Tuncay Özilhan
Chairman of the Supervisory Board
Mr. Özilhan, born in 1947, graduated from Istanbul University, Faculty of Economics and received his MBA degree from Long Island University in the United States. He has assumed such responsibilities as General Director of Erciyas Biracılık (brewery), General Coordinator of the Anadolu Endüstri Holding Beer Group, and General Coordinator of the Anadolu Endüstri Holding. Mr. Tuncay Özilhan was appointed as the CEO of the Anadolu Group in 1984 and continues in this position today. Mr. Özilhan also serves as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Efes Pazarlama ve Dağıtım Tic. A.Ş., Tarbes, Coca-Cola İçecek, Alternatifbank, Adel Kalemcilik and Ülkü Kırtasiye. Besides Honorary Consul of the Republic of Estonia, Mr. Özilhan served as the President of TÜSIAD (Turkish Industrial and Businessmen's Association) for three years between 2001 and 2003 and also is the President of the Efes Pilsen Sports Club.
Gauthier de Biolley
Member of the Supervisory Board
Mr. de Biolley is the Managing Partner of Eiger Ventures, an advisory and investment firm focusing on international business development. Between 2000 and 2006, Mr. de Biolley worked at In Bev, firstly serving as Senior Vice President External Growth, where he led the team in charge of strategy and execution of all M&A transactions worldwide, and thereafter as head of the business unit comprising the markets of France, Holland, Spain and Cuba. Prior to joining InBev, he held several executive positions at Artal and in international development with utilities leader Veolia, and he developed a management consulting experience with Genrho and Strategic Planing Associates. He is a member of the Supervisory Board of Sedlmayr Grund und Immobilien KGaA, a real estate company based in Muenchen, Germany. He studied Law and Economics at Université de Louvain, Belgium and attended the Stanford Directors Program.
Dr. Ali Tigrel
Member of the Supervisory Board
Dr. Ali Z. Tigrel is a graduate of the Imperial College of Science, Technology, Medicine and Management and holds M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in chemical engineering. Dr. Tigrel has 15 years of experience in the Turkish Petrochemical Corporation (PETKIM) at various levels, serving as chairman of the Board of Directors between 1989-1991. Dr. Tigrel served in State Planning Organization between 1984-1991 at various levels; as director of foreign investment department (1984-85), director-general of economic planning directorate (1985-87) and finally Undersecretary & CEO (1988-91). He left the public sector in 1991 and between 1991-1993 served as an advisor to Koç Holding in addition to providing consultancy services to other local and international companies. In 1993, Dr. Tigrel was appointed as ambassador-at-large and chief advisor to the Prime Minister for EU Affairs. He was assigned as chairman of the EU Coordination Council which supervised Turkey's preparations for the Customs Union. Dr. Tigrel retired from public service in 1996 and established his own consultancy business. Dr. Tigrel is the chairman and principal shareholder of TCI Consultancy Inc. in Ankara. He is also the founder and chairman of ATM International Consultancy Inc. in Istanbul. He is also a board member of Nortel Networks Netafl A.Ş. and advisor to the board of Alternatif Bank A.Ş.
Christos -Alex Komninos
Member of the Supervisory Board
Mr. Komninos, a Chemical Engineer, is a graduate of the Technical University of Istanbul (I.T.U.), Turkey. Mr. Komminos joined ‘Hellenic Bottling Company’ in 1972 and until 1987 he held various positions in the Company. From 1987 to 1990 he was appointed Managing Director in ‘The Coca-Cola bottlers Ireland’ (a subsidiary of Hellenic Bottling). In 1990 he returned to Greece and in 1995 he became the Chief Executive of Hellenic Bottling, position held until 2000. From 2000 to 2003 he was appointed Chairman and C.E.O. of ‘Papastratos Cigarette Manufacturing Company’. After the acquisition of the ‘Papastratos Company’ by ‘Philip Morris S.A.’ he joined voluntarily the ‘Athens 2004 - Olympic Games Organizing Committee’ as the Head of Opening and Closing Ceremonies. Since 2005 and up to date, he holds the position of the Executive Vice President of both ‘Shelman S.A.’ (wood company) and ELMAR S.A. (shipping company).
Sir David Logan
Member of the Supervisory Board
Sir Logan joined EBI in 2004. Formerly a member of the British Diplomatic Service, Sir David was British Ambassador to Turkey between 1997 and 2001. He also worked at the British Embassy in Ankara between 1965 and 1969. Between 1989 and 1992 Sir David was minister at the British Embassy in Moscow and between 1995 and 1997 Minister at the British Embassy in Washington. He was Assistant Under Secretary of State for Defence Policy between 1994 and 1995 and for Central and Eastern Europe between 1992 and 1994. He was Director of the Centre for studies in Security and Diplomacy at Birmingham University between 2002 and 2007. He is also a Non-Executive Director of European Nickel plc and an Independent Director of the Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Company.
Michel Naquet-Radiguet
Member of the Supervisory Board
Mr. Michel Naquet-Radiguet, born in 1950 is of French nationality and has an extensive 25 years operational experience in consumer goods management. He is a graduate of the “Institute of political sciences” in Paris and holds a MBA of HEC, the French leading business school. He also studied business law at the Paris University. He joined DANONE (BSN at that time) in 1974 to become a brand manager and then sales manager with Evian Mineral Water Company and Kronenbourg Breweries. He spent several years with L’OREAL as a Business Unit manager in Belgium and Portugal. Back to beer, he joined the rising beer giant INTERBREW (now INBEV) in 1991 as a Managing Director for France and then was appointed as Executive Vice President in charge of development and operational management of new operations in Central and Eastern Europe, namely Russia and Ukraine. He was the first CEO of Interbrew’s joint venture SUN INTERBREW, based in Moscow, operating in Russia and Ukraine. He left Interbrew in 2001 and is now independent advisor with a focus on Central and Eastern Europe and emerging markets. Currently he is also member of the International Advisory Board of SYGMA BLEIZER South East Europe Fund (USA-Ukraine-Bulgaria-Romania). He was Supervisory Board member of EBI as of April 2003 until April 2004 and managing director of EBI until May 2003. In EBI’s General Assembly on May 9th 2008, Mr. Michel Naquet-Radiguet was appointed as a member of the Supervisory Board of EBI.