Sani Şener
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Dr. Engineer Mustafa Sani Şener (born February 14, 1955) is a Turkish construction magnate. He is co-founder and chief executive officer of TAV Airports Holding and TAV Construction.
After completing his mechanical engineering degree in 1977 at the Black Sea Technical University, he attended graduate school of engineering at the University of Sussex in the United Kingdom. He received his doctorate degree from the Black Sea Technical University in acknowledgement of his distinguished contribution in the infrastructure development projects of Turkey.
Sani Şener is best known for his leadership in design, construction, financing and operation of the Istanbul Atatürk Airport’s international terminal building and its side facilities project in 1997. Under his leadership, TAV Airports was founded as a joint-stock company for Istanbul Atatürk Airport’s 500 thousand m2 of construction and operation project which was one of the first major airport Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) projects in the world. The construction of the colossal project was complete in only 22 months, 8 months ahead of schedule.
Since the beginning of Istanbul Atatürk Airport project, Sani Şener has been the chief executive officer of TAV Airports Company, which has fast evolved into an airport construction and operation holding group that manages 10 airports and 31 airport related subsidiary companies as of August 26, 2011.
Airports that are operated by TAV group are: Istanbul Atatürk Airport, Ankara Esenboğa Airport, Izmir Adnan Menderes International Terminal, Antalya Gazipaşa Airport in Turkey; Monastir Airport and Enfidha Hammamet Airport in Tunisia, Tbilisi Airport and Batumi Airport in Georgia; Skopje Alexander the Great Airport and Ohrid St Paul the Apostle Airport in the Republic of Macedonia.
Early Years
Sani Şener was born in Trabzon, Turkey, as the third and last child of prominent Turkish bureaucrat and politician Ahmet Şener (1921–1991) and Feride Şener (née Külür). Sani has one older brother, Sadri Şener and an older sister, Prof. Dr Sezer Şener Komsuoğlu.After completing his mechanical engineering degree in 1977 at the Black Sea Technical University, he attended graduate school of engineering at the University of Sussex in the United Kingdom. He received his doctorate degree from the Black Sea Technical University in acknowledgement of his distinguished contribution in the infrastructure development projects of Turkey.
Career
Sani Şener managed and led many development projects ranging from dam construction to housing complexes; from hospitals, universities, airports, highways, trade centers, tunnels to power plants in Turkey and abroad since 1979.Sani Şener is best known for his leadership in design, construction, financing and operation of the Istanbul Atatürk Airport’s international terminal building and its side facilities project in 1997. Under his leadership, TAV Airports was founded as a joint-stock company for Istanbul Atatürk Airport’s 500 thousand m2 of construction and operation project which was one of the first major airport Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) projects in the world. The construction of the colossal project was complete in only 22 months, 8 months ahead of schedule.
Since the beginning of Istanbul Atatürk Airport project, Sani Şener has been the chief executive officer of TAV Airports Company, which has fast evolved into an airport construction and operation holding group that manages 10 airports and 31 airport related subsidiary companies as of August 26, 2011.
Airports that are operated by TAV group are: Istanbul Atatürk Airport, Ankara Esenboğa Airport, Izmir Adnan Menderes International Terminal, Antalya Gazipaşa Airport in Turkey; Monastir Airport and Enfidha Hammamet Airport in Tunisia, Tbilisi Airport and Batumi Airport in Georgia; Skopje Alexander the Great Airport and Ohrid St Paul the Apostle Airport in the Republic of Macedonia.