MEETINGS & NETWORKING

Turkey's Energy Future, Competitiveness and Goals

Kenan Yavuz was born in 1959 in Bayburt. In 1981, he graduated from the Department of Business Administration, Ankara Academy of Economic and Commercial Sciences. He received his master's degree from İstanbul University, Faculty of Business Administration, Institute of Business Economics.

Kenan Yavuz started his career in 1985 at Koç Holding, where he worked in various disciplines until 2004. He served at various levels as a manager. In 1998, he became a Board Member at Petkim Petrochemicals. He was also appointed as the General Manager of Petkim. Turkey's most important strategic enterprise privatization process from the beginning of the Petkim Petrochemical Holding was completed in 2008. Petkim continued to serve as the General Manager of Petkim after privatization with the request of Azerbaijan State Oil Company SOCAR.

Between the years 2009-2016 within the framework of the establishment decided to expand its operations in Turkey SOCAR Turkey Enerji AŞ in the agreed SOCAR President / he served as CEO. Since 2009, SOCAR Turkey Energy Inc. Since 2009, he has been the Board Member of Petkim. He has served as STAR Refinery, Petlim Limancılık Ticaret, SOCAR Power Energy Investments and distribution companies.