Mr. Afşin was born in 1966 and has two children. His family settled in Germany in 1980, after his education Mr. Afşin has started his business life in construction and real estate industry in Germany in 1990. His business in construction sector has recently developed into renovation and monumental/historical restoration projects of state-owned sites. He currently owns construction companies conducting several construction and restoration projects in Germany. In 2009 based on his individual research and studies in environmental issues and waste oil refining and the growing need of industrial waste oil refinery in Turkey, he decided to initiate an investment in this field. Combined with his business entrepreneurship and value generation capacity of re-refining technology, TAYRAŞ has been founded in 2011. Following an extensive feasibility and technology assessments, the foundation of the refinery was laid in Bilecik-Osmaneli in 2018. The refinery was designed to have the best available technology to reduce carbon footprint, significantly reducing highly increased fossil fuel consumption of base oil production from virgin / crude oil production. TAYRAŞ refinery started full scale production in 2022, with the most advanced re-refining technology available, producing Group II+ and Group III Base Oils with high added value and low carbon footprint. Mr. Afşin has been the Chairman of the Board, and current CEO of TAYRAŞ, the leader of advanced re-refining industry in Turkey. He is also the Chairman of AYRASDER, the Re-refining Industry Association of Turkey, established in 2022.
was born in Istanbul. He was graduated from Darmstadt University with an MBA in Business Administration and Computer Engineering. He worked as a software consultant in banking, insurance and automotive sectors for several years. He has been the investing partner of TAYRAŞ from the very beginning of the idea of establishing the most advanced technology re-refining in Turkey. Committing more than 20 years into developing TAYRAŞ to a world class refinery, he has served as Chairman and/or Member of the Board of Directors in several associations and foundations both in Turkey and Germany. He is the founding partner of TAYRAŞ and an entrepreneur of several projects in Germany and Turkey.
was born in Germany. Following his education at the Technical University of Darmstadt in Business Administration and Engineering, he obtained his PhD in Economics. He worked as a professor at the University of Applied Sciences, Worms from 1977 to 2012 at the Department of International Business Management. He has also been working as senior consultant to major European Used Lubricating Oil Refineries since 1998. He is a founding member of TAYRAŞ.
was born in 1955 in Malatya. He graduated from Atatürk University Faculty of Medicine in 1980 and completed his specialization in the branch of physical therapy and rehabilitation. In his long-term career journey, he has served in various hospitals and health institutions, and has achieved the happiness of treating and healing many patients. He works at Private Buhara Hospital after his retirement. He is the founding member of TAYRAŞ.
was born in Germany. He has studied Law and Economics at Darmstadt University and graduated with a Master in Economics in Germany. He has worked as a consultant to companies in various business areas and he still continues to chair a number of companies in Turkey and Europe. He is a founding member of TAYRAŞ.
has a Ph.D in Materials Engineering and started his career as an academician in the U.S.A. as Assistant Professor at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology. He has worked as the Secretary General at ÇEVKO, Environmental Foundation between 1992-2003. Following that, he joined PETDER, Petroleum Industry Association as Secretary General, during which the Turkish Oil Industry has gone through a process of liberalization and privatization. After leading the association for ten years, he joined BP and then APM Terminals, and managed important foreign investment projects in the field of energy and logistics. Since 2018, he has been more in adivsory and academic roles and has been teaching “Energy Politics”, “Oil and Gas Markets” and “Renewable Energy” for the last 4 years in addition to part time role as Secretary General with the Turkish Aluminium Industry. Since 2021, he has been a part of TAYRAŞ team with executiev roles and currently acting as the Advisor to the Board of Directors.
Parallel to his studies in economics at the Ludwigs Maximilian University/Munich, Christian has managed the commercial part of a medium-sized machinery building company. He combines more than a 30 year of experience in the field of re-refining of used lubricants. As Managing Director, he has developed the BAUFELD group since 1990, providing specialized environmental services in Europe. He has driven the PURALUBE/PURAGLOBE group becoming one of the leading re-refiners in the world. Christian held the roles of President of GEIR (Group of Re-refiners in Europe) and Vice President of UEIL (Association of European Independent Lubricant Industry). Acting as Advisor and Chief Sustainability Officer at TAYRAŞ, he is responsible for international and Turkish lubricant markets and sales growth of the company.
graduated from Atatürk University Faculty of Medicine in 2016 and Bilgi University Executive MBA program in 2021. He started his business life as a physician in 2016 to complete his State Service Obligation. After completing his State Service obligation, he became a member of the TAYRAŞ family. He worked in the accounting and finance department between 2017 and 2022, and was appointed as CFO as of 2022. He currently serves as a member of the Executive Board and CFO.
was born in Bolu. Since 1986, he has worked in executive roles in the construction sector in Turkey and abroad. Since 2012 he has been a part of TAYRAŞ team with executive roles and currently leading TAYRAŞ’s used oil collection and logistics operations
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