Physical Asset Management Conference 2022
The Physical Asset Management Conference, which Enerjisa Üretim will hold for the second time this year in order to reveal the contributions of physical asset management studies to the sector and to ensure the accumulation of knowledge among other stakeholders, was held in Istanbul on 8-9 December with the theme of sustainability.
Sustainability Strategy: ESG Perspective
Aside from the impact of climate change on our way of life and business, information was provided about developments that will affect how the business world works, such as green reconciliation. The importance of the financial world in the green transformation, as well as the need for financing renewable energy projects, were highlighted in particular.
Operational Sustainability and Future of Solar Power Plants
Maximum value generation from solar power plants, which play an important role in the transformation of the energy sector, was discussed in all aspects in the panel, including design and feasibility studies of solar power plants, installation and elements to be considered in this process, operation and maintenance strategies that should be established for the plant to provide efficient and high availability, and approaches that can be provided to regain plants that have regenerated. The panel also discussed anticipated developments in solar panel technology, the positioning of domestically produced panels in the global market, and waste management in plants that have been decided to be decommissioned. Furthermore, participants presented their ideas on regulatory steps that can be taken from the investment process to the operation process of solar power plant assets on a national scale.
Understanding the Dimensions of The Climate Crisis: Evalution of COP27 Outcomes
The outcomes of COP27 were assessed, particularly the creation of a special fund for "loss and damages," which was the most fundamental discussion of COP27, the continuation of the Fossil Fuels Debate, and Turkey's updated climate target.
Macro-Economic Perspective of The Energy Market
The presentation explained new issues that sector players should consider in the way they do business and the various business models offered by the players in the energy sector, which has evolved with sustainability.
Financing, Investment and Supply Solutions in Green Energy Transformation
Officials from the investor companies, main suppliers and financing companies that take an active role in the green energy transformation attended the panel as guest speakers. Uncertainties should be eliminated for the realisation of renewable energy investments, according to the panel, and this process should be carried out by including legal processes through models developed in collaboration with the public and private sectors.
Sustainability-Focused Supply Management
How this issue is handled in procurement and purchasing departments, where one of the most important transformations in a company's sustainability journey will take place, was discussed with executives from automobile parts manufacturing, wind turbine manufacturing, and airline transportation.
Those Who Inspire Sustainability
Zorlu Enerji, Sanko Enerji, and Enerjisa Üretim were informed about their sustainability efforts and good practises.It was also stated that it is important for businesses to collaborate in order to produce exemplary projects, particularly in terms of the Partnership for the Goals Article 17 of the Sustainable Development Goals.
Future Sustainable Transformation in The Energy Sector With Green Hydrogen
Green hydrogen developments, which are regarded as one of the most promising technologies for decarbonizing the energy sector, were discussed by key stakeholders from the value chain, including stakeholders from the energy production sector, industrial gas production and distribution, academia, and public institutions.
Increased Competencies Thanks To Digitalization: Performance Management in Power Plants
Our speakers, Ali İnal, Enerjisa Production Information Technologies and Digital Business Assistant General Manager, and Alper Serçe, Hydroelectric Power Plants and Technical Support Director, first discussed the data infrastructure and data culture needed to reflect the increasing data analysis competencies to business models as a result of digitalization, and then discussed what kind of world awaits us in asset management today and in the future.
Sustainability Approaches
Economic impacts of climate change were assessed, as were the effects on economies if nothing is done, what can be done in terms of mitigation and adaptation, and the importance of Societal Well-being.
Physical Asset Management Approaches That Add Value To The Insurance Process
The contributions of Physical Asset Management practises to insurance as a form of risk management were discussed from a broad perspective in this year's panel, which featured guest speakers from leading companies in various fields of the insurance industry.
Emre Erdoğan
Emre Erdoğan
Enerjisa Production | Business and Technical Deputy General Manager
He received his Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering from Boaziçi University in 2001 and his Master's Degree in Business Administration from Koç University. He began his career as a Planning Engineer at Bechtel-Enka Joint Venture and has nearly two decades of experience. In 2018, he was appointed Assistant General Manager of Operations and Technical at Enerjisa Üretim. He enjoys sailing as well as motor sports.
