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We Shall Be Building The Future Jointly

We Shall Be Building The Future Jointly

Following the earthquake disaster suffered in our country, Kadoil conducting its supportive activities in coordination with Kadooğlu Holding Crisis Coordination Center, Cemal Kadooğlu Foundation, Kadooğlu Oil employees and local administrations, is continuing with its aids to the area from the very first day of the earthquake. Kadoil is amongst those companies suffering most from the consequences of the disaster due to Kadooğlu Oil as one of the affiliates of Kadooğlu Holding, having its manufacturing facilities in Gaziantep and more than 350 of its employees residing in the same region.

Kadoil Board of Directors’ Deputy Chairman Nergiz Kadooğlu Çifçi, made a statement reading "As a woman who was born and raised in the region, it is not possible for me to express my feelings about this incredible disaster and its aftermath. Considering the destruction experienced there, unification of Turkey as a whole after the destruction to hand out assistance and aid to the region, including the heroic works conducted on site and the tragedy suffered, I find no words to express my agony and sorrow. Still, we are well aware of the fact that we should work more than ever for the region and people of the region.

Trying to balance these two feelings, from the very first moments of the earthquake, as Kadooğlu Holding and Kadoil, we exerted great effort to provide support to the earthquake-struck region and generate ideas to that effect. We first of all made sure of the health and well-being of all our acquaintances, employees and business partners. Our colleagues at the headquarters got in contact with the employees of the holding as well as affiliates in the area, received information about their health condition and requirements.

While making planning about their requirements, we also mobilized all of our means and facilities in order to meet the fuel requirements of the local people. In order to meet and cover such fuel demands received from both the public as well as the private sectors, we erected once again our station and logistic infrastructure. At this point, I would like to express my gratitude once again to all of our brave business partners, who saved their family from the wreckage and attending their work premises while they are left with no house of shelter in the area, opening their facilities within soonest notice and providing fuel for rescue and shelter/refuge operations.

As Kadoil, we are aware of the fact that it would be taking a very long process for the life in the region to return back to normal. We shall be ongoing with such donations and aids we contributed to the area from the very first day of the disaster. To dress the wounds of the deep agony burdened in our souls and enliven the region is our duty and obligation.”

While Kadoil was supplying fuel to the area as from the very first hours in order to avoid any hampering of the fuel supply to the earthquake region, further started to announce through all social media channels the list of active stations where citizens could possibly procure their fuel requirements while working at the rescue operations and seeking shelter in their own vehicles.

Kadoil family, closely monitoring the developments in the area, determined the prioritized requirements in cooperation with local administrations. Primarily led by shelter, TIR trucks carrying food, blankets, water, bread, clothing and heating materials were transferred to the region. Further, via Cemal Kadooğlu Foundation, in parallel to the requirements of the area, it is being continued with providing 3 meals a day to 5.000 people.

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Kadoil Made a Fast Entry into 2023

Kadoil Made a Fast Entry into 2023

Kadoil, one of the dominant local brands in the fuel market, continues to maintain its strong position in the sector with its investments in 2022.

Kadoil held the last “Sales and Investment Evaluation” meeting of 2022 on 26-27 December at Tryp by Wyndham Hotel with the participation of regional managers and headquarters employees serving throughout the country. While 2022 was evaluated at the meeting, targets and strategies for 2023 were also shared.

In the meeting held under the chairmanship of Kadoil Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors Nergiz Kadooğlu Çifçi, Board Member Fettah Kadooğlu, Assistant General Managers Alper Karaeminoğulları and Coşkun Duru were also present. On the second day of the meeting where the year-end evaluation was made during the first day, new year targets were set. The organisation, which lasted for two full days, ended with a dinner event attended by the entire team and the sharing of New Years wishes.

In the meeting where the situation of each region was examined one by one, opportunities and current dealer analyses were made, the new organisational structure was shared with the regional managers by Assistant General Manager Alper Karaeminoğulları. Coşkun Duru, Assistant General Manager, shared the developments in the Turkish economy and Soner Camkıran, Assistant Legal Counsellor, made a presentation on legislative changes. After the presentations of Automation, Engineering and Supply Departments, the meeting ended with Investment Manager Ozan Okan sharing the 2022 Investment Performance and 2023 targets.

The second day of the “Sales and Investment Evaluation” meeting started with the presentation of LPG Targets and Strategies by Fettah Kadooğlu, Board Member. The meeting continued with the sharing of Şehmus Kaya, Non-Fuel Sales Manager, and proceeded with workshops organised by Regional Managers.

