Dr. Argüden is a member of the Turkish Industrialist’ and Businessmen’s Association (TÜSİAD) since 1992 and has been an active member of the Economic, Parliamentary, and Foreign Relations Committees of TÜSİAD. He has served as the Chairman of the Public Reform Working Group and was elected to TÜSİAD’s Council of Honor.

He has also been elected as the Chair of Governance Committee of Business at OECD.

To improve of US-Turkish relations, TÜSİAD launched its US office in Washington, DC, in November 1998 and Dr. Argüden served as a board member of TÜSİAD-US. He has also served on the board of “TÜSİAD-Sabancı University Competition Forum” at the Forum’s founding years. He has contributed to the preparation of the report on competitiveness of Türkiye, the social security report titled “Retired and Happy”, Mergers and Acquisitions, and Tax Reform reports.

TÜSİAD is an independent, non-governmental organization that strives to promote public welfare through private enterprise. TÜSİAD is comprised of the Chief Executive Officers and Executives of the major Turkish companies in Türkiye.

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