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Tufan DARBAZ Highlights

After completing his B.S. at Boğaziçi University Department of Business Administration in 1978, Tufan Darbaz earned is master’s degree in Strategy at Strathclyde University, Scotland.

Darbaz started his career as a budget and finance specialist in the Libyan sites of the Sezai Türkeş–Fevzi Akaya Construction Company. Then he joined Sabancı Group in 1983, also as a specialist. By the time he left in Sabancı 2001 he reached Group Chairman Responsible for Strategy and Business Development. He acted as a member of the board at many companies under Sabancı Group.

Having played a key role during his time at Sabancı Group, Darbaz was an important figure in 18 foreign partnerships made by the group and had an important contribution in it becoming a global company, through the vitalization of Kordsa’s projects in Argentina and Brazil, and with the partnership with Dupont in the field of polyester. In January 2003, he undertook CEO duties in the group.

In 2007, he left Doğan Şirketler Grubu Holding and worked as the member of the Board of Management at Esas Holding until 17 November 2009. He founded his own consulting company, BTD, in March 2009.

Tufan Darbaz has also worked as a member of the board at many group companies, such as Dışbank, Petrol Ofisi, Ray Sigorta, Çelik Halat, Ditaş and Milpa, among others. He is also the founder of the Corporate Management Association of Turkey and plays active role at the Society of Turkish Industrialists and Businessmen, the Society of Turkish Textile Industrialists, the Alumni Association of Boğaziçi University, the Boğaziçi and Robert College Association of Businessmen and Managers and many other non-governmental organizations.

Tufan Darbaz is married with a son who graduated from Galatasaray University School of Economics and who is currently studying PhD in Scotland.

You can find Tufan Darbaz's personal view’s on various issues at http://tufandarbaz.blogspot.com

CV

Personal Information

Date of Birth  :  1953
Place of Birth  :  Istanbul
Sex  : Male
Marital Status  :  Married with one child
Nationality   : Turkish

Experience

  • He started his professional life in 1978 at STFA construction company and worked in Libya and Saudi Arabia for 2.5 years.He joined the Sabancı Group AS a strategic planning analyst in Lassa, the  tyre manufactoring company in 1983. He became the Assistant  Director of the Planning and Investment Department of the Sabancı Holding in 1987. After serving between 1989-1993 as the assistant director of finance, he became the Director of Business Development & Corporate Planning Department in November 1993. He is promoted to the  Executive Vice President of Sabancı Holding in 1997.  While he was in charge of Strategy and Business Development, he also served  as a, Vice President in Sakosa, President in Turk Nokta Net and as a Board Member in Marsa, Olmuksa Corrugated Company, Kordsa, Enerjisa, Ankara Enternasyonel Otelcilik A.S. and Dupont Brasil, Dupont Argentina, Dupont – SaSa joint ventures.
  • In June 2001 he moved to Dogan Holding AS,  which is a media and energy giant as  Deputy CEO and had a chair as a board member in various Dogan Group of Companies including Petrol Ofisi.
  • In January 2003 he has assigned as CEO for Dogan Group of companies.
  • In January 2007 he has left Dogan Group to establish his own businesses.
  • He served as a board member through March 2007 and November 2008 for  Esas Holding a private eguity established by one of the SABANCI brothers.
  • In March 2009 he establised his own group of companies called  BTD-grup.
  • BTD-grup involves in three different areas
    1. Strategy& Creation Center
    2. Steel Construction
    3. Technology
Education
  • Boğaziçi University with BA Degree in Accounting and Finance
Achievements

a.Joint venture establishments

  • Philipmorris SA
  • Akçimento – CBR , Akçansa consolidation and establishing partnership.
  • Danone spring water partnership
  • IBM and BIMSA partnership
  • Olmuksa – IP partnership
  • establishing Carrefour Sabancı partnership
  • finalizing Dupontsa partnership negotiations and directing Sasa towards globalization
  • enlarging Dupont Kordsa cooperation and spreading partnership outof Turkiye
  • OMV Petrolofisi partnership

b.Public offerings

  • Bossa
  • Sasa
  • Sa Holding

c.Acquisitions and other projects

  • shares of Ankara Hilton and restructuring debts
  • shares of Mersin Hilton
  • starting Danone mineral water project
  • acquisition of Tikvesli by Danonesa
  • reorganization of Sa Holding in 1993
  • establishing investor relations formally for the first time in Turkiye
  • establishing Giysa which operates TOP-SHOP chain and retail of ready wear
  • preparations for brd gsm licences tender
  • acquisition of Petrol ofisi shares from Is Bank
  • acquisition of İstanbul Hilton from state dept. of privatization
  • projecting and organizing sales of 140 villas of Akfırat Evleri
  • projecting and organizing sales of Taksit Center business center
  • starting construction activities of Dogan Holding in Moscow
  • Acqusition of Antalya meat and meat products processing factory
  • Licence Agreement between Esas Holding and floury mitchion for ready meals and meat products based on net protif before tax.
  • 30% share purchase of Peyman Nut Company with and exit option in 5 years either through public offering or strategic sales or put option right for Esas for 26 million $ ( Acqusitiont structure 10 million $ injected as capital in the company and 1 million $ to the share holders )
  • Establishment of 50-50 % joint venture with Bongrain ( one of the major players in cheese and cheese products and high end choclate company in Europe.) Later on that JV is acquired 75% Trakya Cheese ( Genç Gıda)

d.Member ships

  • Boğaziçi University Alunmni Club
  • Finding member of Boğaziçi & Robert College Industrialists foundation
  • Finance Club / Foundation
  • Used to be member of TUSIAD
  • Used to be member of free Masoaniray Assocuation
  • Finding member of Kurumsal Yönetim Derneği

e. Personal Interests

  • Ottoman and Roman History
  • Sufizm
  • Budism

 

Other

Autor of the book "the path to the CEO"

 

For further details

www.tufandarbaz.com
www.btd-grup.com
www.tufandarbaz.blogspot.com