Mehmet Abbasoğlu (businessman)

Mehmet Abbasoğlu is a Turkish and British business executive, CEO and board member of Petrol Ofisi Grubu, an energy infrastructure group in Turkey, with the largest fuel distribution network and the highest market share[1] in the fuel market of the country.[2][3]

Mehmet Abbasoğlu
NationalityTurkish
EducationBachelor of Arts degree in mathematics, Economics, and Business (1989-1992)
Master of Business Administration (1994-1996)
Alma materMacalester College, Harvard Business School
Occupation(s)Business executive, CEO of Petrol Ofisi Grubu

Biography

He completed his studies at Macalester College, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in mathematics, Economics, and Business from 1989 to 1992. He holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree from Harvard Business School, which he obtained from 1994 to 1996.[4]

Abbasoğlu began his professional career in 1992 as an investment banker at Dain Bosworth in the US. In 1996, he relocated from New York to London, where he continued his career as an associate executive and vice president at Merrill Lynch and Salomon Brothers International till 2002.[5][6]

From 2002 to 2007, he acted as a director and advisor to the Board at Turkcell and Çukurova Holding.[7]

Between 2007 and 2016, he served as an executive director and managing director at J.P. Morgan, Macquarie Capital Advisers and Societe Generale, respectively.[6][5][8]

In 2016, Abbasoğlu joined Vitol, a global energy and commodity trading company, to oversee the acquisition process of Petrol Ofisi.[9][10] 

Since September 2022, he has been serving as the CEO and board member of Petrol Ofisi Group, leading the company's strategic direction and operational management.[9][11]

Abbasoğlu also holds positions as the chair of the Board of Directors of E-Power Enerji A.Ş., OfisFinans Finansman A.Ş., PO Finans ve Teknoloji A.Ş. and Rune Technologies Bilişim Hizmetleri A.Ş., all wholly owned subsidiaries of the Petrol Ofisi Group.[12]

He is a collector of contemporary art, and a member of the Board of Directors of SAHA Association.[13] He is also an honorary member of the Marmara Sailing Club.

Abbasoğlu is married and has two children.[14]

References
  1. "Petrol Ofisi, yüzde 23.09 pazar payına ulaştı". DHA | Demirören Haber Ajansı (in Turkish). 2022-06-03. Retrieved 2023-06-20.
  2. "Petrol Ofisi/Abbasoğlu: Tek darboğazımız yollarımız". BloombergHT (in Turkish). 2023-02-07. Retrieved 2023-06-20.
  3. "Petrol Ofisi Grubu, Türkiye'nin ulusal enerji stratejisiyle uyumlu yatırımlarını hızlandırdı". www.aa.com.tr. Retrieved 2023-06-20.
  4. "Executive Team". Credin. Retrieved 2023-06-20.
  5. Denton, Vicky (2022-08-15). "Turkey's Petrol Ofisi announces new chief executive officer". F&L Asia. Retrieved 2023-06-20.
  6. "Petrol Ofisi'nde genel müdür değişikliği". BloombergHT (in Turkish). 2022-08-08. Retrieved 2023-06-20.
  7. "Petrol Ofisinin Genel Müdürü Mehmet Abbasoğlu oldu". inbusiness (in Turkish). Retrieved 2023-06-20.
  8. "ŞELALE KADAK - Abbasoğlu, Yükselen Yıldız seçildi!". Sabah (in Turkish). Retrieved 2023-06-20.
  9. McNair, Ros (2022-08-08). "Vitol's Petrol Ofisi appoints new CEO". Vitol.com. Retrieved 2023-06-20.
  10. "Petrol Ofisi'ne Yeni Ceo | Marketing Türkiye". www.marketingturkiye.com.tr (in Turkish). 2022-08-08. Retrieved 2023-06-20.
  11. "Petrol Ofisi'nin yeni genel müdürü Mehmet Abbasoğlu oldu". T24 (in Turkish). Retrieved 2023-06-20.
  12. "Yönetim Kadrosu". Credin (in Turkish). Retrieved 2023-06-20.
  13. "SAHA Board of Directors". saha. Retrieved 2023-06-20.
  14. "The Future Goes Digital" (PDF). www.polatas.com.tr.
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