Serpil Timuray is a Turkish businesswoman, the current Chief Executive of

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Africa, Middle East and Asia-Pacific (AMAP) region.

Early years

She was educated in the Üsküdar American Academy in

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, and graduated from the

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, USA. Returned to Turkey, she studied Business Administration at the

Boğaziçi University Boğaziçi University (Turkish language, Turkish: ''Boğaziçi Üniversitesi''), also known as Bosphorus University, is a Public university, public research university in Istanbul, Turkey, historically tied to a former American educational insti ...

earning a B.S. degree.

Career

She started her business life in the marketing department of Procter & Gamble Turkey in 1991. She joined DanoneSA Tikveşli company of DanoneSA, a Turkish joint venture company of

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with

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, and became marketing director and member of the executive committee in 1999. She was appointed general manager and chairperson of the executive committee at DanoneSA Dairy Products in June 2002. In following years, Serpil Timuray was engaged in the

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of DanoneSA companies and

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Turkey Dairy Products by the Danone Group with their subsequent consolidation and integration. She was jointly responsible for Danone Group's one of the most comprehensive industrial investment programs worldwide. She administered so a 100%-domestic production realized in Turkey. On November 11, 2008 she transferred to Vodafone Turkey. Timuray became its

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on January 1, 2009. She helped the company grow more than 30%. After the subordination of Turkey Vodafone to Africa, Middle East and Asia-Pacific Operations (AMAP), she was appointed director of AMAP, Vodafone's one of the two operational regions, with effect of October 1, 2013 in addition to her existing post. In this capacity, she reports to the CEO of the AMAP Region Nick Read. Vodafone CEO Vittorio Colao announced that she is appointed CEO of the AMAP replacing Nick Read as of January 1, 2014. On October 1, 2018, Serpil Timuray, Member of the Vodafone Group World Executive Board, was appointed as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Vodafone Group Europe.

Personal life

She is married and has one child.

References

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