• Okan Utkeri, MD, Guy Carpenter

    • July 2, 2021
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: Content Updates
    Okan Utkeri, MD, Guy Carpenter
    Okan is a senior insurance executive with more than 25 years’ corporate experience.  During his professional career, he has spent 14 years in top executive and CEO roles. Okan is currently MD and country head for Guy Carpenter.  Between 2006 and 2014, he was CEO of Eureko (Garanti) Sigorta, part of Achmea, a Dutch insurance [...]
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  • Tanya Sweetland, strategic advisor, MAP Investco. Board member of Women’s Industry Network

    • July 2, 2021
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: Content Updates
    Tanya Sweetland, strategic advisor, MAP Investco. Board member of Women’s Industry Network
    Tanya serves as a senior strategic advisor to MAP Investco, a family office founded by Paul Antony, the founder of Carproof and other automotive industry businesses.  Tanya leads several key initiatives for MAP, including operating roles within the portfolio.   Prior to joining MAP, Tanya spent over 25 years working in and leading product, data, operations [...]
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  • Alemdar Sönmez, Automechanika fair director, Automechanika

    • July 2, 2021
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: Content Updates
    Alemdar Sönmez, Automechanika fair director, Automechanika
    Alemdar Sönmez is Automechanika Istanbul’s show director at Deutsche Messe-Hannover Turkey. He has worked in the exhibition industry for 19 years, and particularly in the automotive sector. He has represented the interests of the Turkish automotive industry in more than 20 countries. He holds a UFI (The Global Association of the Exhibition Industry) exhibition management [...]
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  • IBISTV Global Summit 2021: leadership at the ready

    • June 29, 2021
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: IBIS News
    The IBISTV Global Summit 2021 drew a record virtual audience on 24 June when it highlighted and debated some of the most pressing issues currently affecting the international collision repair industry. The ground-breaking hybrid television magazine programme delivered on its promise to ask the tough questions about leadership, recovery, skills and sustainability, while combining expert [...]
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  • Change at the top for Kia

    • June 23, 2021
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: Industry News
    Kia Europe has appointed Steffen Cost as its new vice president of operations. He will be based at Kia’s European headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany, and responsible for sustaining Kia Europe’s sales growth as well as overseeing oversee the roll-out of 11 new battery electric vehicles (BEVs) by 2026. Meanwhile, Emilio Herrera has been appointed as the new [...]
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