Tavros Investment Holding Appoints Kemal Arif as CIO and Head of Business Development
May 28, 2014 - Tavros Investment Holding has announced, an experienced name, Kemal Arif has been appointed as Chief Investment Officer and Head of Business Development…
Bringing expertise in managing complex business development operations and investment opportunities in real estate&tourism industries, Kemal had started his career in London, Merill Lynch Investment Bank in 2008 and respectively he had worked at Hyde Park Hedge Fund and Morgan Capital Partners for the following two years.
Immediately prior to joining Tavros Investment Holding, Kemal had spent 3 years with Doyen Group of Companies which he co-founded, where he worked with various industries such as investment&trade in natural resources, real estate development and sports investment.
During his graduate study in Koç University, Department of Business Administration, in 2005, he spent one year in Ecole de Management, Bordeaux, France. In 2006, he continued his undergraduate studies in London School of Economics and Political Science and graduation in 2007 in London.
After his graduate studies, he had completed his master's degree at Webster University St. Louis Missouri, USA in 2010 with honors degree.
Kemal Arif, was born in Kazakhstan in 1986, is married and has two children. He speaks fluent Russian, Turkish, English and French.
About the Tavros Investment Holding
Founded in 2009, Tavros Investment Holding - formerly Bosphorus Hospitality & Investment - has conducted significant operations in the real-estate and tourism industry. Tavros has signed agreements with Hyatt International LLC and Dedeman Hotels & Resorts International. With a corporate objective of “developing and building major and distinctive projects,” Tavros has three hotels operating: Dedeman Park Denizli in Turkey, Dedeman Oskemen Tavros in Kazakhstan, Dedeman Silk Road Tashkent in Uzbekistan. The new projects include in Turkey Samsun Tavros Hotel (opening August 2014), Hyatt Regency Atakoy & The Residence Tavros - Istanbul (opening August 2014), Hyatt Regency Almaty & The Residence Tavros - Kazakhstan (opening 2015), Kaliningrad Tavros Otel and Krasnodar Tavros Mixed-Use Project - Russia (opening 2015), Oskemen Tavros Center in Kazakhstan (opening 2016). www.tavrosholding.com.
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