Showing tremendous flexibility, Murat Durmaz has seamlessly transitioned into Turkey’s industrial sector after developing an outstanding in-house legal reputation in the country’s financial sector between 1999 and 2015. Upon joining Demirören Group, a major Turkish conglomerate that has grown rapidly in a number of fields over the last 60 years, Durmaz has continued to demonstrate the value of in-house legal support in a large corporation. In one of his first important tasks at Demirören, which he joined in 2015, Durmaz assisted the company on the €325m purchase of fuel distribution activities, supply and logistics assets from Total Oil Turkey. Previously, Durmaz enjoyed almost seven years as head of the legal department at Burgan Bank Türkiye and held senior legal positions at Finansbank and Türkiye İş Bankası. He graduated from the Ankaraq Law Faculty in 1997.