Egemen Yamankurt
Egemen Yamankurt
Enerjisa Üretim| Strategy and Portfolio Management Director
In 2008, he received his bachelor's degree in civil engineering and environmental engineering from Anadolu University. Following that, he earned a master's degree in Hydrology and Water Resources and finished his MBA programme at Sabancı University's Faculty of Management Sciences. In 2009, he worked as a Hydraulic Engineer at DHI Slovakia after beginning his professional career as a Field Engineer at the Eskişehir Wastewater Treatment Plant Project in 2008 In 2011, he began working as Dispatch and Real Time Optimisation Specialist at Enerjisa after finishing his Project Assistant position at Anadolu University. His interests include travelling, swimming, and going to the movies. He's married with a daughter.
Prof. Dr. Itır Erhart
Prof. Dr. Itır Erhart
Academician, Social Entrepreneur
Itr Erhart attended Boğaziçi University and majored in English Literature and Philosophy. She earned an M.Phil. from Cambridge University and a PhD from Boğaziçi University. She has been lecturing and conducting research on gender, media, human rights, media, sports, and civil society at Istanbul Bilgi University since 2001 She has been a member of The School of Life Istanbul's teaching staff since 2014 She has a column in GQ Magazine where she discusses modern ethical codes. Her life was transformed when she saw Team in Training's poster "You think running a marathon is hard, try chemotherapy" at a Chicago bus stop. She began running marathons for charity in 2004 She founded Adım Adım in 2008 with 5 friends, and it now has 97,000 members and has raised 95 million TL through sports. She also co-founded the transparency platform Açk Açk and the Açk Açk
Social Enterprise. Itır Erhart appeared on the "Changemakers" programme in 2009 to discuss her work in civil society. She was named an Ashoka Fellow in 2014 She serves on the boards of Ashoka Turkey, Theatre Cooperative, Yanndayz Association Advisory Board, Inogar Board of Directors, Bego Jeans Board of Directors, and TEGV Board of Trustees.
Martin Jenkins
Martin Jenkins
Over the past sixteen years, Martin has improved the risk profile of around fifty power plant construction sites and dozens of operational ones. He has done this by completing risk-engineering surveys for insurers, re-insurers and power companies on the construction, erection and commissioning, and the operation and maintenance of power projects all around the world. He has experience in most types of power generation technology including renewables such as hydro, wind and solar power technologies, as well as combined cycle gas fired plants, boilers and steam turbines.
Most of this work has been on projects where the power generation equipment was supplied leading equipment manufacturers. Project values have ranged several hundred million to three billion US dollars with their capacities up to 3 GW. Other insurance work has included technical support, failure investigations and reports on boilers, turbines, generators, generator transformers and other plant and equipment. He has also worked directly with plant owners on engineering risk management, risk reduction programmes and asset management. Martin has a very good understanding of the latest risk control techniques, power generation technologies and fire-fighting systems.
Before becoming an independent engineer, Martin had executive capacity as the Engineering Manager of a UK power generation company and the de facto asset manager of a fleet of six 660 MW turbo-generators and six gas-turbines.
Martin holds an honours degree (First Class) in Mechanical and Environmental Engineering, a Certificate in Management and is a Member of the Institute of Engineering and Technology and the Chartered Management Institute
Mehmet Evren Eynehan
Mehmet Evren Eynehan
Enerjisa Üretim | Sustainability Mentor
Mehmet Evren Eynehan has over 15 years of experience in Corporate Sustainability and Stakeholder Management, Environmental Social Governance (ESG) Management, and has specialised in establishing sustainability strategy in NGOs and companies, as well as supporting business units in sustainability issues and transformations. Since January 2022, he has been working as a Sustainability Mentor at Enerjisa Üretim.
Mert Alper Kumbaracı
Mert Alper Kumbaracı
Chairman and General Manager of Linde Gaz
Mert Alper Kumbaracı was born in Istanbul in 1971 Mr Kumbaracı graduated from Istanbul Technical University's Department of Naval Architecture and Mechanical Engineering in 1996 and began his professional career the following year. Mr Kumbaracı worked in various positions at ExxonMobil between 2000 and
2011, and then held senior management positions at leading lubricant brands until 2015 In October 2015, Mert Alper Kumbaracı was appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors and General Manager of Linde Gaz Turkey. Since then, he has served as the company's Chairman of the Board of Directors and General Manager. Mr Kumbarac is also the Chairman of the Board of Directors of sdemir Linde Gaz Ortaklığı AŞ. and a member of the Linde Saudi Arabia Board of Directors. Kumbaracı , who has over 25 years of experience in sales and marketing, pricing, and operational excellence, as well as 20 years of management experience, continues to actively coach and mentor.
