Muharrem Kayhan will be the global president of the Textile Institute from 2015 to 2017. Kayhan is from Turkey and a textile engineer with MBA. At present Kayhan is chairman on the board of Soktas. The company produces shirting fabrics in Turkey and India and has investments in the dairy sector. He has represented the interests of the Turkish textile industry at various European Union platforms.
He has served on the boards of the Aegean Chamber of Industry, the Exporters’ Union, and the Turkish Textile Employers’ Union of which he is currently president. He has served as the chairman of the Turkish Industrialists’ and Businessmen’s Association between 1997 to 1999 and is now one of its honorary chairmen. He received the Turkish National Assembly Distinguished Service Award in 2009.
The Textile Institute is the leading professional body in textiles, clothing and footwear industry. It is a unique membership organisation for textile professionals and serves textile related industries worldwide. It was incorporated in England by a royal charter granted in 1925 and is a registered charity.
The aim of the institute is to facilitate learning, to recognize achievement, to reward excellence and to disseminate information within the global textile, clothing and footwear industries.
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