The meeting ended with the 2023 General Evaluation speech of Nergiz Kadooğlu Çifçi, Deputy Chairman of Kadoil Board of Directors.

This is a matter of will, this is a matter of hard work!

The second day of the meeting ended with the information and general evaluations shared by Nergiz Kadooğlu Çiftçi, Deputy Chairman of Kadoil Board of Directors. Referring to the general situation of the country and the sector, Çifçi emphasised that success is not a coincidence but can be achieved through hard work and labour. Çifçi also said, “The year 2022 was a very turbulent year not only for the fuel sector but also for the energy markets as we all closely follow. While both the Russia- Ukraine crisis and the economic cycle in the world caused us to experience a year in which it was very difficult to be predictive, we witnessed how rapidly the world could change. We changed too, we faced ourselves. We developed new business models. We benefited from the advantages of feeling the power of Kadooğlu Holding behind us. We stood by our dealers and regional managers. We will continue on our way with confident steps by growing every day with the collaborations we have realised throughout the country.”

We Provide Logistics Ease

Kadoil Board Member Fettah Kadooğlu shared current information about Kadogaz; “We are proud to have continued our success in fuel oil with our autogas brand. It is our top priority to be able to serve at all of our petrol stations with our LPG brand Kadogaz, which we have gained rapid momentum in the past years. Despite the difficult market conditions, we have experienced a year in which we worked in harmony by combining the experience and know-how of Kadoil with the power of Kadooğlu Holding. We have struggled, developed and learnt together with the difficulties. I believe that we will achieve a success above our targets next year.”

We are experiencing a transition from a unipolar world to a multipolar world.

In his presentation, Kadoil Assistant General Manager Coşkun Duru shared with the regional managers data on the current global and macroeconomic outlook, the latest situation in the energy markets, market shares, profitability and station segmentations, and provided comprehensive information on 2023 management strategies.

2023 is the Year of Change for Kadoil

In his speech, Kadoil Assistant General Manager Alper Karaeminoğulları said that 2023 will be a year of change for Kadoil and stated that they aim to achieve perfection in all operations. Karaeminoğulları mentioned that they will implement new projects not only for commercial vehicle users but also for passenger vehicle users and continued his words as follows; “The demands of our female visitors and employees are of great importance for us, we have planned different organisations for them. This year, we focused not only on increasing the number of our stations, but also on projects to increase the income of our existing stations.” He said. Karaeminoğulları stated that they are renewed every period and said, ” order to provide better service, we have updated both our regional structure and our business models, and we are entering 2023 with full staff ready.” He said.

Target; Popular locations and Provincial and District Centres

Ozan Okan, Investment Manager, underlined that while determining their investment targets, they take into consideration the popular locations and the stations in the provincial and district centres, and stated that they carry out their new sales strategies by taking into account the situation in our country. Mr. Okan, while emphasising that their priority is retail, stated that they aim to meet with consumers at many different points that vehicle drivers need, and that their priorities are city centres and provinces where they have not yet been. Şehmus Kaya, Non-Fuel Sales Manager, shared the sales figures of the previous year in his presentation and also mentioned the targets for 2023. Giving information about the wide product portfolio, Mr Kaya also touched upon the importance of Kadoil dealers not only in fuel but also in additional income branches that are on the agenda of the sector. Mr Kaya also said; “We want to provide our customers who visit our stations with experiences they can be satisfied with. We cooperate with many successful companies. From now on, people who take a break at Kadoil stations will encounter superior services”. Speaking about their traditional campaigns, Kaya added that they will continue their trips abroad with the successful dealers of next year. Muharrem Engin, Engineering Manager, shared Kadoil’s new market and WC concept in the presentation he made for the regional managers and added that they want to create an ideal station and that they follow all innovations in this field. Stating that they have achieved a success above their targets in talc cleaning, Engin said that they will continue their works in the new period.

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Through Cooperation of Eşarj and Kadoil, Turkey’s Electrical Vehicle Charging Station Network Is Expanding

In Kadoil, Strategic Areas Are Entrusted To Women Employees

KADOİL BOARD OF DIRECTORS DEPUTY CHAIRMAN NERGİZ KADOOĞLU, STATING THAT KADOİL’S MOST STRATEGIC AREAS SUCH AS FINANCIAL AFFAIRS AND CREDIT RISK ARE ENTRUSTED TO WOMEN EMPLOYEES, FURTHER SAYS ‘I AM VERY HAPPY TO TAKE ANY ESSENTIAL DECISIONS SHAPING AND GUIDING KADOIL’S FUTURE JOINTLY WITH OUR WOMEN COLLEAGUES AND SEEING THAT THEY ATTAIN SUCCESSFUL POSITIONS’.

