H. HASAN YILMAZ
Board Member (Independent)
Born in 1957, in Ankara, H. Hasan Yılmaz received his BSc degree in industrial engineering from Middle Eastern Technical University in 1979 following his high school education at TED, Ankara College. Yılmaz started his professional life as an industrial engineer at Presiz Metal İmalat Sanayii, manufacturing household appliances. Between 1981 and 1984 he worked in Ankara, frst as a market analyst in Taksan Takım Tezgahları A.Ş., then at the State Planning Organization (DPT) as a capital goods expert. He joined Unilever in 1984 as Assistant Brand Manager Trainee and served as Area Sales Manager, Detergents Marketing Manager and Sales Director. These assignments were followed by his promotion as Chairman and CEO of Lever and Elida Cosmetic business. He was then appointed “Regional Leader” for Unilever’s East Asia detergent business. Following his return to Turkey in 1995 Yılmaz was assigned Chairman-CEO of Uzay Gıda a subsidiary of Pepsi-Co/ FritoLay, for a year. He was then called to duty by Unilever as Chairman and CEO of all nine legal entities in Turkey with majority Unilever shareholding. Yılmaz joined to Koç Holding as “President - Food, Retailing and Tourism” in 2002. Since 2005, he has been the “Adjunct Professor/Distinguished Executive in Residence” in Koç University, teaching several courses and supporting the MBA and EMBA programmes at the graduate school.
Independent Member
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