Interview
Mr Baris Can Erol - Deputy Managing Director, Istanbul Trade Fairs Inc [ITF]

Istanbul Trade Fairs Inc (ITF) was established in 2000 as a joint venture between ITE Group Plc and CNR Holding. ITE Group Plc is one of the world’s largest fair organization companies, which is based in the UK and CNR Holding was established as a fair organization company in 1985 and is currently active in several sectors with 14 companies in the global arena.

Recognized by the Union of International Fairs (UFI) and possessing accreditation for fair organizations, ITF is recognized as having international quality and standards. ITF stands behind its principle of providing immaculate service. ITF organizes pioneering fairs with high participation in sectors such as Automotive, Home Textiles, Textiles, Furniture, Industry & Science, Food, Machine Industry and Technology, Energy, Real Estate, Advertising and Retailing.

Deputy General Manager, ITF, Mr Baris Can Erol is a graduate of 1995 batch in Management, Bilkent University, Ankara -Turkey. He started his career working in the Audit department at Deloitte & Touche, Istanbul and was there until 2005. During this period, he spent 18 months at the Deloitte & Touche, San Jose, California office working as a Senior Auditor.

In April 2005, Mr Erol joined ITF as the Finance Director, and was promoted to Deputy Managing Director in May 2007. Mr Erol’s mission is to keep ITF as the leader in the fair organization business as well as growing the business in a rate faster than general growth.

Interacting with Face2Face team, Mr Baris Can Erol reveals more about present Turkish textile market and success keys to trade-fairs business.