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After graduating from Karadeniz Technical University (KTU) Department of Mechanical Engineering in 1977, Sener earned his Master's degree (M. Phil) in fluid mechanics in 1979 from University of Sussex in the UK. He has been awarded an Honorary Doctorate in engineering from KTU for "his invaluable contributions to the development of Turkish engineering at the international level," as well as an Honorary Doctorate in Business Administration from the New Hampshire University "for his accomplishments in project and risk management throughout his tenure at TAV."
Prior to his career at TAV Airports Holding, Sener served in various positions, from Project Manager to General Manager, in national and international projects. He attended the executive education program on the management of complex systems at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Sani Sener was a Member of the Board of Directors of the Airports Council International (ACI World) and the President of Foreign Economic Relations Board's Turkish-French and Türkiye-Croatia Business Councils. He is continuing to chair the Foreign Economic Relations Board's Türkiye-Kazakhstan Business Council since January 2022. In 2016, Sener was awarded the "Legion d'honneur (Order of Chivalry)" by the President of the Republic of France Francois Hollande, due to his contributions to the relations between Türkiye and France. During the same year, he was also given the High Honor of Service by the Georgian state while in 2019, he was honored with Medal of Merit by the Government of the Republic of Macedonia. The "business model" created at TAV Airports became a "case study" three times and Sani Sener gave a lecture in Harvard Business School (HBS) MBA Program on the Case Study of TAV Airports' "business model."
In the voting carried out by Thomson Extel among national and international finance corporations, he was chosen first in the category of "The Best CEO" in Türkiye in 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015 and 2016, and third in the European Transport Sector in 2014.
Mr. Mereyde is Chair of the French-Turkish Chamber of Commerce, Türkiye Chair of French Commerce Advisors, Chair of the Board of the Institut du Bosphore and DEIK French Network.
In 2008, he joined the PMU as Deputy Chief Executive Officer and, in 2014, became Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. He implemented a profound digital transformation of the company in the context of the opening of the online gaming market and supported the company's strong internationalization. In 2017, he joined the Sopra Steria consulting and technology group as Executive Director, where he led the Public Sector business for Europe and the transformation of the Marketing, Communication and CSR divisions. In January 2020, he joined Groupe ADP as Deputy CEO in charge of coordinating development operations across all the group's activities and entities. He sits on the Executive Committee. He belongs to the board of Directors of TAV Airports, listed at the Istanbul Stock Exchange.
He is President of the Supervisory Board of Strasbourg Airport and member of the Supervisory Board of Fort de France Airport.
He is President of the Supervisory Board of Strasbourg Airport and member of the Supervisory Board of Fort de France Airport.
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Before joining TAV Technologies, he was working as CTO at Mars Cinema Group and senior roles in strategy, governance, IT policies, IT processes and procedures, digital transformation, business intelligence, web and mobile application development. Mr. Ozturk has experience in technology, IT security and digital transformation, and speaks English and German
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