Nihat Arı
Nihat Arı
Enerjisa Üretim | Wind & Solar Operations & Maintenance Manager
He graduated from Sakarya University, Electrical & Electronics department and he finished his master degree on Engineering Management. He also completed Finance Economy and Accounting Harvard Business School-Core Program. Currently, he is studying Executive MBA at Sabanci University. He has 22 years of experience and working as an Operation & Maintenance Manager of WPPs and SPPs at Enerjisa Üretim since 2012 He is married and has two kids. Hobbies: diving, travelling and playing football.
Olivia Manzagol
Olivia Manzagol
Energy and Sustainability Economist, Finance Expert, Lecturer, Strategist, Mentor, Author
A specialist in international relations, climate and environment, energy and finance, Olivia Manzagol holds degrees in Mathematics and Statistics, Finance and Economics from Georgia State University, and PhD and postdoctoral studies in Energy Management and International Finance from George Washington University and Stockholm University. He has worked as a lecturer in mathematics, statistics, economics, and business administration (finance, marketing, entrepreneurship) at various universities, including seminars and collaborations at St. Gallen University in Switzerland (finance) and Robert Gordon University in England (oil and gas management). He has worked as an economist and strategist in various departments of the US Department of Energy, working in the areas of finance, stock market, energy, climate change, energy production and distribution, pricing, technologies and utilisation, carbon tax and credits, policy and legislation, and continues to work with ongoing federal projects. His expertise also includes OECD Europe, Brazil, Central Latin America, and Japan.
Bank of America, Merrill Lynch sustainable financial investment advisor, and US and EU green deal and sustainability reporting and compliance advisor. As a strategic advisor, he is involved in branding and collaboration on environmental, social, and governance (ESG), corporate structure and board, financial and political sustainability. He is the founding partner of Jove Investment and Consulting. He is also a consulting partner with Navigant & PwC branch, working on strategy, energy and sustainability issues for large corporations (such as Coca Cola, Amazon, Sempra, Under Armour, etc.) and continues to collaborate extensively at the levels of international private companies, banks and investors, and conducts seminars.
He is trained in media and financial communications by Sheehan Associates & Media (Maryland-USA) and advises news outlets, the US European Attaché to Europe (EUCOM) on energy, finance and policy issues. She is happy to be involved in social, cultural, and artistic projects in the United States, Europe, and Turkey. In his spare time, he enjoys personal development, mindfulness, nature sports and golf.
Sacit Akbaş
Sacit Akbaş
Fichtner Türkiye Country Manager and TÜREB Vice President
He received his bachelor's degree in civil engineering from Boğaziçi University in 2002 He began his graduate studies at Louisiana State University the same year and graduated from the Department of Civil Engineering in 2004 He worked as a geotechnical engineer and project manager for CDM Smith, an international engineering and consulting firm, in the North Carolina, USA office. Sacit Akbaş returned to Turkey in 2012 to work as a senior project manager in Fichtner's hydropower department, Germany's largest independent engineering and consulting firm. He was named hydroelectric team leader in 2015, technical director of the renewable energy department in 2016, sales director in 2018, and country manager of the Turkish branch in 2019.
Since 2008, Sacit Akbaş, who also holds an MBA from Bahcesehir University, has been a registered Professional Engineer (P.E.) in the United States. Sacit Akbaş was elected to the board of directors of TÜREB (Turkish Wind Energy Association), Turkey's largest renewable energy association, in February 2022, and is currently its vice president."
Sedef Karagöz
Sedef Karagöz
Sanko Energy | Geothermal Enterprises, Deputy General Manager
Before joining Sanko Energy Group as Deputy General Manager of Geothermal Operations in April 2021, Sedef Karagöz established and managed companies developing engineering solutions in Turkey and the Netherlands between 2015 and 2021.After working as a manager in various energy-related business units at Siemens since 2003, Sedef Karagöz served as a member of the Executive Board and Country Leader for the Energy Sector at Siemens AŞ. between 2013 and 2015
Sedef Karagöz began her professional career in 1988 at Barmek Holding, and between 2013 and 2015, she was a member of the
Executive Board and Country Leader for the Energy Sector at Siemens A.Ş.
