Vienna Insurance Group AG Wiener Versicherung Gruppe
Deniz Avsar holds the certifications CISA, CRISC, and CISM, along with an MBA, and currently serves as an Information Technology Risk Manager at Vienna Insurance Group AG Wiener Versicherung Gruppe since November 2022. Between December 2017 and September 2021, Deniz Avsar worked as a Senior IT Risk Officer at Akbank, focusing on IT control tests based on multiple standards, including SANS, NIST, and ISO frameworks. Prior experience includes roles as an IT Control and Business Continuity Supervisor at Garanti BBVA, Senior Information Technology Auditor at Türkiye FinansBank, and Junior Software Developer at TUVTurk Istanbul A.S. Educational qualifications include a degree from T.C Haliç Üniversitesi and advanced English training at the Centre of English Studies in Dublin.
Vienna Insurance Group AG Wiener Versicherung Gruppe
Vienna Insurance Group AG Wiener Versicherung Gruppe (VIG) is an Austrian holding company of an insurance Group primarily active in Central and Eastern Europe. VIG comprises approximately 50 insurance companies engaged in the property/casualty and life insurance business, as well as health insurance business in 24 countries. The Company operates in Austria, as well as in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and South Eastern Europe (SEE) region, which include Albania, Belarus, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey, the Ukraine, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Company is also represented in Germany, Liechtenstein and Italy. In total, about 50% of all Group premiums come from the Central and Eastern European markets. Its subsidiaries include Skandia Poland, BTA Baltic Insurance Company AAS and Merkur BH Osiguranje dd Sarajevo, among others.