Anıl Sönmez

Chief Executive Officer at Almatis

Anıl Sönmez has extensive work experience in various industries. Anıl is currently the Chief Executive Officer at Almatis, a leading company in alumina development and manufacturing. Prior to this, they held several roles at Clariant, including Head of Oil Services Eastern Hemisphere and Global Management Committee Member, Head of Business Group Purification & Functional Adsorbents, and Head of Business Group Purification EMEA. Anıl Sönmez also served as a Board Member at Clariant-Tamimi, a specialty chemical solutions provider to the oil and gas industry. Earlier in their career, they worked at Borealis Group, where they held positions such as Global Marketing & Sales Manager, New Business Development Manager, and Global Marketing Manager. Anıl Sönmez began their career as a Product Manager at Beko (Grundig) Elektronik.

Anıl Sönmez began their education at Bursa Anatolian High School, where they completed their high school education from 1993 to 2000. Anıl then pursued a Bsc in Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Middle East Technical University from 2000 to 2004. Anıl went on to obtain an Msc in Industrial Management from KU Leuven between 2006 and 2007. Recently, they completed an Executive MBA at IMD from 2018 to 2019.

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Frankfurt, Germany

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With more than 100 years of alumina expertise, Almatis is the world leader in the development, manufacture and supply of premium alumina and alumina-based products. As a global alumina producer, Almatis serves its customers with around 1.000 employees from 14 strategically located sales, research and manufacturing sites. Almatis offers one a comprehensive alumina product portfolio, including: tabular aluminas, calcined and reactive aluminas, polishing aluminas, calcium aluminate cements, brown sintered alumina, alumina- and magnesia-rich spinels and others. Across our core markets—refractories, ceramics and polishing - our products are used in a wide variety of industries including iron and steel, non-ferrous metals, technical ceramics, automotive, semiconductor, electronics, glass, building chemistry, and polishing. Since September 2015, Almatis is an OYAK Group Company, the first and largest private pension fund in Turkey.