Speakers

M. Zeki Sarıbekir

Chairman of the Board, ASD / Sarten Ambalaj, Chairman of the Board

M. Zeki Sarıbekir studied at Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences of Anadolu University and continued his education in England. After this education, working at two different packaging companies abroad, he started working in the family company Sarten Ambalaj A.Ş. in 1996. Thanks to his visionary and entrepreneurial nature, he made Sarten one of the leading packaging companies in Turkey. He has been the CEO of the Company since 2004, and the Chair of the Board since 2009. He is the Chair of Packaging Manufacturers Association (ASD). Sarıbekir is Member of Istanbul Chamber of Industry (İSO), Aerosol Manufacturers’ Association (ASAD), Environmental Protection and Packaging Waste Recycling (ÇEVKO) Foundation, Rigid Plastic Packaging Manufacturers Association (SEPA), Turkish Plastics Industrialists’ Association (PAGDER), Turkish Plastics Industry Foundation (PAGEV), DEİK Turkey Bulgaria Council, and Member of Boards of Istanbul Ferrous and Non-Ferrous Metals Exporters’ Association (İDDMİB). He is member of TOBB Packaging Industry Council. Sarıbekir is also Member of the Board of European Metal Packaging Union (MPE) located in Brussels.