Sedef Karagöz began her professional career in 1988 at Barmek Holding and spent 15 years as a manager in domestic and international power transmission and distribution projects. Sedef Karagöz, who earned a master's degree from METU's Electrical and Electronics Engineering Department and completed the MBA Programme at METU's Business Administration Faculty, is married and has one child.
Ali İnal
Ali İnal
Enerjisa Production | Deputy General Manager of Information Technologies and Digital Business
Ali İnal earned his bachelor's degree in industrial engineering from Douş University. He earned his master's degree in IT Business Solutions from Alpen-Adria University in Austria between 2014 and 2016 In the year 2000, he began his professional career at Advancity Internet Solutions. After 12 years of working in various positions at Advancity, nal completed his career as CTO/Managing Partner in this company. He was a Technical Solutions Architect at Johnson Controls International in 2012 He joined Atos S.E. the same year, where he held various managerial positions, most recently as MEA Region Technical Solutions and Tender Management Director. Inal joined Enerjisa Üretim in July 2019 and is now the Director of Information Technologies. Ali İnal is married with three children and enjoys technology, music, and amateur astronomy. Inal has nearly two decades of professional experience.
Dr. Ceyhun Eren
Dr. Ceyhun Eren
Allianz Türkiye | Director of Allianz Technical, Environmental & Climate Change Services and Risk Engineering Departments
Dr. Ceyhun Eren is the Director of Allianz Teknik, Environmental & Climate Change Services and Risk Engineering Departments at Allianz Turkey. He also has the role of Business Continuity Management Officer of Allianz Turkey, preparing business recovery plans and conducting BCM tests. Dr. Eren is a civil engineer specialized in earthquake engineering, particularly in the earthquake response of structures and loss estimation methodologies. He holds Bachelor of Science, Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy degrees from Boğaziçi University.
He is the former president of the Risk Engineering Committee of the Turkish Association of Insurance and Reinsurance Companies and is a member of TUYAK. In addition to his role at Allianz, he lectures on Business Continuity Management, Risk Management, Risk Engineering, Fire and Earthquake Engineering at Turkish – German University, Özyeğin University, Bahçeşehir University, TSEV (Foundation of Turkish Insurance Training) and SEGEM (Insurance Training Center of Turkey). He is a frequent speaker at conferences and has published papers in engineering and scientific journals.
Alper Serçe
Alper Serçe
Enerjisa Üretim|Director, Hydroelectric Power Plants & Technical Support
Alper graduated from Istanbul Technical University Electrical Engineering Department in 2000 and Energy Technologies and Management Master Program in 2017 at Sabanci University in Istanbul. He started his career as an R&D Engineer in Power Electronics before his international construction experience for ten years in Oil & Gas and Electricity Generation. Alper joined in 2014 as a design expert occupying several roles such as Technical Support & Process Safety Expert, Maintenance Manager, and Basin Manager within his Enerjisa Uretim experience. He is now responsible for Hydroelectric Power Plants and Technical Support Teams serving all generation technologies within Enerjisa Üretim Fleet and SENKRON Operation Control Room. Alper is a motorsport enthusiastic and passionate reader.
Arif Günyar
Arif Günyar
ENERCON Regional Head | The Region Central Asia, Middle East and Africa
Arif Günyar, graduated from the Faculty of Economics of Essen University and completed his diploma degree in Business Administration at the University of Applied Sciences of Düsseldorf.
He worked for a German private company with the core business of environmental recycling of industrial and conventional power plant waste. In parallel, he visited an institute with an emphasis on renewable energy, environment, waste and water management. Since 2007, Arif Günyar is working for the German wind energy turbine manufacturer ENERCON and since 2015 he has been serving as Managing Director of ENERCON Turkey.
Since April 2021, Arif Günyar is continuing his responsibility at ENERCON as Regional Head of the Region Central Asia, Middle East and Africa (CAMEA).
Aziz Ünal
Aziz Ünal
Enerjisa Üretim | Purchasing Director
Aziz Ünal, a graduate of Yıldız Technical University Chemical Engineering, completed the Yeditepe University MBA program in 2007 Aziz Ünal, who has worked in various positions in supply & production planning and purchasing positions in the Automotive Sub-Industry, FMCG and Energy Sectors during his 19-year working life, currently serves as Purchasing Director at Enerjisa Energy Production Company.
