Marmara Group head Akkan Suver awarded at Vienna Economic Forum

Marmara Group head Akkan Suver awarded at Vienna Economic Forum

VIENNA

Dr. Akkan Suver, the president of the Marmara Group Foundation, has been granted the “Strategic Partnership of the Year 2017” Award by the Vienna Economic Forum.

Dr. Günther Rabensteiner, president of the Vienna Economic Forum, and Prof. Dr. Elena Kirtcheva, secretary- general and ambassador of the forum, presented the award to Suver, the leader of the Turkish foundation that also organizes the annual Istanbul Economic Forum events, on Nov. 8.

The Marmara Group Foundation was represented in the 14th Vienna Economic Forum, “Vienna Future Dialogue 2017,” by Suver and businessman Ali Rıza Arslan.

Macedonian Prime Minister Zoran Zaev, Montenegro’s Economy Minister Dragica Sekulic and Kosovo’s Economic Development Minister Valdrin Lluka were also present at the award ceremony in the Austrian capital.

The Vienna Economic Forum, founded in 2004, is an economic forum popularizing and promoting investment opportunities in the region from the Adriatic to the Black Sea.

The 14th Vienna Economic Forum, which opened on Nov. 6, was held under the motto “Economy meets Politics.”