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Sedat Birol
Eczacibasi Group is a prominent Turkish industrial group with 40 companies, 9,500 employees and a combined net turnover of $3 billion in 2008.Eczacibasi’s core sectors are building products, healthcare and consumer products. Additionally, the Group is active in finance, information technology, welding technology and land development. In Turkey. Born in 1955, Sedat Birol completed his undergraduate degree in Chemical Engineering of Aachen University in Germany and his master’s degree in Organic Chemistry at Florida Atlantic University. Before joining the Eczacıbaşı Group in 1990, Birol worked respectively at Bayer Türk, Process Products (USA) and ICC Chemicals (USA). At Eczacıbaşı, Birol has served as General Manager of Eczacıbaşı Fine Chemical Products (1990-1994), General Manager of Eczacıbaşı-Baxter Hospital Supply (1994-2001), and General Manager of Eczacıbaşı Pharmaceuticals Manufacturing (2001-2004). Birol was appointed Executive Vice President in charge of Healthcare in January 2004.>>

 

 

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Foreign interest in Coca Cola İçecek rises

July 19, 2009
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Foreign shares in Coca Cola İçecek, which used to be 89.9 percent in the beginning of the year, rose to 92.2 percent in July.
Foreigners’ share of Coca Cola İçecek in the Istanbul Stock Exchange, or IMKB, of which foreigners own 65 percent, rose to 92.2 percent in July from 89.9 percent in the beginning of year.

Garanti Bank ranked second for companies whose shares were attractive to foreigners. Currently, foreigners hold 88.5 percent of Garanti shares. Foreign ownership at the bank has increased 6.7 percent since the beginning of the year. Meanwhile, foreign interest in Turkcell shares dropped 1.7 percent since the beginning of the year to 88.1 percent.

Foreign share in 51 companies’ shares trading at the IMKB declined, while foreign share in 47 companies’ shares increased. The biggest foreign share increase was experienced in Vakıfbank, Turkey's third-biggest state-run bank. Foreign share, which used to stand at 51.8 percent at the end of 2008, rose to 82.3 by July. The increase totaled 30 percentage points in seven months. Foreign shares in Tofaş, the Turkish manufacturer of cars for Fiat SpA, also rose 12 percentage points to 66.3 percent. Foreign shares in Türk Telekom, Turkey's main fixed-line phone company, also increased 9.8 percentage points to 59.2 percent.

Trabzonspor shares saw the biggest foreign departure. Some 67.3 percent of Trabzonspor shares trading at the IMKB were owned by foreigners at the beginning of the year. That figure declined by 31 percentage points to 36.1 percent. Foreigners pulled away from Sabancı Holding as well. Foreign share in Sabancı shares trading at the IMKB dropped by 25.9 percentage points to 41.9 percent.


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