Prof. Dr. Begüm Özkaynak
Prof. Dr. Begüm Özkaynak
Boğaziçi University|Economy Department Lecturer
She is a lecturer at Boğaziçi University, Department of Economics. She received her undergraduate and graduate degrees from Boğaziçi University, Department of Economics. She received her MPhil degree in Economics from the University of Manchester in 2000; she completed her doctorate in 2005 at the Institute of Environmental Sciences of Autonoma de Barcelona University, Spain. Her research areas can be defined as sustainability, environmental economics and policies, ecological economics, political ecology. Her publications generally focus on the political economy of environmental protection, environmental movements, and energy and mining conflicts. Has organized workshops and conferences on these subjects; has been part of national and international projects (such as “Environmental Justice Organizations, Responsibility and E-Commerce (EJOLT)” supported by the EU 7th Framework program and “Academic-Activist Collaborative Knowledge Production for Environmental Justice” (ACKNOWL-EJ) supported by ISCC). Shed also takes part as a researcher in the processes within the scope of the United Nations' Global Environment Report (GEO) and the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem
Services (IPBES).
Bora Şekip Güray
Bora Şekip Güray
Sabancı University IICEC | Director
After more than 20 years of experience in various roles and positions in the Turkish energy sector in the public and private sectors, Bora Şekip Güray joined Sabancı University Istanbul International Energy and Climate Center, IICEC as Research Director in 2018 Before that, he served as Sabancı Holding Energy Group President between 2011 and 2018, respectively. Manager, Expert, General Manager Advisor, Branch Manager and Deputy Head of Department at the General Directorate of Energy Affairs of the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources between 2001 and 2011, and Project Manager at the Repealed Turkey Electricity Production and Transmission Inc. (TEAŞ) between 1998 and 2001 He worked as an Engineer and Chief Engineer, and as a Research Assistant at Hacettepe University Faculty of Engineering in 1997-1998. In his career, he played an active role
in various projects in the fields of energy policies and strategies, energy planning, energy markets design and operation, energy sector investments, asset management in energy, and also carried out studies within the scope of bilateral and multilateral international relations and cooperation in energy.
In his role as Research Director at IICEC since 2018-2020, Güray has contributed to the development of both IICEC research and awareness and the development of research in the energy sector by producing and presenting many research reports in the field of energy, developing different research projects and strengthening cooperation with stakeholders. Mr Güray is among the authors of the book IICEC Turkey Energy Outlook. Guray graduated from Hacettepe University, Department of Nuclear Energy Engineering in 1997 as the valedictorian of his department and received his MSc degree in 2001 with a master's thesis on nuclear reactor dynamics, simulation and artificial intelligence applications.
Afterwards, he completed his qualification studies in METU Mechanical Engineering Department PhD programme with a focus on energy and conducted some academic studies on energy systems, thermodynamics and sustainability. Bora Şekip Güray, who has international certificates in "Nuclear Power Generation" (Japan International Cooperation Agency, JICA, 2001) and "Modelling of Energy Infrastructures and Security" (International Atomic Energy Agency and US Department of Energy Argonne National Laboratory, 2009), has also contributed to international collaborations, Güray also participated in the International Energy Agency (IEA) Long Term Cooperation Committee as Turkey's representative for a period of time and took part in international teams of experts focused on energy policy reviews of various countries within the scope of energy
policy analysis activities (2009-2010) and served as country coordinator for the Turkey review in 2009 Güray is also an invited speaker in various undergraduate and graduate programmes on energy strategies, energy market functioning, energy technologies and energy efficiency. Güray has been serving as IICEC Director since December 2020
Assoc. Prof. Canan Acar
Assoc. Prof. Canan Acar
Assistant Professor at University of Twente
Assoc Prof Canan Acar received her MSc in Chemical Engineering after graduating from Boğaziçi University's Department of Chemical Engineering and completing her thesis on hydrogen storage with a Distinguished Merit Scholarship at Illinois Institute of Technology. Between 2012 and 2016, she pursued her PhD in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology, where she completed her thesis on solar-powered multiple hydrogen production systems. In June 2017, she received the Canadian Governor General's Gold Medal for Academic Excellence and Outstanding Doctoral Thesis for this thesis, demonstrating his academic performance in the international community. Dr. Acar, who joined Bahçeşehir University in 2016, was honoured in 2018 with the Turkish Academy of Sciences Outstanding Young Scientist (TÜBA-GEBP) Award and in 2019 with the Hydrogen Technologies Association Young Researcher Award. As one of the most cited authors in the International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, he received the Zong Qiang Mao Award in the Hydrogen Applications category in 2018 Dr. Acar continues to work in the Energy Technologies team at the University of Twente in the Netherlands.
