Ahmet Özkan has been elected as the new President of YİSAD – Flat Steel Exporters and Industrialists Association following the association’s 12th Ordinary General Assembly Meeting, held on 8 May 2026 at the Kavacık Trade Center in Türkiye.
Özkan, who also serves as Chairman of Dempaş Demir, succeeds to the presidency of the association after elections which also confirmed the appointment of new members to the Board of Directors and Audit Committee.
In the new administration, Metin Tayfun İşeri and Ahmet Soybaş were elected as vice-presidents. Murat Eryılmaz was the general secretary and Hakkı Can Şaylan assumed the role of accountant.
The members of the Board consisted of Gökhan Demiruz, Mehmet Ali Fincan, Akın Tatoğlu, Abdullah Akgün, Tolga Erdoğdu and Ahmet Koyuncu. Ersoy Yılmaz, Halil Bayık and Mustafa Kemal Akmermer were elected as members of the Supervisory Board.
YİSAD represents companies active in the flat steel sector and plays an important role within the Turkish steel industry and export community.
EUROMETAL congratulates Ahmet Özkan on his appointment and wishes him success in his new role.
