Date: Issue 90 - February 2019
In the written statement made by Meteksan Defence, it was stated that Selçuk Kerem ALPARSLAN was appointed as the President of Meteksan Defence as of 01.02.2019 and noted that he was previously the Deputy President of Radar Systems.
Born in Ankara in 1969, Selçuk Kerem ALPARSLAN has BS and MS degrees in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Middle East Technical University, as well as an Executive MBA degree from the Faculty of Business Administration at Bilkent University. Between the years of 1991-2005, he worked at Aselsan Inc. in the fields of design-development engineering and technical management. Afterwards, between 2005 and 2007, he worked as the System Application Director at the R&D branch of US Synplicity Inc. in Turkey that has been performing activities the field of Electronic Design Automation. Selçuk Kerem ALPARSLAN then started working as the Engineering Director at Meteksan Defence. He was the Deputy President in charge of Engineering in 2009, Deputy President in charge of Sensory Systems in 2013. In 2016, he was assigned as the Deputy President of System and Product Engineering.
Tunç BATUM, who had been the President of Meteksan Defence since 2016 made Meteksan Defence a successful company in the international market in its fields of activity, increasing his credibility and business volume in the defence industry sector. He left his position as President on 01.02.2019, he was appointed as Bilkent Holding Group President and Meteksan Defence Board Member.