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Mr. Serkan Okandan

Board Member
Independent Non-Executive

Mr. Serkan Okandan has more than 30 years of experience as a Finance executive at international telecommunication groups (namely Turkcell, Etisalat / e&, and VEON), operating in various countries in Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and Africa. During his tenure at international telecommunication groups, he also held board positions at companies in the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Morocco, Ukraine, Russia, Pakistan, and Bangladesh.

Apart from board positions, Mr Serkan also held Chairmanships of the Audit Committee and independent board member positions at various publicly listed companies, such as Maroc Telecom (Morocco), Mobily (Saudi Arabia), and PTCL (Pakistan). Mr Serkan also worked as Acting CEO of Turkcell’s subsidiary in Ukraine during 2010 and later at Mobily in Saudi Arabia from 2014 to 2015.

Mr Serkan also holds the following positions in several leading entities:

• Board & Audit Committee member of Pakistan Mobile Communications Ltd. (“Jazz”)
• Board member of Banglalink Digital Communications Ltd. (“banglalink”)
• Audit Committee Chairman of Unifonic FZE Dubai Branch (“Unifonic”)
• Board member and Audit & Risk Committee Chairman of CETIN International NV ("CETIN")

Before developing his career in telecommunications sector, Mr. Serkan worked at international Companies like PwC, DHL and Pepsi.

Serkan is a graduate of the Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences at Bosphorus University in Istanbul, Turkey and currently resides in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.