Our Management

Alasdair Warren

CEO | London, UK

Executive Board Director, senior management responsibility for WE Soda.

Prior to joining WE Soda in 2018, Alasdair held various senior corporate and investment banking roles for almost 30 years, most recently as the Head of Corporate & Investment Banking EMEA at Deutsche Bank.

Tom Hinton

CFO | London, UK

Executive Board Director, WE Soda Group Chief Financial Officer

Tom joined WE Soda in 2020, with significant prior experience in Group CFO roles, most recently at Domestic & General, the UK-based insurance and warranty business, and at Infinis, the FTSE 250 listed alternative energy business.

Mehmet Ali Erdogan

Chief Legal Counsel | London, UK

Executive Director and in-house counsel for WE Soda.

Mehmet Ali has been a legal advisor to a number of Ciner group companies for over 15 years, and a practicing solicitor and lawyer for over 25 years. He is a dual qualified English solicitor and Turkish lawyer with offices in both the UK and Turkey.

Mustafa Tanzer Ergul

VP, Operations | Ankara, Turkey

General Manager and Board member of Eti Soda and Kazan Soda.

Prior to his current role, Tanzer was the Project Manager for the Eti Soda and Kazan Soda development projects and the Vice General Manager responsible for production, with over 25 years' experience with WE Soda and Eti Mine Works.

Arif Sinan Solaklar

VP, Global Sales & Marketing | Istanbul, Turkey

VP, Global Sales and Marketing WE Soda.

Before joining the Ciner Group in 2009, Sinan worked at ŞİŞECAM for over 25 years as VP of Sales and Marketing for Soda Ash.

Dr. Mahmut Kursun

VP, Logistics | Istanbul, Turkey

Responsible for all logistics operations, inland transportation, bulk and container shipping operations, and the planning and execution of digital transformation processes.

Oguz Erkan

CEO, Ciner Resources | Atlanta, GA USA

Senior management responsibility for Ciner Resources.

Prior to his current role, Oguz was the Director of International Operations & Coordination at Ciner Enterprises.

Ahmet Tohma

CFO, Ciner Resources | Atlanta, GA USA

Senior management responsibility for finance at Ciner Resources.

Prior to his current role, Ahmet worked in various management roles at Garanti BBVA, Turkey.

Raymond Katekovich

Commercial VP, Ciner Resources | Atlanta, GA USA

Sales and marketing activities for US Operations.

Raymond has almost 25 years' experience in various industry roles across operations, sales and business management.