Cem Öztürk
Cem Öztürk
Marsh AdvisoryTurkey | Country Leader
Cem is the leader of Marsh Advisory team in Turkey. He is managing Enterprise-wide Risk Management solutions, Environmental Social Governance, Climate Change, Business Continuity Management, Modelling, Cyber Risk Consulting, Property Risk Consulting, Product and Supply Chain Risk Solutions.
Cem has 18 years of experience. About 12 years of this is in risk management services. He has been a Board Member in Enterprise Risk Management Association (KRYD – FERMA Turkey) since March 2021 Prior to his incorporation in Marsh, he has worked for several years at infrastructure and construction projects especially on seismic reinforcement field.
Cevdet Eren
Cevdet Eren
Enlog GmbH | Country Manager
After graduating from Beykent University Management Information Systems and International Logistics and Transportation departments in 2008, he worked as a sales manager in Yapı Kredi Sigorta Health Insurance department between 2019-2011. After working as a warehouse manager at LCW Waikiki between April 2011 and November 2011, he started
his activities with his company providing Engineering, Construction and installation services to the Solar Energy sector.
Since August 2013, he started working as Country Manager at Enlog GmbH, a company that provides sales, marketing and technical solution partners in the supply of raw materials to photovoltaic panel manufacturers. Its area of responsibility is to supply the products of Ulbrich Austria, HB Fuller Suzhou, Filmtec Film, Endurans brands to companies producing photovoltaic panels in Turkey and the Middle East. In 2019, he completed his master's degree at Beykent University, Department of Industrial Engineering, with the subject "Assembly Line Improvement Application through Simulation".
Canan Öztürk Danış
Canan Öztürk Danış
Deloitte Türkiye | Sustainability Services Manager
Ersin Öztürk
Ersin Öztürk
BOSCH | Vice President (Logistics | Digital Transformation | Sustainability)
Ersin Öztürk graduated from Boğaziçi University, Department of Industrial Engineering in 1994 He has been working at Bosch Sabayi ve Ticaret A.Ş. since 2000 He worked mainly in logistics and, at various periods, in management accounting and enterprise resource planning project teams at the Bursa factory. Between 2013 and 2017, he served as the director responsible for logistics planning at the factory in Stuttgart, one of the main factories. He has been responsible for logistics operations at the Bursa factory since 2017, and in parallel, he leads the digital transformation and sustainability strategies of the Bursa factory.
Kaan Gençel
Kaan Gençel
Zorlu Energy | OHS-E and Sustainability Director
Kaan Gençel graduated from Middle East Technical University, Department of Environmental Engineering in 2004 He started his working life in the field of Occupational Health, Safety and Environmental Engineering at ENKA Energy between 2005-2006. Between 2006 and 2008, he attended the MBA program in International Resource and Environmental Management at the Technical University Bergakademie Freiberg. He worked as Occupational Health, Safety and Environmental Engineer at Enercon Service between 2008-2009 and as Occupational Health, Safety and Environment Chief Engineer at Petkim between 2010-2013 He worked as Occupational Health, Safety and Environment Chief Engineer at Tüpraş between 2014 and 2016, and then worked as Occupational Health, Safety and Environment Manager at Pegasus Airlines. Gençel, who joined Zorlu Energy Group in 2018 as Occupational Health, Safety and Environment Manager, also serves as Zorlu Holding Environment and Working Group Leader.
Ersan Meriç
Ersan Meriç
SunExspress | CPO
He received his Bachelor's degree from Boğaziçi University's Mechanical Engineering Department in 1994, and his Master's and MBA degree from Boğaziçi University's Business Administration Department in 1997 He started his career at Koç Holding in 1994 as a Project/Purchasing Engineer in the Automotive Companies Supply Coordination Group. In 2000, he worked as Production Planning/Purchasing/Logistics Chief at Sachs Beldesan, another Koç Group company. Between 2002 and 2005, he worked as Regional Procurement/Business Development and Projects Manager at Ingersoll Rand, a US-based global/multinational industrial company group, and took part in many international projects. It has contributed to the formation of global supply networks across different cultures in many sectors in different countries.
