Ahmet Burak
Board Member (Independent)
He was born in 1954 in Istanbul. Following his educaton at the FMV Işık High School, he has graduated from the ODTU Business Administration University of Denver BSBA, the University of Denver MBA finance department. After having been employed at the Istanbul and London Offices of the Arthur Andersen auditing company, he has started his assignment as Director of Financial and Administrative Affairs at the Coca-Cola company in 1986. In 1991 he has performed as General Manager of Turkey Bottling Operations, and has performed as Coca-Cola Executive Board Vice-President in Canada starting from 1992. In mid 1993, he has returned to Turkey in order to initiate the Coca-Cola operations in the Middle Asian and Caucasian region, where the Coca-Cola products were not available at all. During this period, Coca-Cola has established factories in 8 countries and has become the major soft drink firm of the region. After the 8 years general management assignment, he has started in his position of President of Coca-Cola Turkey in 2001. While the Turkey Region has reached the highest profitability and market share within 8 years, it has moved up to the 13th place among 200 countries within the company. During 2009, he has retired from the Coca-Cola company. Mr. Burak is still acting as member of the board of trustees at the Coca-Cola Hayata Artı (Plus to Life) Foundation.
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