Turkey: The Turkish Cement Manufacturers’ Association (TÇMB) has appointed Volkan Bozay as its chief executive officer (CEO). Outgoing CEO Ismail Bulut will continue his activities as an advisor to the chairman of the board of directors.
Bozay has held a mixture of public and private sector jobs during his career including a role at the R&D Unit of Undersecretariat of Treasury and Foreign Trade, head of the Finance Department of the Housing Development Administration of Turkey (TOKI) and as a board member of the Emlak Konut Real Estate Investment Company. He also worked as the Assistant General Manager at the General Directorate of Promotions of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and has worked as a Corporate Relations Manager at British American Tobacco, Turkey.
Bozay holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) on finance and strategy from the Peter F Drucker School of Management at Claremont Graduate University, US and has a BA degree in Business Administration from the Middle East Technical University (METU) in Ankara. He has also served as a board member for the Turkish Exporters’ Assembly and the National Association of Tobacco Products Manufacturers at Aegean Exporters' Association (EIB).
