Mehmet Göçmen has been elected chairman of the Turkish Cement Manufacturers Association (TÇMB) by board members at the 56th General Assembly meeting last month. Mr Göçmen is currently Sabanci Holding Cement Group President. He has previously held positions at Akcansa and Lafarge.

Mr Göçmen replaces Mustafa Güçlü who has served as TÇMB chairman since 2011.

Mehmet Göçmen elected as

TÇMB chairman

The TÇMB, which represents 68 domestic cement plants comprising 49 integrated works and 19 grinding units, has also elected new members to its board:

Chairmanship council
• Chairman: Mehmet Göçmen (Çimsa)
• Deputy Chairman, M Sefik Tüzün (Votorantim Cement)
• Vice Chairman, Gültekin Aksüyek (Limak Cement)       
• Vice Chairman, Necip Terzibasioglu (Bati Söke Cement)  

Members
• Accounting Member, Mürsel Öztürk (Bursa Cement)       
• H.Hakan Gürdal (Akçansa)
• Hayrettin Sener (Nuh Cement)
• Kadir Büyükkara (Konya Cement)
• Yildiray Yildiz (Ünye Cement)
• M.Fevzi Bingöl (Bartin Cement)
• I. Ali Özinönü  (Çimentas Kars)
• Fatih Yücelik (Askale Cement)
• Ümit Yasar Odabasoglu (As Cement)
• Sertaç Bora Özyurt (Göltas)
• Mehmet Baris Kilinç (Denizli Cement)
• Ismail Bulut (Adoçim)
• Mehmet S. Bahçeci (Yurt Cement)
• Mustafa Erbaltaci (Kahramanmaras Cement)

Board of auditors
• Mehmet Hacikamiloglu (Afyon Cement)
• Serhan Bacaksiz (Limak Bati Cement)   
• Yalçin Alpbaz (Bastas Cement)