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Istanbul, Turkey - Pedersen & Partners, the largest executive search firm in Central and Eastern Europe, has appointed Sabit Tapan as a new partner and coowner of Pedersen & Partners.

Tapan, who has been Country Manager for Turkey, Head of Caucuses, has extensive experience of conducting senior level executive search assignments across Central and Eastern Europe and Turkey. He has successfully completed searches in consumer products, retail, financial services, real estate and other main sectors. Tapan joined Pedersen & Partners in 2004 after working for 10 years with the Coca-Cola

Company in Turkey, USA and Russia. Most recently, he was Regional General Manager for Coca-Cola’s North-West Russia region, based in St. Petersburg, managing a business of 50 million USD. Previously, he was a Finance Manager, Russia and International Auditor for the Coca-Cola Co., USA. Sabit Tapan holds a Bachelor of Science in Finance from Northeastern University in Boston, USA. He speaks native Turkish and fluent English.

“I am very happy to welcome Sabit as a partner and co-owner of Pedersen & Partners. He has already made a great contribution to the success of our firm and his participation in the partnership reflects the continuing growth and strengthening of our firm,” commented Poul Pedersen, Managing Partner of the company.

Pedersen & Partners is the largest executive search firm in Central and Eastern Europe operating 31 wholly owned offices in Almaty, Athens, Baku, Belgrade, Bratislava, Bucharest, Budapest, Chisinau, Helsinki, Istanbul, Kiev, Ljubljana, Minsk, Moscow, Nicosia, Prague, Riga, Sarajevo, Skopje, Sofia, St. Petersburg, Tallinn, Tashkent, Tbilisi, Tel-Aviv, Tirana, Toronto, Vienna, Vilnius, Warsaw and Zagreb. Our values Trust - Relationship - Professionalism apply to our interaction with clients as well as executives.

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