Pazarlamasyon / New marketing director to Mey|Diageo

Mey|Diageo's new Marketing Director has been announced.

With the recent appointment to the Mey|Diageo Leadership Team, Osman Albora has become the new Marketing Director of the company. With over 22 years of experience in marketing, predominantly in multinational companies in both national and global roles, Osman Albora will lead the development and implementation of Mey|Diageo's marketing strategies starting from July 1, 2024. In this position, Albora will also serve as a member of the Diageo Global Marketing Leadership Team.

Osman Albora graduated from Koç University with degrees in Business Administration and Economics. He began his professional career in 2002 as an Assistant Treasury Manager at Yapı Kredi Bank. Between 2003 and 2007, Osman Albora worked at Procter & Gamble Turkey as an Assistant Brand Manager and later as a Senior Assistant Brand Manager. Subsequently, he served as a Brand Manager at The Coca-Cola Company's Turkey office. Returning to Procter & Gamble in 2008, he worked as a Brand Manager in Turkey from 2008 to 2010, and from 2010 to 2012, he served as Senior Brand Manager responsible for the CEEMA (Central & Eastern Europe, Middle East, and Africa) region in the Switzerland office. From 2012 to 2013, Albora was the Marketing Director at Johnson & Johnson. Between 2013 and 2019, he held various local and international managerial roles in marketing and sales at Unilever Turkey and Unilever United Arab Emirates. At Unilever Turkey, he served as Brand Development Director from 2013 to 2014, Senior Brand Development Director from 2014 to 2016, and Senior Marketing Director from 2016 to 2017. From 2017 to 2019, he led digital transformation and contributed to marketing activities as Senior Marketing Director at Unilever United Arab Emirates in Dubai, while also being a member of the Regional Management Board. From 2019 to 2022, Osman Albora worked as General Manager Mobile at Samsung United Arab Emirates.

From 2022 to 2023, Osman Albora worked as Category Director for Eurasia and the Middle East at The Coca-Cola Company's Dubai office. Before joining Mey|Diageo, he most recently served as Senior Category Director for Eurasia and the Middle East at the same company, leading marketing activities in the region.