Hasan Arat

Hasan Arat (born 27 September 1959) is a Turkish Sports Administrator, businessman and former professional basketball player. He was the leader of Istanbul's Bid to host the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Sports administration

Hasan Arat rose to international prominence as leader of Istanbul's bid to host the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The Vice-President of the Turkish National Olympic Committee was appointed leader of the Bid when Istanbul were officially shortlisted as a Candidate City by the International Olympic Committee in May 2012.[1] This was Istanbul's fifth and most successful Bid to host the Olympic and Paralympic Games.[2] The announcement of the 2020 Host City was made on 7 September 2013 at the 125th IOC Session in Buenos Aires following presentations by each candidate city,[3] and Istanbul lost to Tokyo in the final round of voting by the International Olympic Committee, following the earlier elimination of Madrid.[4] Arat led Istanbul's final presentation to the International Olympic Committee members [5][6] and following Istanbul's presentation, Arat said, "The Bid has united the people of Turkey, especially our young people, behind a common vision for our country’s future. Whatever happens with the vote, this bid has brought the whole nation together; it has inspired and engaged our younger generation; and it has made a lasting connection between Turkey and the Olympic Movement."[7][8]

Following Arat's leadership of the Istanbul 2020 Bid, he was elected as an Executive Committee member of the European Olympic Committee,[9][10] and appointed a member of the International Olympic Committee's Marketing Commission,[11][12] as well as the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) Marketing and New Sources of Finance Commission.[13] In May 2014, IOC President, Thomas Bach, announced that Arat would be one of nine members of a new Olympic Bidding Procedure Working Group, which aimed to review the bidding procedure to host an Olympic Games in order to make it simpler and more appealing for cities to apply.[14][15] On 25 July 2019, it was announced that Arat would be the Chair of the EOC Coordination Commission for the 2023 European Games due to take place in Krakow and the Malopolska region of Poland.[16] Arat joined the Executive Board of the World Athletics Council on 24 November 2019.[17]

Basketball career

Hasan Arat played professional basketball for 7 years. After beginning his career at Adana Demirspor, he played for 5 years for Besiktas Gymnastics Club (BJK) from 1977 -1981. He was the Vice-President of Besiktas Gymnastics Club (BJK) from 1998-2000.[18]

Business career

Arat is the Partner and Chairman of Novo Invest, a multifaceted real estate investment and development company,[19] the Founder and Partner of Dome Group, an independent Corporate Finance and M&A advisory firm based in London and Istanbul, and the Vice Chairman of Turkey's biggest retail group Beymen.[20]

Arat holds a variety of other business positions, including membership of the Board of Trustees of Özyeğin University,[21] Board member of FIBA Holding,[22] Vice President of the United Nations World Tourism Organization's (UNTWO) Affiliated Members Board of Directors, representing the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB),[23][24] and former President and current member of the Executive Council and Board of Directors of the International Apparel Federation (IAF)[25]

Arat was awarded the ‘Businessman of the Year’ award in 1996 by Economist Magazine, the National Productivity Center of Turkey and Dunya Newspaper.

Personal life

He lives in Istanbul with his wife, Simin, and has a son, Ali, and a daughter, Zeynep.

References

  1. "Exclusive: Istanbul 2020 appoints Hasan Arat as bid leader". Insidethegames.biz. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
  2. "The Business Year". Thebusinessyear.com. Archived from the original on 27 November 2013. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
  3. "2020 Host City Election". Olympic.org. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
  4. Jacob Steinberg (7 September 2013). "Olympics 2020 decision (Tokyo, Istanbul or Madrid) – as it happened". Theguardian.com. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
  5. "Istanbul 2020 Optimistic Ahead of Vote". businesswire.com. 7 September 2013.
  6. "Turkish PM, Istanbul team vow to 'mobilize all means' for 2020 Olympics ahead of vote - OTHERS". Hurriyetdailynews.com. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
  7. "Istanbul 2020 Optimistic Ahead of Vote". Reuters.com. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
  8. "Istanbul 2020 Optimistic Ahead of Vote". Businesswire.com. 7 September 2013. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
  9. "Ireland's Hickey to head EOC until 2017". Sportspromedia.com. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
  10. Cristina Diaz. "Executive Committee". Eurolympic.org. Archived from the original on 25 July 2014. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
  11. "Ser Miang Ng and Takeda chosen by Bach to head IOC Finance and Marketing Commissions". Insidethegames.biz. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
  12. "Marketing". Olympic.org. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
  13. https://www.anocolympic.org/downloads/ANOC-Commissions-2019-2022.pdf
  14. "IOC President Thomas Bach announces composition of Olympic Agenda 2020 Working Groups". Olympic.org. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
  15. "Agenda 2020 Olympic Bidding Procedure Evaluation Group Named". GamesBids.com. 23 May 2014. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
  16. http://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1082589/hasan-art-chair-eoc-co-comm-krakow-2023
  17. https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1087410/world-athletics-executive-board
  18. "Beşiktaş Jimnastik Kulübü". Bjk.com.tr. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
  19. https://novoinvest.com/the-team/
  20. https://www.kap.org.tr/en/Bildirim/785445
  21. https://www.ozyegin.edu.tr/en/about-us/management/board-trustees. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  22. "Fiba Group - Hakkımızda - Yönetim Kurulumuz". Fibaholding.com.tr. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
  23. "TOBB joins the UN World Tourism Organization's administration". Tobb.org.tr. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
  24. "Unlocking potential: Cambodia, Burundi, Turkey". Tradeforum.org. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
  25. "IAF'a Türk başkan". ZAMAN.com.tr. 22 July 1995. Archived from the original on 4 February 2016. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
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