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Tüfekçioğlu, Nevzat

Tüfekçioğlu, Nevzat

Tüfekçioğlu, Nevzat

Tüfekçioğlu, Nevzat (b. October 2, 1941, Bursa), financier and manager. He served on the Vehbi Koç Foundation (VKV) Board of Directors from 2002 to 2003.

After completing his secondary education at Bursa High School for Boys in 1959, Tüfekçioğlu studied finance and economics at Ankara University Faculty of Political Sciences, graduating in 1963. He became assistant accountant at the Ministry of Finance in the same year, followed by accountant in 1966. In 1974, he left this post and began working in the Auditing and Financial Control Group at Koç Holding. After serving as coordinator, vice president and president, he retired in 2002. Tüfekçioğlu played an important role in the founding of Koç University and today serves on the board of directors of numerous companies and foundations, including the Suna & İnan Kıraç  Foundation, Kıraça Holding and NASAMER. He has also served as a consultant at the VKV since 2010.

Abadan Unat, Nermin

Political scientist who received the Vehbi Koç Award for education in 2012.

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