MESSAGE BY THE CHAIRMAN AND CEO

Emir Ali Bilaloğlu


CHAIRMAN AND CEO

Doğuş Otomotiv has long been operating with the knowledge that its most valuable asset is its human resources, and believes that customer satisfaction is secured through happy employees. We have placed people and employee recognition at the core of what we do.

From this foundation, we have always strived to reach new heights domestically and internationally, and put our signature on works that set standards within our own and other industries.

We boost quality and value for both our staff and our business while navigating change and implementing improvements, an approach that is having an impact on the entire Turkish automotive industry.

We are pleased that our company always operates with the highest ethical standards. Doğuş Otomotiv proves its reliability by never failing to keep its word while meeting the needs of its stakeholders. Our positive reputation is a direct outcome of our business conduct in parallel with our ethical management culture. Our underlying objectives are to excel in challenging economic conditions and our competitive environment, to keep our place as an industry leader, and to always remain an honest, reliable and trusted brand with ethics that are never compromised.

We are dedicated to upholding our corporate responsibilities, managing the effects of our operations while delivering solutions to our stakeholders with accountability and transparency.

Our environmental, economic, social and ethical commitments shape our strategy and decision making and corroborate our sustainability vision.

Doğuş Otomotiv strongly believes social value must be generated to secure future success, and that its goals must include an awareness of its obligations alongside financial prosperity.

It has always prioritized works aiming at the empowerment of women within society, getting behind initiatives focused on career development and increasing the involvement of women in business. Doğuş Otomotiv is helping to build a world where women can be heard from every corner, and endeavors to make gender equality an indispensable part of its organization.

To this end, our company participates in the “Equality in the Workplace” platform. We are unfailing in our determination to support gender equality in the workplace and in career opportunities.

The

“Traffic is Life!” initiative is one example of how we offer value to society in line with our sustainability vision. It delivers projects reaching out to every part of society to create a safe traffic culture.

 

The innovative “Traffic is Life!” has been benefiting society since 2004, and has now become Turkey’s most significant social responsibility program in the context of traffic safety. We will expand “Traffic is Life!” further with the aim of positive transformation of society using practices derived from its needs and expectations.

 

As an accountable corporate entity, we have been raising the standards of our industry, ensuring customer satisfaction through our happy employees, and receiving countless awards in the process.

The secret to our success comes from embracing determination, productivity, hard work, innovation and idealism in a corporate setting, while taking steps to advance current successes well into the future.