About

Heading all legal operations at AvivaSA, one of Turkey’s leading private pension and life insurance companies and a joint venture with Sabanci Group, Kurtuluş Çaltekin joined the company in 2012. During the past three years he has introduced digital technologies in the legal department, including contract management and archiving programs. One of the biggest reforms he has implemented in the company is the separation and outsourcing of litigation from the legal department. The biggest achievements of his in-house career include establishing an insurance company (Finans Emeklilik), a complex M&A transaction (Cigna Finans Emeklilik) and the completion of IPO (AvivaSA).