Kadoil Board of Directors Deputy Chairman and TÜRKONFED Board of Directors Member Nergiz Kadooğlu Çiftçi answered our questions.

Would you please tell us about your career odyssey and place of Kadoil to this end?

In our family, career has never been perceived solely as business and thereby a stage aimed in parallel thereto. Self-development and guidance is a journey started very early. Although ı am a graduate of Yeditepe University International Trade and Business Administration, during my studentship period I incessantly undertook tasks at professional companies as well, because my family always desired that I would be assuming responsibility for our own business affairs only after being employed and getting experienced at varying sectors and corporate entities. Viewing the business we are operating with a different perspective and developing a specific viewpoint is an indispensible part of our corporate culture. Therefore, after graduating from the University, in order get experienced in international business enterprises, I continued with my education in the United Kingdom and had the opportunity of working at various trade companies. The period I lived in England was unique, where I tried to be Nergiz with limited means, without receiving support from anyone, being aware that there was no one backing me up. It was a very teaching process granting me incredible experience in my transition from youth to adulthood, getting the chance of coming together with people from different parts of the world for the same purposes. Thereafter, I returned to Kadoil, the admiral ship of the holding established by my family with all sorts of efforts. This new beginning coincided with a moment when I felt myself ready, exhilarated to enliven those I acquired while I was brought up and educated for. Despite the level of education and training, it is of utmost value to get experienced and practice whatever you see in the books. I might say that for me Kadoil is a strenuous and invaluable gemstone.

Would you please tell us about Kadoil’s corporate profile and position in the sector?

Kadoil is under organization of Kadooğlu Holding as one of Turkey’s major enterprises operating in many diverse areas ranging from fuel to food, from energy to real estate, from domestic-foreign trade to gas station operating. It is our star brand presenting quality and reliability all together in the fuel sector. We are ongoing with our journey ahead in team spirit with our employees, suppliers and customers as a whole, targeting to keep their satisfaction at top level. Our objective is to ensure that such a growth is sustainable. It is in fact a very youthful brand of the sector in general, succeeding to take position in the first 10 occupied for years by international brands. It is also included in this framework Kadogaz serving drivers of vehicles running on LPG whereas our Oil Master brand in mineral oils. With our dealers in excess of 600 particularly in respect of fuel-oil and autogas, throughout ant territory in Turkey.

How is Kadoil’s approach in respect of women employment and representation of management by women leaders?

Fuel-oil sector bears a very masculine structure. Considering both managerial positions as well as station agents, you are faced with a business model densely occupied by male employees. Sector representatives, professionals and company owners have carried out several works to attract attention to this matter. It is not hard to realize that Kadoil’s position therefor is very clear as the top position of the company is entrusted to a woman. Besides the foregoing, we have further entrusted to women employees most strategic areas of our company, namely financial affairs and credit risk departments. Despite the fact that I am against positive discrimination as a woman, I am very happy to take any essential decisions shaping and guiding Kadoil’s future jointly with our women colleagues, seeing that they attain successful positions.

What is being made by Kadoil towards creating awareness about gender equality in social as well as business life?

I have already referred to the fact that our sector possesses a very masculine dominated structure. We are enabling that young women are duly acknowledged about this sector while still being educated, so that they take into consideration the fuel sector as well while making their choices for profession. We are introducing various projects in order to increase our women employment in station service attendants. We are also a very active family in realizing cooperation with NGO’s, we are both taking active roles in activities realized by non-government organizations like TÜRKONFED and TÜSİAD, also providing support via sponsorships.

What are Kadoil’s targets for year 2023?

Despite a year of hardships, as Kadoil we had attained a level of success beyond our targets. It is our primary target to sustain this achievement in the third quarter of the year as well. We are aiming to increase our station number at town centers and favorite places, thereby coming together with our consumers at many more locations. We are desiring to meet our dealers more often, introduce all together such attempts to enhance station profitability and deal with activities under our social responsibility projects whereby more people could be contacted. We have been physically apart for a very long time, I wish to close this deficit rapidly. Let it be a year when we shall be meeting around the table and make sincere celebrations, setting sail with new and exciting journeys.

