Bilgehan Anlas

Regional President, Eastern Europe & Global Travel Retail at JTI

Bilgehan Anlas was appointed to his current position in October 2018. He is responsible for the overall MENEAT operations, as well as for Worldwide Duty-Free business.

A Turkish national, Bilgehan joined JTI’s Executive Committee as Senior Vice President of Global Supply Chain in October 2015 and in July 2016, his role was expanded to include responsibility of our global leaf operations. He was named General Manager for the Turkish Market at the end of 2004, playing a key role in significantly growing the market share of the Company. In 2002, he took up the position of Head of the Global Supply Chain Manufacturing Region for the MENEAT region and Worldwide Duty-Free, also based in Turkey.

In 1999, Bilgehan moved from Kazakhstan – where he had been promoted to Operations Director in 1998 – to Ukraine as the Head of Operations, where he strongly supported the company’s business growth. Bilgehan had already gained significant international experience from various roles in the Global Supply Chain at R.J. Reynolds, the company which he joined in 1992 as an engineer.

Bilgehan holds a Bachelor of Science in Engineering from Yildiz Technical University of Istanbul and also participated in the Business Administration Specialization Program of the Istanbul University Economics Institute.

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  • Regional President, Eastern Europe & Global Travel Retail

    Current role

  • Regional President, Middle East, Near East, Africa, Turkey and Worldwide Duty-Free

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