Hakan Akbas

Current

Chairman at Avivasa
Group Head of Insurance Operations and EVP of Corporate Strategy & Business Development at Sabanci Holding
Associate Member at ERT (European Roundtable of Industrialists)

Vice Chairman at Aksigorta
Advisory Board Member at CMO Council Europe
Chairman of the Board at Yunsa
Board Member at Temsa Global
Board Member at Inovent Innovative Ventures
Board Member at Olmuksa - International Paper

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Past

President, Corporate Strategy & Business Development & Information Technology Group at Sabanci Holding
Chief Marketing Officer & Corporate Senior Vice President at EMC (DocSci) San Diego, USA / Beijing, China
Managing Director, Business Development Operations at Xerox Global Services, Rochester, NY

Director, Strategy & Business Development at Accenture (Start-up Venture w.Xerox Corporation)
Principal, Corporate Strategy & Business Development Office at Xerox Corporation, Stamford, CT
Marketing Strategy Manager at Xerox Corporation, Rochester, NY

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Education

University of Rochester - William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration
Bogazici University
Galatasaray Lisesi

Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management
Center For Creative Leadership
Wharton Business School - University of Pennsylvania
Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management

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Recommended

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Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Insurance

Hakan Akbas’s Summary

An experienced global business leader and turnaround executive, Hakan has established a strong deal-making track record in the US, Europe, China, Turkey and the Middle East. P&L responsibility for $1.7 billion business. Hands-on experience in taking a Fortune 100 firm from hardware selling to services and solutions selling.

Hakan has strong industry and investment experience in insurance, power generation, alternative energy & renewables, office products, printing, managed services, enterprise software, content/document management, and IT services/outsourcing/offshoring services.

Hakan Akbas’s Specialties:

* General management
* Turnaround, crisis management and divestitures
* Start-up and high-growth companies
* Strategic planning for profitable sustainable growth
* Global new business development and sales
* Mergers & acquisitions, partnerships and JVs
* Brand building
* New product, service & technology development & commercialization
* Cross-cultural team building & leadership
* Investment portfolio management

Hakan Akbas’s Experience

Chairman

Avivasa

(Privately Held; Insurance industry)

June 2009 — Present (6 months)

AvivaSA ranks #1 in the individual pension sector with 25 % market share while occupying the third position in the the life insurance sector with a market share of 11 %.
Group Head of Insurance Operations and EVP of Corporate Strategy & Business Development

Sabanci Holding

(Public Company; Management Consulting industry)

May 2009 — Present (7 months)

* Group responsibility for largest insurer in Turkey with 1.5 Billion in premiums and 1.8 Billion in pension funds.
* Also heading up Corporate Strategy & Business Development for Sabanci Holding
Associate Member

ERT (European Roundtable of Industrialists)

(Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

March 2009 — Present (9 months)

ERT is an informal forum bringing together around 45 chief executives and chairmen of major multinational companies of European parentage covering a wide range of industrial and technological sectors. Companies of ERT Members are widely situated across Europe, with sales to EU customers exceeding Euro 1 000 billion, thereby sustaining around 6.6 million jobs in the region. Overall, the contribution of ERT Member Companies to EU GDP exceeds that of 21 of the 27 EU Member States.
Vice Chairman

Aksigorta

(Privately Held; Insurance industry)

March 2009 — Present (9 months)

Vice chairman responsible for one of the top property & casualty insurers in Turkey
Advisory Board Member

CMO Council Europe

(Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

August 2008 — Present (1 year 4 months)

http://www.cmocouncil.org/europe/board.asp

The CMO Council is dedicated to advancing the effectiveness, stature and influence of chief marketing executives across multiple industry sectors and markets. This peer-powered network of senior level executives is directed by Advisory Board that includes representatives from brands including IBM, SAP, Motorola, Vodafone, Hilton, Alcatel-Lucent, AT&T, BT, Google, HP, and crosoft. There are now over 1,300 CMO Council members drawn from 15 states across the country and several countries abroad. Companies represented range in size from $90 billion to less than $10 million in sales. Total aggregated annual revenues of member companies exceed $500 billion annually. They are responsible for more than $45 billion in annual marketing expenditures. These corporate budgets range from $8 billion to less than $1 million.
Chairman of the Board

Yunsa

(Privately Held; Textiles industry)

August 2008 — Present (1 year 4 months)

Vice Chairman for world's largest wool fabric manufacturer with global operations of $200M
Board Member

Temsa Global

(Privately Held; 5001-10,000 employees; Automotive industry)

May 2007 — Present (2 years 7 months)
Board Member

Inovent Innovative Ventures

(Privately Held; Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)

March 2007 — Present (2 years 9 months)
Board Member

Olmuksa - International Paper

(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Paper & Forest Products industry)

February 2007 — Present (2 years 10 months)
President, Corporate Strategy & Business Development & Information Technology Group

Sabanci Holding

(Public Company; Management Consulting industry)

November 2006 — June 2009 (2 years 8 months)

Hakan is heading up Strategy & Business Development & Information Technology at Sabanci Holding (www.sabanci.com) is one of Europe’s largest diversified firms with 53,000 employees and $15 billion in sales operating in Energy, Banking, Insurance, Retailing, Cement and Automotive with world-class joint-venture partners: Citigroup, Aviva, Carrefour, Dia, Verbund, Bridgestone, Toyota, Mitsubishi, Heidelberg Cement, Hilton International, Philip Morris, and International Paper.

