Affiliate Board and Committees

Ünsal Hekiman is Chief Executive Officer and managing partner at PharmaVision, formerly Hoechst, HMR and Aventis. He has his Diplom Ingenieur and Doctorate degrees in Chemical Engineering from Graz Technical University in Austria. Starting as an Analytical Chemist in Hoechst (then PharmaVision) in 1980, he has risen through the ranks to become the Site Manager in 1997, in the process actively leading the Remodelling of the Factory, a 12 year effort often presented as an industrial case study for large scale GMP up gradings. He is in the Board of several national trade and professional associations.

Selim Seyhan is the Director of R&D and Education and managing partner of PharmaVision, Istanbul. (formerly Hoechst, HMR, Aventis). He is a graduate of German High School (Abitur) Istanbul and holds a BSc. degree in Chemistry (Bogaziçi University-Istanbul) and masters degrees in both Organic Chemistry (Pennsylvania State University) and Pharmacy (University of Texas at Austin). After working as a plant chemist in an organic peroxide manufacturer in USA, he became the site manager of Hoechst Agrochemicals in Istanbul. Between 1986 and 1992 he was the manufacturing manager for Sandoz (Novartis) Pharma in Istanbul, after which he returned to the Topkapi-Istanbul site (now PharmaVision) of Hoechst.

Tulu Veyisoglu is Vice President, Technical at Roche Pharmaceuticals Company, Turkey. A graduate (Abitur) of German High School Istanbul, he has a bachelors degree in Chemical Engineering from Robert College Istanbul followed by an MSc. degree in Chemical engineering and Industrial Management from the University of Technology, Loughborough, England. In his professional career he worked as Project Coordinator in Peteter Petrochemical Company in 1977-1980, as Technical Manager in Kromsan Chromium Compounds in 1980-1982 before he moved to Roche that year. At Roche he held positions as Chemical Production Manager (1982-1989) and as Pharma Production Manager (1989-1991) prior to his promotion to his current position.

Fahrettin Kazak is a lawyer by training. A managing partner at PharmaVision, he is the Director for Human Resources and Industrial Relations. A graduate of the University of Istanbul, his initial job experience includes 4 years of private practice followed by a position as case lawyer for the next 4 years at KIPLAS, Chemical Industry Employers Union of Turkey. Having joined predecessor company of PharmaVision (Hoechst, HMR, Aventis) in 1988, his current responsibilities include the management of various personnel affairs, such as labor union relations, contract bargaining, salary and reward packages, performance evaluations, manpower planning, training scheduling, recruitment/hiring/job termination as well as all legal contacts and government permits as they pertain to a ca. 400 man factory environment.

Melih Özensel is the Technical Director and managing partner at PharmaVision, Istanbul. He holds a BSc. degree in Chemical Engineering from Galatasaray University, Istanbul. Early industrial experience was gathered in paper, paint and plastics industries. Joining PharmaVision (then Hoechst) in 1987, he has managed the Sterile Manufacturing and Quality Assurance Departments. In addition to his administrative responsibilities in site management, his current interest lies in manufacturing and equipment selection and rationalization with optimum manpower allocations.

Necati Sendan, a Mechanical Engineer, is a managing partner of PharmaVision. He obtained his BSc. degree in 1973 from Fachhochschule Ulm, Germany, where he worked for 2 years as a machine construction engineer. After a production management role in the plastics industry in Istanbul, he joined PharmaVision (then Hoechst) as engineer in the Engineering Department in 1978. Currently he is heading the Engineering and Maintenance Department of PharmaVision.

Nuran Varolan has graduated from the Bogaziçi University (Istanbul) as a Chemical Engineer in 1974. She started working for Pfizer in 1975 in the Quality Operations Department occupying different roles with increasing responsibilities. After working as the Training Manager for the entire Technical Division, she was appointed as the Quality Operations Manager in 1987. She became Manufacturing Site Leader in 1996 and holds the distinction of being the first woman in this position within the Pfizer Manufacturing World. Her current responsibility areas are manufacturing, quality operations, engineering, procurement& logistics, planning, EH&S and finance in the multi plant Pfizer Istanbul Site. Among numerous technical and management courses to her credit in her continuing education, she is also a graduate of the INSEAD Management and Harvard Leadership Development Programs.

Refik Baydur studied Economics in the University of Istanbul. He started his career in the banks of Akbank and Pamukbank between 1953 and 1957. He then worked as Director, General Manager and Managing Director in several firms in the private sector. He is the incorporator partner and Managing Director of Timsan Machinery and Timsan Construction Corporation. He has worked as a member of the Board and Chairman of the executive committee of KIPLAS for many years and still is its Chairman of the Board. Between 1989 and 2004 he has been the Chairman of the Board of directors of the Turkish Confederation of Employer Associations, where he is still a Board member and the Honorary President. One of the most prominent, experienced and well respected figures in Turkish working life, Mr. Baydur has also written articles in labor law and trade unions and has 3 books to his credit.

Erol Kiresepi has a BSc. in Chemical Engineering and an MBA from Bogaziçi University, Istanbul. He is Vice President of Executive Board and Corporate Executive of Santa Farma Pharmaceuticals, Turkey. Among his commercial duties are executive positions of several other chemical/pharmaceutical industrial, commercial and marketing entities. He is also heavily involved in social aspects of the industry, holding leading positions in trade and Employer Associations.