Turkey
Effective January 1, 2016, Akin Akdogan is promoted at Star Tobacco to lead the CRT business in addition to his current management position at government tobacco monopolies & group logistics.
In this capacity he will oversee CRT sourcing, manage the blend portfolio and work closely with regional management in sales forecasting and production planning. Akin has been instrumental in growing Star’s business with tobacco monopolies and his role will be to further expand this important additional business for Star Tobacco. Akin will be located at the company’s corporate HQ office in Istanbul, Turkey. He is also a member of the chief executive committee (CEC) which steers long term company strategy.
Akin joined Star Tobacco in August 2012. A Turkish national, he holds a master of science degree in international transportation management from the State University of New York.