In 2005, he was transferred to Doğuş Otomotiv as Project Manager in charge of Industrial Investments, and carried out feasibility studies for local production projects of vehicles
imported by the company. In this context, he managed all stages of Doğuş Otomotiv's joint production investments with Meiller Kipper AG and Krone Trailer AG. In 2008, he was appointed as the General Manager of Meiller Doğuş, and realised the planned phases in the fields of production quality supply and export. Afterwards, he moved to the telecommunications sector and worked as the Purchasing Governance Director at Avea and, after integration, at Türk Telekom Group. In 2016, he established his own consultancy company operating in the fields of Purchasing, Industrial IoT and General Management. In this context, he provided consultancy services to Turkey's leading groups on Procurement Transformation, Supply Chain Optimisation, Systems and Automation. Since 2018, he has been working as CPO at SunExpress. Ersan Meriç is also currently working on his doctoral thesis and is a guest speaker at various universities and congresses.
Olcay Yağcı
Olcay Yağcı
Nomura | Head of ESG DCM Syndicate
Olcay is head of ESG DCM Syndicate. Working in DCM for over 26 years, Olcay was co-head of SSA business as well as head of southern CEEMEA DCM at BofA Merrill Lynch before joining Nomura as head of CEEMEA DCM in 2017 Olcay has executed more than USD 1.4 Trillion worth of bonds during his career. He has a first degree in Business Administration from Ankara University, an MA degree in Economics and Politics from University of Essex, an MPhill degree in Finance from Loughborough University and currently studying for a PhD in ESG at the University of Essex.
Serkan Duruduygu
Serkan Duruduygu
Akbank | Head of Investment Banking Department
In 2005, Serkan Duruduygu graduated from Bilgi University, Department of International Finance and completed the Power MBA programme at Sabancı University in 2022 Serkan Duruduygu started his professional career as a Project Finance Officer at Finansbank in 2006, worked as a Middle Market Risk Manager at Citibank between 2009 and 2011, and then assumed the role of Corporate Loans Manager at ING. In 2011, he joined Akbank as Investment Banking Manager and has worked in various positions until today. Since 2022, he has been serving as the Head of Investment Banking Department at Akbank T.A.Ş.
Emek Gökkaya
Emek Gökkaya
Enercon | Global Purchasing Director
Emek Gökkaya, a graduate of ITU Naval Architecture and Marine Sciences Engineering, completed the Akdeniz University MBA Program in 2007 He spent the first 13 years of his 23-year working life at various levels of Super Yacht manufacturing and worked globally in different positions in the Energy Sector (Wind) from 2013 to the present. He works at ENERCON, which he joined in 2018, and most recently served as Global Purchasing Director.
Prof. Dr. Uğur Soytaş
Prof. Dr. Uğur Soytaş
Technical University of Denmark | Head of the Climate Economics and Risk Management
Professor Uğur SOYTAŞ is the Head of the Climate Economics and Risk Management Section at the Technical University of Denmark. He holds an MBA and a Ph.D. in Economics from Texas Tech University. He is the co-editor of Energy Economics and subject editor of Sustainable Production and Consumption journals, and the lead editor of handbook of Energy Economics. He has influential research output in two multidisciplinary areas: energy-economy-environment-society nexus and commodity-financial market links.
He published several papers in high impact peer reviewed journals such as Ecological Economics, Energy, Energy Economics, Energy Policy, Journal of Banking and Finance, Structural Change and Economic Dynamics among others. His citations exceed 11 thousand, his h-score is 38, and i10-index is 62 (according to Google Scholar, Nov. 2022). He is currently involved in BIFROST and PV4Plants projects at DTU. In BIFROST, he is leading the economic impact assessment and supporting the social acceptance of carbon storage work packages. In PV4Plants, he is working to identify barriers to and acceptance of transparent solar panels over farmlands.
Ümit Şahin
Ümit Şahin
Istanbul Policy Center | Climate Change Studies Coordinator
Ümit Şahin is a Senior Expert and Climate Change Studies Coordinator at Istanbul Policy Centre. Şahin lectures on Global Environmental Problems, Climate Change and Environmental Policies at Sabancı University Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and is also a member of the Climate Change Jury of the Mercator-IPM Fellowship Programme.
