the approval Turkey Finance Director and Executive
Member at BNP Paribas Cardif
of SEDDK. Board
in 2013-2014, CFO, Management, and
Mehmet Ertan Özay graduated Executive Board Member at Zurich
from Istanbul Technical University Sigorta between 2014-2015. Özay, who
Management Engineering in 1994 and was the Turkey CFO and Member of
completed his MBA in 1997 at the same the Board of Directors at Willis Towers
As of March 2023, Türkiye Sigorta university. Özay, who has the SMMM Watson between 2016-2018, served as
Financial Management and Türkiye certificate, started his career as a the CFO of the Central & Eastern Europe
Hayat Emeklilik Finance, Actuarial, and Financial Controller at Bosch Siemens Region and Turkey between 2018-2020,
Technical Operations Assistant General (B/S/H) Turkey in 1997. After working the CFO of the Central & Eastern Europe
Manager are entrusted to Mehmet Ertan in the Department of Budget-Control Region between the years 2020-2023,
Özay, an experienced name in the industry. and Management Accounting at Sasa- the Country Leader of Turkey, and the
Dupontsa between 2001-2003, he worked Member of the Board of Directors in the
Türkiye Sigorta and Türkiye Hayat as Assistant Internal Audit Manager and Central & Eastern European Regions
Financial Affairs Manager at Aksigorta outside Turkey.

Pınar Kuriş, General Manager of Cigna, is on the list of ‘Turkey’s 50 Most
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Powerful Female CEOs’ for the 5 time

Cigna General Manager Pınar Kuriş, Life Insurance, and Pensions, generates
one of the prominent insurance industry a turnover of 2 billion 361 million TL
leaders with her support for gender in 2022 while making a difference in the
equality, took part in the “50 Most insurance sector with the employment of
Powerful Female CEOs of Turkey” women and the ratio of women managers.
research organized by the Economist
Magazine this year as well. Pınar Kuriş, Pınar Kuriş said that as a female leader,
one of the successful female leaders of the it is a source of pride to be included in
sector, succeeded in being included in the the “Turkey’s 50 Most Powerful Female
list determined according to the year-end CEOs” research, which is one of the
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turnovers of the companies for the 5 essential indexes that aim to make the
time in a row. power of women in the business world
visible and said: “Gender equality is of
The “Turkey’s 50 Most Powerful Women great importance to achieve the desired
CEOs” research has been carried out level of welfare and to ensure economic
by the Economist Magazine for more and social sustainability. With this
than ten years to support and highlight awareness, we, as Cigna, continue to
successful female leaders in the business make a difference in the insurance sector
world. Cigna General Manager Pınar with our high female employment and
Kuriş, who took part in the research female manager rates. Today, the number
carried out according to the 2022 of female employees is 454, making up
turnovers of the companies, continues to 67% of the total number of employees, empower as many women as we can in
inspire women leaders by being included while the rate of female employees in society and all our female employees to
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in the list for the 5 time in a row. Cigna, managerial positions is 51%, increasing increase these rates in the sector and the
which operates in the fields of Health, yearly. We will continue to support and entire business world.” .