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Once again, Can Akın Çağlar is elected as the President of the Association of the
Insurance and Reinsurance Companies of Turkey

Can Akın Çağlar was elected as the President during the Or-
dinary General Assembly Meeting of the Association of the
Insurance and Reinsurance Companies of Turkey.

Elective Ordinary General Assembly Meeting of the Associ-
ation of the Insurance and Reinsurance Companies of Tur-
key was organized on April 13. During the meeting, Can Akın
Çağlar, General Manager of Eureko Sigorta, was elected as
the President of the Association with a record-breaking per-
formance, collecting 57 out of 58 valid votes.

Çağlar began his speech in the General Assembly by talking
about his activities during his previous term of his presidency
and said: “We attach great importance to close cooperation
with the public authority in order to express and solve the that the existing dialogue with all public and market stake-
problems of our market. Within this framework, we had close holders, especially insurance agents, would continue with even
cooperative relations with the public authorities; particularly stronger bonds in the new term.
Deputy Prime Minister Mr. Mehmet Şimşek, Undersecretari-
at of Treasury Mr. Osman Çelik, Ministry of Internal Affairs, The meeting also resulted in the selection of the members of
The Court of Cassation and Justice Academy of Turkey.” He the Non-Life Executive Board, Life and Pension Executive
continued his speech by expressing his thanks and gratitude for Board, Auditing Board, Disciplinary Boards.
such cooperation. He stated that as a highly dynamic, robust
and growing economy, Turkish Economy required the support According to the results; Non-Life Executive Board mem-
of financial markets other than banking. Çağlar highlighted bers are: Ali Erlat, Ahmet Turul, Erdinç Yurtseven, Fahri
that it was crucial for insurance market to realize this func- Altıngöz, İlhami Koç, Hulki Yalçın, Ceyhan Hancıoğlu,
tion with new areas and products, as a market that had em- Özgür Koç, and Baturalp Pamukçu. Life and Pension Execu-
ployed hundreds of thousands of people directly and indirectly, tive Board are: Hayat Emeklilik Yönetim Komitesine: Emin
paid 28 billion TL in compensations, issued 127 billion TL Çubıkcı, Uğur Erkan, Taylan Türkölmez, Deniz Yurtseven,
worth of funds in the economy and provided a total coverage Burak Ali Göçer, Özgür Obalı, Erol Öztürkoğlu, Ayhan Sincek
of 90 trillion TL during 2017. Can Akın Çağlar said: “These and Mahmut Güngör. Auditing Board Members are: Şebnem
issues are also addressed in the 11th development plan. It is Ulusoy, Cenk Tabakoğlu, Emre Özer; Disiplin Kuruluna Soner
now time to join our hands to solve the problems, expand our Şahin, Coşkun Gölpınar and Gökhan Gürcan.
market and face our future with confidence.” He underlined

AXA Sigorta’s new CEO: Yavuz Ölken

Company’s current CEO Guil- along with a direct responsibility of the technical sides of pric-
laume Lejeune, who will trans- ing and underwriting. I sincerely congratulate him for his past
fer his duties to Yavuz Ölken achievements, and wish his successful performance to contin-
on 1 April 2018, was appoint- ue through his new duties.”
ed as the CEO of AXA Global
Reinsurance. Wilm LANGEN- Wilm Langenbach added that AXA Sigorta has strengthened
BACH, Chairman of AXA its position in the market and took firm steps towards sus-
Sigorta and Chief Executive tainable development in the future under the management of
Officer of AXA Emerging Mar- Guillaume Lejeune, who has worked as the CEO and Member
kets and Chief Strategic Of- of the Board since the beginning of 2015. “I would like to ex-
ficer of EMEA, announced that press my deepest appreciations and thanks to Mr. Guillaume
Yavuz Ölken was appointed as Lejeune for his brave leadership, strong motivation, and his
the new CEO of AXA Sigorta. commitment to rebuild a successful company and restructure
Yavuz Ölken currently serves as the Head of Technical and our leadership position in Turkey. I also wish him all the best
Information Technologies at AXA Sigorta; he will undertake for his new position within the AXA Group. Mr. Guillaume
his new duty as of 1 April 2018. Wilm Lagenbach under- Lejeune has assumed several different positions in France and
lined in his statement that Yavuz Ölken played a major role in Mexico for the last 22 years. He will continue his duties with-
AXA Sigorta’s transformation process for the last three years: in AXA Group as the CEO of AXA Global Reinsurance. Mr.
“Having joined AXA Sigorta family in 2002, Yavuz Ölken has Lejeune will also maintain his duties as a Board Member of
so far managed a robust information technologies structure AXA Sigorta.”