Şahin has been involved in the green political movement, climate, ecology, environment, anti-nuclear and human rights movements since the early 1990s. Founded in 2003, he was the editor-in-chief of Üç Ekoloji magazine.
He was the president of the Association of Physicians for the Environment between 2002 and 2006 He was among the founders of the Green Party in Turkey, which was established in 2008, and was its co-spokesperson between 2010 and 2012 He was the coordinator of the Turkey Sign Kyoto! Campaign launched by the Greens in 2007, Şahin has been attending the United Nations Climate Change Conferences (COPs) as an observer since 2008 He is currently a member of the Executive Board of the
Istanbul City Council for the 2019-2021 term.
Şahin, who has been preparing and presenting the programme Açık Yeşil (Open Green) on Açık Radyo with Ömer Madra since 2008, is also a writer and editor on climate and environmental issues for Yeşil Gazete. Şahin has written and edited books such as "Why We Can't Wait Any Longer: Global Warming and Climate Crisis", 2007 (co-edited
with Ömer Madra), "Green Economy", 2012 (co-edited with Ahmet Atıl Aşıcı), "Açık Yeşil 1 - An Ecology Guide with Theory and Practice", 2019 and "Açık Yeşil 2 - Climate Crisis, Politics and Activism", 2020 (co-edited with Ömer Madra). Şahin also has several book chapters, reports and articles on climate change, energy transition, environmental health, green politics and human rights.
Ümit Şahin graduated from Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine in 1991, completed his master's degree at the Hadassah Braun
School of Public Health of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and received his doctorate in public health from Istanbul University in
2000 His public health studies have focused on environmental health.
Dr. Ömer Faruk Tunçbilek
Dr. Ömer Faruk Tunçbilek
President | TENMAK Clean Energy Research Institute
He was born in 1987 in Ankara. In 2010, he graduated from Eskişehir Osmangazi University, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (English). He completed his graduate studies at Ankara University with his thesis on "Environmental Impacts of Renewable Energy Sources" and was awarded the title of doctor in 2021 He is currently a guest lecturer at Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University, Department of Energy Systems Engineering.
He started his career as a project engineer in a renewable energy company in Bosnia-Herzegovina in 2010 and worked as an observer/supervisor in the electrical machine production line of this company in the People's Republic of China for a while. After his military service, he started to work in TKDK, the institution responsible for the IPARD funds of the European Union, in 2012 and established the Renewable Energy Unit as the Expert Responsible for Renewable Energy Projects as of 2015 He took part in updating the Unlicensed Electricity Generation Regulation for the effective use of EU grants in renewable energy projects in Turkey and contributed to the implementation of the "Capacity Exemption".
Dr. Ömer Faruk TUNÇBİLEK, who served as Project Manager at the Presidency of Defence Industries between 2018-2022, was appointed as the President of TENMAK-TEMEN Institute as of December 2022.
Murat Eröz
Murat Eröz
Asset Management and Sustainability Leader, Enerjisa Üretim
In 2002, he received his undergraduate degree in Civil Engineering from ITU, and in 2003 and 2007, he received his Master's and Doctorate degrees from Georgia Institute of Technology, where he worked as a research assistant. He was a consultant at Forell/Elsesser Engineers in San Francisco until 2011, when he joined Enerjisa Üretim as a project engineer. In Enerjisa Üretim, he was a system founder and executive in Engineering, Technical Risk Management, Process and Dam Safety, Environment, Social Management, and Asset Management. Since 2020, he has served as Asset Management and Sustainability Leader.
Kıvanç Arı
Kıvanç Arı
Insurance Expert - Enerjisa Üretim
Having graduated from Bogaziçi University Chemical Engineering, Kıvanç has joined Marsh in 2010 as part of the Construction, Power and Utilities division. There, his role included client servicing and marketing for power generation clients, electricity, and gas distribution companies as well as big infrastructure projects both in Turkey and abroad. He managed the accounts in a Client Executive role and as a Broker dealing directly with Local and Overseas insurance and reinsurance markets.
In 2017, he has joined Enerjisa Üretim as an Insurance Expert and been dealing with insurance renewals of Enerjisa Üretim’s operational global program, project insurances and local insurance acquisitions, technical risk management and claims management processes since then.