Turkey’s electrical vehicle charging station network is expanding through cooperation of Eşarj and Kadoil

Eşarj is expanding Turkey’s electrical vehicle charging station network together with Kadoil as one of Turkey’s leading fuel distribution companies. Under scope of this cooperation, it is aimed to be constructed 100 high performance charging devices in 50 provinces in parallel to the target of Eşarj as in excess of 1.000 high speed charging stations in 81 provinces of Turkey.

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Through Cooperation of Eşarj and Kadoil, Turkey’s Electrical Vehicle Charging Station Network Is Expanding

Through Cooperation of Eşarj and Kadoil, Turkey’s Electrical Vehicle Charging Station Network Is Expanding

Eşarj, whose majority shares at the rate of 94% are held by Enerjisa Energy, is expanding its electrical vehicle charging station network in Turkey through its cooperation with Kadoil, as one of Turkey’s leading fuel distribution companies. Under scope of such cooperation, in compliance with Turkey’s target of more than 1.000 high speed charging stations in 81 of her provinces, it is aimed to be installed 100 high performance charging devices in 50 provinces.

As Turkey’s first and fastest charging station entity, Eşarj is ongoing with its cooperation drive towards popularizing car usage in Turkey and promoting investments on fast charge stations. Eşarj is expanding its service network by entering into a cooperation agreement with Kadoil, supplying customers fuel and LPG through more than 600 dealers throughout Turkey. Under scope of such deal, it is targeted to reach 100 stations in 50 provinces.

All stations to be installed under cooperation of Eşarj and Kadoil shall be providing service to their customers as High Speed (DC). Thanks to the said cooperation, electrical vehicles shall be filling their batteries at the rate of 80 percent in 30 minutes by means of high speed charging devices. In parallel to such partnership, by means of high performance charging network open to access of all electric vehicle owners, Eşarj and Kadoil customers shall continue traveling without any battery concerns.

Eşarj Board of Directors Chairman and Enerjisa Energy CEO Murat Pınar said: “As Turkey’s first electrical vehicle charging station network, Eşarj bears liabilities towards our country and people. It is of utmost essence for us to ensure that our customers are directed to driving electrical vehicles without hesitation, supporting them in an uninterrupted and comfortable travel experience. At this point, we are caring about cooperation with each and every stakeholder desiring to be included in electric vehicle eco system. In parallel thereto, we are extremely pleased to execute such cooperation agreement with Kadoil whom we deem as a pioneering and inclusive enterprise.”

Whereas Kadoil Board of Directors Chairperson Nergiz Kadooğlu Çifçi expressed as follows about Eşarj and Kadoil cooperation “The World is going through a major change. New era of mobility and electrification are moving ahead in becoming a part of our daily life. Installing a wide-spread charging station infrastructure is an indispensible aspect of such transformation. We believe as Kadoil that in order to adapt to such prospective future and taking into consideration the already existing investments, our fuel stations shall be preferred for the charging station infrastructure. While designing the future, the sector we erected in the last 100 years for vehicles running on fuel, with an infrastructure where billions of Dollars are invested, employing more than 150.000, shall prevail. To this end, we are very happy to cooperate with Eşarj as the fastest growing and most valuable brands of the sector. As a result of the wide-spread of this project, we shall be continuing to serve all our guests driving electrical vehicles under Kadoil assurance. I wish all the best to our two companies, dealers as well as our country through such cooperation.”

About Kadoil

Kadooğlu Petrolcülük Taşımacılık Ticaret Sanayi İthalat ve İhracat A.Ş. operating under Kadooğlu Holding A.Ş., as one of Turkey’s well-established enterprises, entered the fuel sector in year 2000, while in 2006 started to take a position in the same sector as a fuel distribution company under Kadoil trademark. Kadoil is maintaining its high position in the fuel and LPG distribution sector by its dealers in excess of 600 and 16 regional directorates.

About Eşarj

As of end of year 2021, Eşarj Elektrikli Araçlar Şarj Sistemleri A.Ş. (Eşarj) where 94% of the shares are held by Enerjisa Müşteri Çözümleri A.Ş., whose capital in turn is fully owned by Enerjisa Energy is managing as the first and fastest charging station operator in Turkey, an electric vehicle station network of 494 plug-in charging sockets (170 of which are fast charging sockets) at 263 public access spots.