Kuthan GÜNAY
Independent Board Member
He completed his high school education at CONCORD COLLEGE in England and graduated from the Department of Production and Industrial Engineering at LEEDS University, England in 1976. After returning to Turkey and working for a short time, he studied Business Administration at Fairleigh Dickinson University in New Jersey, USA. After returning home in 1980, he left Enka Pazarlama, where he started working, as Deputy General Manager responsible for the Construction Materials, Chemistry and Minerals Department in 1990, and joined the İbrahim Polat Holding family. He took part in the establishment and organization of Ege Seramik's foreign companies and in 1991, after establishing and organizing Ege Seramik's sales and marketing company in the United States, he served as General Manager. He returned to the country in 1997 and held various senior management positions within İbrahim Polat Holding. He established and organized Ege Seramik Dış Ticaret A.Ş. and served as the General Manager of this company until 2006. After retirement, he worked as a Management Consultant in the consultancy company he founded himself, in Çanakkale Seramik (2006-2009), Cleopatra Seramik (MISIR 2009-2010), Hitit Seramik (2010-2011) and Porcelanosa/Noken (SPAIN 2011-2023). He is married and has two children; speaks French, English and Spanish.