Defence Turkey: Dear Ms. Elif Gürdal, first of all we would like to thank you for your time. You have been assigned as the Country Manager of Dassault Systèmes. What type of a structure will you adopt throughout this new era that started upon your assignment? What are your comments on the existing personnel structure and responsibilities as well as the vision that you plan to set for this upcoming period?

As you said I joined Dassault Systèmes last year as the Country Manager. When I joined Dassault Systèmes, with no surprise, I found a very innovative company with superior products which have been adopted by many big players in different industries both globally and locally.  We have a group of very passionate engineers in our office in Turkey, whose are experts on their fields. In accordance with our ambitious growth plans in Turkey and the region, the number of people in our organisation is also growing. I am happy to lead this very talented team who are the engineers from different disciplines, who are supporting our customers on their transformation roadmap in this digital era.