VERDA BESTE TAŞAR

• Led Strategic Financing Initiatives: Successfully managed and executed USD 650 million and USD 550 million Eurobond issuances, strengthening company’s capital structure and securing long-term financial stability.
• Capital Management Excellence: Orchestrated a USD 50 million share buyback program, optimizing shareholder value and reinforcing investor confidence.
• Mergers & Acquisitions Expertise: Directed three successful M&A transactions, driving significant growth and market expansion while enhancing organizational capabilities.
• Strategic Corporate Restructuring: Spearheaded a partial spin-off under affiliate model, streamlining operations and unlocking greater value for shareholders.
• Project Leadership: Oversaw and successfully completed Volkswagen Turkey Caddy Production Project, Krone Trailer Production Project, and Meiller Dampers Production Projects, delivering high-quality outcomes and achieving key milestones on time and within budget.
• Member of Credit Rating Team: Collaborated with credit rating team to facilitate communication with external credit agencies, ensuring accurate and timely information exchange.
• Strategic Communication with External Audiences: Effectively communicated key messages to external stakeholders, particularly within financial community, enhancing company reputation and stakeholder engagement.
• Senior Management Interaction: Demonstrated confidence and professionalism when engaging with senior executives, including Executive Committee members and other senior leaders, fostering strong internal relationships.
• Reliable and Trusted Communicator: Known for dependability and trustworthiness, with exceptional skills in building collaborative relationships and fostering open communication channels.
• Complex Financial Communication: Adept at simplifying and presenting complex financial concepts clearly and concisely to diverse audiences, including investors and analysts.
• Extensive Industry Network: Maintained a broad network of influential contacts within financial community, leveraging these relationships to support company’s strategic goals.
• Company Story Development and Communication: Contributed to development and effective communication of company’s narrative, including financial results and both short-term and long-term business strategies.
• Global Investor Outreach Execution: Led execution of company’s global investor outreach plan, ensuring timely and transparent communication with financial community on corporate performance and strategic initiatives.
• Message Development and IR Documentation: Managed the planning, drafting, and distribution of key investor relations documents, including earnings releases, material news announcements, Q&A documents, talking points/scripts, annual reports (print and online), and materials for conferences and Investor Days.

Launched and Managed Investor Relations Website: Successfully developed and launched a new IR website to enhance transparency and communication with investors.

• Led Corporate Governance Rating Process: Spearheaded company's first-ever Corporate Governance Rating process, ensuring compliance and enhancing corporate reputation.
• Material Disclosures and IR Activities: Oversaw all material disclosures, perception studies, peer analysis, and related IR activities, ensuring alignment with company objectives.
• C-Level and Board Reporting: Reported directly to C-level management, Corporate Governance Committee, and Board of Directors on key IR initiatives and strategic developments.
• Shareholder Strategy Development: Defined and implemented strategies to establish the optimal mix of shareholders, targeting a diverse range of investors through strategic initiatives.
• Ongoing Relationship Management: Maintained continuous communication with management to monitor operational changes, developing relevant shareholder messaging accordingly.
• Comprehensive Financial and Competitive Analysis: Conducted thorough financial and competitive analyses to inform strategic decisions, including performance metrics for IR function.
• Investor Relations Strategy: Built and executed a comprehensive investor relations plan, aligning with company’s corporate strategy and market needs.
• Market and Investment Community Insight: Developed a deep understanding of market trends and needs of investment community, providing actionable insights to senior management.
• Communication and Media Engagement: Created presentations, press releases, and communication materials for earnings releases, investor presentations, and industry events.
• Oversight of Regulatory Filing: Managed production of annual reports, CMB filings, proxy statements, and other regulatory documents, ensuring compliance with applicable regulations.
• Analyst Relations: Monitored and summarized analyst reports for senior management, acting as the key point of contact for analysts and investors.
• Event and Roadshow Management: Organized and led conferences, roadshows, earnings calls, and investor meetings, fostering strong relationships with the investment community.
• Management Feedback on Market Perception: Provided critical feedback to management on investor perceptions regarding the company’s performance and strategic direction.
• Strategic Influence: Represented investor community views in shaping corporate strategy, ensuring alignment with shareholder interests and market expectations.

• Member of the Corporate Social Responsibility Team and Ethic Committee
• Ensure effective disclosure, coordinate investor/public relations message, and ensure management visibility/accessibility and diversification of shareholder base
• Weekly and Monthly counsel to CFO and Chairman of the company
• Provide information about sell-side analyst opinions, investment community feedback, investor relations activities, stock performance, peer information, shareholder intelligence, industry trends and media mentions to senior management
• Organize and plan yearly investor communications methods (Conferences, Conference calls, webcasts, one-on-one meetings, analyst days)
• Take role in the preparation process for the Company’s Annual Report
• Responsible for company presentations, periodicals and ad-hoc reports
• Provide information and edit the coverage & earning updates
• Responsible for company presentations, periodicals and ad-hoc reports, website updates (also planned and execute the new DOAS IR website)
• Participate in the Dogus Holding Rating Process (S&P, Fitch, Moody’s)
• Establish relationships with the sell‐side to increase analyst coverage with U.S
• And European firms
• Increase visibility in the financial community and sector-specific media like Auto news (Europe’s biggest dealers study), Articles and features in Just – auto and HebdoBiz
• Control and monitor all press materials
• Organize general shareholders' meeting
• Taking an active role in Corporate Governance Rating Studies
• Active member of Doğuş Group Scenarios team

• Supervised a Fleet consisting of 250 Trucks, trailers and truck-trailers
• Managed department with 20 employees external drivers and branch staff
• Set up and initiated the logistics process: Forming RFQ phases, sourcing & bidding, warehousing and layout planning, inland, transportations, routing, dispatching
• Recruited, monitored and supervised operational staff
• Dealt with operational issues when required to support other departments and teams Restructured potential customers’ logistics operations
• Conducted logistics Operations (Diasa, Endi, Carrefoursa, D&R Warehouse management and distribution, DS Smith, Karsan, Honda Milkrun, Renault JIT, GIDASA-SAKASU, PİYALE, DEREN, P&G, and PINAR brands)
• Managed communication and planning processes with subcontractors & customers
• Elaborated financial reporting – including budgeting and forecasting for every operation respectively to the Finance Department and the Board of Directors
• Generated in-depth reports identifying and recommending improvements and solutions to the administrative board
• Provided assistance to the recruitment department in the selection process for logistic operations

• Assisted each customer on operational basis
• Drove performance of direct reports for sales & marketing projects resulting gaining new customers and revenue increase
• Negotiated international rates with overseas agents Support to the Operations Department
• Correspondences with worldwide agents regarding cargo traffics
• Freight negotiations with liners
• China Trade Fair Experience (2002)