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ANDREW BENNETT MORGAN,
EGA – Future Elect President of European Golf Associatıon Member of Board of directors

E-mail: canda@morgan98.fsnet.co.uk
Fax: 44 29 2066 5577


Born on October 16,1949. He is a dentist. Lives in Cardiff.Member of Royal Portcawl Golf Club,Cardiff Golf Club,Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St.Andrews, Tredegar Park Golf Club, Erratic Golfing Society and Divots Golfing Society. He is a scratch golfer for many years ;he is at present playing 4 handicaps.He was the president in 1994 and 1995 of Welsh Golfing Union. He has represented Great Britain and Ireland on the Championship and Executive Committees of the European Golf Association between 1996 and 2002.
He is currently the President Elect of the EGA and will take over the Presidency in Autumn of 2005. He is the Board Member of Ryder Cup Wales 2010 Ltd. and part of the bid team that won Wales the right to stage the Ryder Cup İN 2010.He is also the Chairman of Golf Development Wales – a partnership of the Sports Council for Wales, The Golf Foundation,The Welsh golfing Union and Welsh Ladies Golf Union.
 
PETER WALTON, IAGTO

President and Chief Executive of International Association of Golf Tour Operators

E-mail: pwalton@iagto.com
Website: www.iagto.com
Fax: 44 20 8906 8181

Born in December 4,1962. He was the Project manager for the Geneva based International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) durıng years 1984-1985.
Between 1985-1986 he was the leader of field research study into the highly endangered Woolly Tapir in Equador funded by the New York Zoological Society. He has established his own tourism marketing and tour operation company between years 1986- 1990 and he was the
Managing director of Resort Information Services.(RIS) During years 1990 -1997 RIS merged with Britain’s largest independent tourism marketing and public relations company: Destination Marketing Ltd.He was the President of this company.Walton has held the position of Chief Executive of the International Association of Golf Tour Operators since its foundation in 1997.He has provided advice to numerous Ministry of Tourism members on how best to develop their own golf destination.These have included the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico,Tunisia,Morocco,Dubai,Doha,Abu Dhabi,Kenya,Soth Africa, Argentina,Mexico,Turkey,England,Spain,Costa De La luz,Valencia,Costa Brava,Costa Del Sol and the Algarve.Since 1986,Walton has gained 19 years continious experience in the tourism industry, at all managerial levels.During this time Walton has represented Tourist Boards, Hotel Chains, Airlines,DMC’s, Railway Companies and Cruise Companies. For 8 years from 1998 he also ran succesfull tour operations to Egypt,Thailand and the USA.
There are 750 members of IAGTO from 66 countries: out of this 170 of them are golf tour operators.
 
BAŞARAN ULUSOY
President of Association of Turkish Travel Agencies

E-mail: baskanlik@tursab.org.tr
Web site: www.tursab.org.tr



Born on March 3,1949 in Trabzon.He has completed elementary and high school education in Trabzon.He has graduated from İstanbul University in 1970.During the years 1968-1970 he was the president of Trabzon CEMİYET. Worked in the fields of construction,brokering,logistics,insurance and tourism. Became the member of the Congrees of Fenerbahçe Sports Club in 1970. During the years 1977-79 he was a member of the Board of Directors of Fenerbahçe Sports Club. Between 1981-1983 he was the second President of Fenerbahçe Board of Directors.He was a member of the Board of Directors of Association of Turkish Travel Agencies during 1981-1983 and became the President during the period 1991-1993. At the same time, he was also the first President of Turkish Travel Agencies Charity Between 1992-1993 he was the first President of UKTAŞ Board of Directors which is an International Congrees Center. He has been the member of the Board of Directors of TEMA during 1996-2003. He became member of TUGEV Board of Directors in 1997 and he is stil the member of TUGEV.
 
MICHAEL PASK
Vice President of IMG Golf International

E-mail: Mpask@imgworld.com;
Web site: www.imgworld.com



He has graduated from the University of St.Andrews in 1989 with a 1st Class,BSc (Hons) degree in Geology. In 1990 he has joined IMG (UK) Ltd. in the Golf Events Operations Division. In 1993 he took a year out to make a fundraising expedition to South America,where he cycled 12000 km across the Andes,raising over 50.000 pounds for charity.This 12-month expedition was followed by a lecture tour throughout the UK continuing to raise Money for Leukaemia Research.He has initially re-joined IMG in 1995 as Manager of the David Leadbetter Golf Academy (DLGA) and whilst stil overseeing the operations of DLGA, Michael’s role has since expanded considerably to become an International Vice President of IMG and his responsibilities include being Divisional head of the Golf Course Services Group-Europe, Africa and Middle East and also is responsible for all IMG Academies activities outside of the USA. The Golf Course Service Group,which forms part of the IMG Golf Group, specializes in providing a fully integrated service to clients in the planning,design,construction,supervision,management and marketing of golf developments and concepts through the world. IMG Golf Consultancy which is also driven by Pask, has also currently undertaken a strategic planning role for the development of golf in both Russia and Ukraine on behalf of private clients.Othet responsibilities at present are : Board Director of European Golf Design,Board Director of the Maciot Project.
 
ALİ AKKANAT
President of Antalya Golf Club, President of Akkanat Holding

E-mail: info@akkanatholding.com
Web-site: www.akkanatholding.com, www.antalyagolfclub.com.tr

Was born in 1952, Konya. He has completed elementary school education in Konya and graduated from Trabzon Teacher's Training School in 1971. He has worked as a teacher in villages and during 1976-1985 he has worked in Germany as a teacher for the Turkish worker's children. After 1985, he moved to İstanbul and established Beyteks A.Ş. and at the same time, in Germany he has established Ayteks Moden Gmbh and started his business life. In 1990, the companies were gathered under the Holding Group names as "Akkanat Holding". 10 companies of the group are dealing with textile,tourism and energy. Akkanat Holding is one of the 10 Turkish companies in textile exports.Beytur Turizm İnşaat San. Tic.A.Ş. -one of the holding companies - has put into service Club Hotel Sirene in 1992 and Sirene Golf Club in 2002.


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