Şenol Şankaya, Chairman of Uludağ Ready Wear and Apparel Exporters’ Association and CEO of Yeşim Tekstil, was selected to the governing board of International Apparel Federation (IAF), one of the biggest federations of the world.
With this position, Şankaya will continue representing the Turkish ready wear sector at the international arena. Şankaya had represented Turkey at the governing board of IAF, which was established by a group of American, European and Japanese ready-wear industrialists in 1976 and is still one of the biggest federations of the world, in 2010 as well following Hasan Arat and Umut Oran.After being selecting to the governing board of IAF, Şenol Şankaya said that: “I feel great honour in continuing representing the Turkish ready wear sector at IAF for the second time with this position. Turkey is a decision maker in the international textile and ready wear arena as one of the biggest apparel suppliers of the world. Our country has also taken its place in the international organisations of the sector such as IAF, ITMF, and EURATEX as a global actor and is seeking for leadership in this regard. In this direction, I will do my best in order to increase competitive power of Turkey in the global apparel sector by sharing the information I acquire in the meetings with my colleagues.”