About

Ceyda Akbal joined TAV Airport Holding, the leading airport operator in Turkey, in 2009 as legal counsel and, after only three years, was promoted to the role of general counsel. She currently leads a team of four legal counsel and one intern. During her time in this role she has centralised legal consultancy works within all of the TAV group companies. Becoming general counsel at TAV Airport Holdings has been the biggest achievement for Akbal so far in her career: ‘it is a richness for a lawyer to work as a legal expert in a niche sector like the management of airport operations, which covers a wide range of areas including retail, security, food & beverage and IT’. As TAV is a corporation which is rapidly developing and growing internationally, Akbal has had the chance to work on major international projects along with the largest and most important finance corporations and legal consultants. ‘I think responsiveness, timing and sense of responsibility are essential and can usually be improved upon’.