As Executive Vice President, responsibilities encompass worldwide corporate strategic planning, investment portfolio management, corporate development (i.e. mergers & acquisitions, joint ventures, partnerships and other strategic corporate development initiatives), corporate initiatives (i.e. innovation, lean six sigma and intellectual property management), information technology management, and P&L and operating management responsibility for $400 million businesses.
Chief Marketing Officer & Corporate Senior Vice President

EMC (DocSci) San Diego, USA / Beijing, China

(Information Technology and Services industry)

2006 — 2006 (less than a year)

Document Sciences is a $50 million market-leading global provider of business communications management software and China-based offshore services that was acquired by EMC. Developed and executed global marketing and multi-channel go-to-market strategy. Spearheaded corporate rebranding, market segmentation and positioning initiatives with new product launches resulting in 26% sales increase year-over-year and subsequent acqusition by EMC.
Managing Director, Business Development Operations

Xerox Global Services, Rochester, NY

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; XRX; Information Technology and Services industry)

2001 — 2005 (4 years )

Played instrumental role in creation of business strategy and marketing direction for this $3.5 billion provider of consulting and outsourcing services division since its formation. Headed up offering development and marketing activities on a worldwide basis.
Director, Strategy & Business Development

Accenture (Start-up Venture w.Xerox Corporation)

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; ACN; Information Technology and Services industry)

1999 — 2001 (2 years )

Team member of strategic start-up venture to provide Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) services to Global 1000 firms focusing on Customer Communications Management, Product Lifecycle Management and Global Learning.
Principal, Corporate Strategy & Business Development Office

Xerox Corporation, Stamford, CT

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; XRX; Information Technology and Services industry)

1997 — 1999 (2 years )

Served as Chief Strategy Officer’s liaison to $10 billion Office Products Group – largest division of Xerox – and $3 billion Developing Markets Organization. Advised the CEO and his senior team on planning and implementing corporate initiatives. Coordinated corporate strategic and financial planning process.
Marketing Strategy Manager

Xerox Corporation, Rochester, NY

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; XRX; Information Technology and Services industry)

1995 — 1997 (2 years )

Hakan Akbas’s Education

University of Rochester - William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration

Master's , Business Administration , 1993 — 1995

Activities and Societies:

Toastmaster s International
Bogazici University

Bachelor's , Industrial Engineering , 1988 — 1993

Top 1% Enginnering School in Turkey
Concentrations in Operations Research, Total Quality Management (TQM), and Project Management.

Activities and Societies:

AIESEC internships
Galatasaray Lisesi

1980 — 1988
Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management

Executive Education , Managing Customer Relationships for Profit , 2008

A recommended program about the state-of-the-art techniques for acquiring new customers, enhancing the value of existing customers, retaining profitable customers, and maximizing customer profitability in consumer as well as business-to-business settings. It has provided actionable insights into customer life-cycle management, customer lifetime value measurement, and customer profitability measurement.
Center For Creative Leadership

Executive Leadership Program 2004
Wharton Business School - University of Pennsylvania

Executive Education Program in Business Process Outsourcing 2003
Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management

Business-to-Business Marketing Strategy, E-Commerce Strategy 2002

Additional Information

Hakan Akbas’s Interests:

Frontier investments in new technologies particularly in the areas of innovative energy and alternative energy & renewables.

Hakan Akbas’s Groups:

CMO Council
TUSIAD (Turkish Industrialists' and Businessmen's Association)
Association of Strategic Alliance Professionals
American Marketing Association
Information Technology Association of America (ITAA)
American Turkish Council
Toastmasters International
Endeavor Global – Venture Catalyst Network
AIESEC
Galatasaray Soccer Club Voting Member

VLAB
AIESECAlumni
Harvard Jobs
Executive Suite
High Tech Industry Executive Network
Content Management Professionals
On Startups - The Community For Entrepreneurs
Renewable Energy Business Network/Clean Economy Network Foundation
TEN - Top Executives Net
Inbound Marketers - For Marketing Professionals
BUMED-BURC Robert College and Bogazici University (Bosphorus University) Graduates Alumni
Worldwide Management Consultants (23,000+ members)
Private Equity and Venture Capital Group
Renewable Energy Network
China Networking Group
Xerox Extended
RecruitingBlogs
OPEN Silicon Valley
Technology Marketing Community
Simon School Networking Group
Private Equity Investment Group
Venture Capital
Global Private Equity & Venture Capital
CleanTech
The Executive Search Group
University of Rochester Alumni
Xerox Alumni
Startup Specialists
Accenture Employees and Alumni
Bogazici Universitesi Mezunlari/Alumni
New York Venture Community
STARTUP ENTREPRENEURS NETWORK
Southern California Venture Capital Community
BPO Executives
XEROX's friends
The Global Business Development Network
Silicon Valley Venture Community
Israel High Tech (10,000+ members)
The BPO and Offshoring Best Practices Forum
Print Industry Networking Group
InfoTrends Digital Imaging and Document Solutions
Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) Council
Mergers & Acquisitions Network
The Document Imaging Group
Software Professionals Group
STRATEGY PROFESSIONALS NETWORK
World Business Forum
Banking, Finance & Professional Services Networking Group (Europe)