Kursat Apan Has Been Appointed

Kursat Apan Has Been Appointed as the Supply Chain Director at Mey Diageo 

Kursat Apan has been appointed as the Supply Chain Director at Mey Diageo, the leading spirits producer in investment, employment and exports in Türkiye since its establishment in 2004.

Kursat Apan has been appointed as the Supply Chain Director at Mey Diageo, one of the largest consumer goods companies in Türkiye with nine plants across Türkiye, premium brands and 1100 employees, including sales teams.

After graduating from the Department of Industrial Engineering of METU in 1996, Kursat Apan had his master's degree in Systems Engineering at the University of Florida. In 2010, he graduated from the Executive MBA program at Sabanci University.

Starting his career in 2000 as the Financial Controller responsible for factories at Danone, Apan served as the Factory Manager in Ankara for two years. In 2004, he joined Pepsico and started to serve as the Factory Manager in Izmir, and then held the positions of Planning and Logistics Manager and Procurement Efficiency Manager throughout his career at Pepsico. In 2011, Apan joined Yildiz Holding and started to serve as the International Operations Supply Chain Director, and held the positions of Senior Beverage Group Director and General Manager of Production & Supply Chain at this holding from 2013 to 2016.

Joining DyDo Icecek in 2016 as the General Manager-Production and Supply Chain across Türkiye, Apan, later, served as the General Manager of Operations (COO) and a member of the board of directors simultaneously. Starting from 2019, Apan was the Business Development Director and Home and Office Channel Sales Director at Nestlé Waters.

Kursat Apan took part in the boards of directors of the Packaged Water Producers Association and the Soft Drinks Association from 2014 to 2019, and served as vice president in both of the associations. Since 2019, he has been a board member at Turkish Food Federation and Cevko Foundation.

Kursat Apan is married with two children.

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