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Philippe-Henri Burlisson to be Groupa- Senior level appointment at
ma Turkey’s New CEO AXA Sigorta

Groupama Turkey is getting Firuzan İşçan was ap-
ready for passing the baton pointed to the position of
in senior management lev- Chief Sales and Market-
el. Philippe-Henri Burlis- ing Officer at Axa Sig-
son will take over as the new orta as of 2 May 2018.
CEO of the company as of 1 He will be responsible
September 2018, upon the from the management of
finalization of legal proce- Regional Management
dures. Philippe-Henri Burl- offices of the company,
isson studied chemical engi- sales and marketing ac-
neering at the universities of tivities of distribution
Ecole Nationale des Indus- channels, as well as de-
tries Chimiques de Nancy and partments of agency
Ecole Nationale Supérieure sales development and
du Pétrole et des Moteurs. He performance manage-
began his career as process ment, banks and finan-
and production engineer at cial institutions, health and life pension sales, customer
Exxon-Mobil Group, and en- complaint management and marketing.
tered the insurance market in
1999 as an expert underwriter in energy at Sorema, Groupama’s After graduating from Industrial Engineering Depart-
reinsurance company. After Scor acquired Sorema in 2001, Burl- ment of Galatasaray University in 1997, Firuzan İşcan
isson continued his career at Groupama Asset Management where received his master’s degree from the same school and
he successively worked as a Financial Analyst and Manager of became a research assistant. İşcan entered the insur-
International Fun and Asset Management. He was appointed as ance market as of 2001. He worked as System and Se-
the Manager of Group Asset Management and Relations in 2009, curity Engineer, Regional Manager, Group Manager of
and Assistant General Manager of Financial Affairs and Legal Automobile Dealers/Agency Sales, Group Manager of
at Groupama Assicurazioni (Italy) in 2012. As of 2014, General Marketing, Marketing Director of Customer Strategies
Secretariat and Purchasing departments were also positioned un- at Allianz Sigorta between 2001 and 2016. He was ap-
der his management. He has been working as the Head of Interna- pointed as the Global Head of Customer and Distribu-
tional Operations at Groupama Group since 2016. Starting from tion Experience in 2016, and CEO of Allianz Worldwide
September 2018, Philippe-Henri Burlisson will manage Groupa- Partners Turkey in 2017. Firuzan İşçan speaks English
ma’s activities in Turkey with his extensive experience in Groupa- and French.
ma companies, competence, dynamism and innovative approach.

Sanem Çıngay joins AXA Sigorta family

Sanem Çıngay was appoint- Department of Mathematics and received her masters’ de-
ed as the COO and Executive gree on actuarial sciences at Lancerster University, Econ-
Committee Member respon- omy and Cass Business School. She began her career with
sible from Private Lines and Koç Holding’s Leadership Program. After that, she man-
Technical Operations as of 14 aged projects in Allianz Germany on behalf of Koç Allianz
May 2018. She will be respon- Group; and was later appointed as the Group Manager of
sible from the departments of Private Lines Technical Operations at Koç Allianz Turkey.
Private Lines Technical and In 2010, she began working at Ergo Sigorta as the Assis-
Underwriting, Pricing and tant General Manager responsible from actuarial activities
Provisions, Health and Tech- and was appointed as company’s Head of Private Technical
nical Operations Actuary and Operations as of 2017. Most recently, she worked as the
Technical Operations. Sanem Assistant General Manager of Technical and Operations at
Çıngay graduated from Mid- Groupama Sigorta. She is fluent in English and German.
dle East Technical University,