Türkiye: Akçansa has appointed Vecih Yılmaz as its general manager. The cement producer is a joint-venture between Sabancı Holding and Heidelberg Materials.
Yılmaz, started his career as an auditor at Deloitte in 2005 and later joined Sabancı Group in 2009. Between 2015 and 2017, he was the chief financial officer at Assan Panel and Financial Affairs Director at Kibar Holding. Both companies are part of Kibar Group. He rejoined Sabancı Group in 2017 as the finance director at Sabancı Holding and also served as a member of the board of directors at Kordsa and Yünsa. He has worked as the Deputy General Manager of Finance and Financial Affairs at Çimsa since 2019.
Yılmaz is a graduate from the Department of Business Administration at the Middle East Technical University in Ankara. He completed the Political Science and Public Administration minor program at the same institution. He also holds a master's degree in financial economics from Galatasaray University in 2012.