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Allianz Partners Appoints Okan Özdemir as New Health General Manager

A global leader in insurance and assistance services, Allianz
Partners has announced the appointment of Okan Özdemir as
Health General Manager and Member of the Board of Directors,
effective September 1, 2025. In his new role, Özdemir will report
directly to Allianz Partners CEO Tomas Kunzmann.

Özdemir joins Allianz Partners from Allianz Türkiye, where
he served as Deputy General Manager in charge of Health and
Member of the Executive Committee since 2019. Throughout
his more than 24-year career at Allianz, he has held numerous
key leadership positions, including Marketing Director. He has
played a pivotal role in strengthening the company’s market
leadership and accelerating its growth in the health insurance
segment, while also spearheading the implementation of digital positioned the Health business line as a global leader through a
transformation projects. customer-centric culture and innovative solutions.

Özdemir holds a degree in Business Administration from Istanbul Allianz Partners CEO Tomas Kunzmann made the following
University and completed his MBA at the European School of statement on the matter:
Management and Technology. In his new role, Özdemir will “We are very pleased to welcome Okan Özdemir to our team
focus on strengthening Allianz Partners’ health business on a following Ida Luka-Lognoné. Özdemir’s deep expertise in the
global scale, expanding its portfolio, and further solidifying its health sector and strong experience in digital transformation
leadership in the health sector. will significantly contribute to Allianz Partners’ growth
journey. Health is at the core of our strategic plan, and under
He succeeds Ida Luka-Lognoné, who has led the Allianz Partners Okan Özdemir’s leadership, I believe we will continue to deliver
Health business line since 2015 and played a key role in its innovative solutions that add value to millions of customers
global growth and innovation. With a successful 30-year career around the world. We will gain strong momentum on our path
at Allianz Group, Luka-Lognoné has, over the past decade, toward doubling our revenues by 2030.”

Türkiye Hayat Emeklilik’s gold participation fund ranks first in returns

Standing out with its fund diversity, Touching on the recent attention drawn
Türkiye Hayat Emeklilik continues to by the returns of debt instruments,
add value to its participants’ savings lease certificates, and gold funds, Gürol
through its portfolio offerings. The Sami Özer, Deputy General Manager
institution’s gold participation, debt of Treasury and Pension Operations
instruments, and lease certificate at Türkiye Hayat Emeklilik, stated the
participation funds ranked first based on following: “As Türkiye Hayat Emeklilik,
their performance over the past month. we continue to take pioneering steps in
the sector while also establishing funds
Türkiye Hayat Emeklilik, which through which our participants can
offers 52 pension mutual funds and invest in their future. For instance, our
distinguishes itself with its wide fund ‘Participation Mixed Fund’ is not only
variety, continues to grow and strengthen the first interest-free mixed fund in the
its leadership through fund returns. sector but also features foreign equities have provided to our participants further
In the sector, the VGA–Türkiye Hayat in compliance with participation finance motivate us to develop products tailored
ve Emeklilik A.Ş. Gold Participation principles. We have transformed the to individual needs and expectations.
Pension Investment Fund ranked first Türkiye Hayat ve Emeklilik A.Ş. While the sector’s overall weighted
over the past month with a return of Participation Dynamic Variable Group return rate stands at 31.86 percent,
9.87%. In the lease certificates group Pension Investment Fund (VEY), which our company ranked first in average
(THK), the Türkiye Hayat ve Emeklilik holds the distinction of being the first weighted return with a rate of 34.94
A.Ş. Lease Certificates Participation and only of its kind in the sector, into percent. We will continue our efforts to
Pension Investment Fund led the the Türkiye Hayat ve Emeklilik A.Ş. ensure that our participants are in the
performance rankings with a return of Money Market Participation Pension right fund at the right time.”
3.59% over the same period. Within the Fund. With the recent steps taken to
debt instruments fund category (VES), raise awareness of savings, interest in The relevant return covers gold
the Türkiye Hayat Emeklilik A.Ş. Debt funds that offer returns to investors has participation, debt instruments, and
Instruments Pension Investment Fund begun to increase. Particularly in gold lease certificate fund types traded on
also ranked first with a return of 2.85% participation, debt instruments, and the BEFAS platform between August 8,
during the same timeframe. lease certificates, the fund returns we 2025, and September 9, 2025.