Yahya Üzdiyen becomes chief executive of Doğan

Yahya Üzdiyen becomes chief executive of Doğan

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Yahya Üzdiyen becomes chief executive of Doğan

Yahya Üzdiyen’s post as Doğan chief executive starts today.

Turkey’s Doğan Holding has appointed Yahya Üzdiyen as its new chief executive, according to a company statement to the Istanbul Stock Exchange yesterday.

Üzdiyen was already serving as the deputy chairman of the company.

Born in 1957, Üzdiyen graduated from the Middle East Technical University’s business administration department in 1980. Until 1996, he worked as an executive in various private sector companies. In 1997, he was transferred to Doğan Holding as strategy group chief. He had been serving as the deputy chairman since Jan. 18, 2011, according to the company statement.