Turkcell announced its new CEO. According to the statement made via KAP, Turkcell CEO, Dr. Ali Taha became Koç. Koç is one of the names who served in critical positions in the past.
One of Turkey’s largest telecommunication companies Turkcell, has been on the agenda with an interesting issue lately. We have readers who remember; About a month ago, the company was announced by Murat Erkan, who has been serving as CEO since 2019. resignation It was on the agenda with. Upon this Bulent AksuTurkcell appointed Aksu as CEO just 10 days later. he terminated his duty.
Now, there has been a new development on the subject. Turkcell, Public Disclosure Platform (CONTAINER) announced its new CEO in a statement made via. According to the statement, Turkcell CEO, Dr. Ali Taha Koç happened. Turkcell Board of Directors unanimously appointed him as CEO. Koç has worked in important institutions such as the Presidential Digital Transformation Office and Türksat in the past.
Turkcell’s statement on the subject is as follows:
Dr. Ali Taha Koç was born in Ankara in 1980. He graduated from Bilkent University, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering in 2001, which he entered with a full scholarship. He completed his master’s and doctoral studies on a scholarship at the Department of Electrical Engineering at the University of Texas at Dallas, USA. Dr. started working at Intel in the USA in 2006 as a research and development (R&D) engineer. During his tenure here, Ali Taha Koç developed 61 patents and 23 articles were published in scientific journals. He developed and managed many international projects at Intel. He became one of the 10 engineers who produced the most patents and received awards in 2013. After his return to Turkey in 2014, he started working as the Chief Advisor to the Prime Ministry and was appointed to the Presidency’s Directorate of Information Technologies in the same year. He managed the establishment process of the Presidential State Information Coordination Center (DBKM), which provides the flow of information from all ministries and security units simultaneously. He was appointed as the Head of the Presidential Digital Transformation Office on September 12, 2018. In addition to his duties at the Presidency, he is the head of Türksat Uydu İletişim Kablo TV ve İşletme A.Ş. He served as a member of the board of directors. He also teaches master’s and doctoral courses at Bilkent University, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering. Dr. is a licensed pilot and speaks English very well. Ali Taha Koç is married and has a child.
According to the PDP statement made by Turkcell from here accessible.