Board of Directors

Yasin Hacıoğlu

Chairman of the Board of Directors
Chief Executive Officer, Operations

Assigned as CEO of Hacioglu gold mining in 2016. Before the assignment, Mr. Hacıoğlu participated in the board of management.
In these positions, the purchase of RE-IPO and the 1.7 Billion USD tender deposit of the Busia mining region in Hacioglu Gold Mining created great awareness.
They became the population of Çanakkale, after coming to Turkey in 2002.
Yasin Hacıoğlu passed both high school and college education, he completed his last two years of high school at Robert College. After he entered the Department of Economics at the University of Cambridge, where he studied for a bachelor’s degree in economics.
He then completed his postgraduate studies at the University of Westminster, completing his master's degree as well. Mr. Hacıoğlu started shaping his career life and also received the Hrd Antwerp Diamond of Grader specialization.
Hacıoğlu made statements to press and broadcasting corporations that have an important place in the world, such as The Guardian, NY Times, and Bloomberg.
He has been working as the CEO of West Africa Operation actively since 2020.

Sercan Yaşa

Senior Vice President, Finance and Strategy

Mr. Sercan Yaşa joined the Hacioglu family in 2016, after having an extremely successful career in the fields of finance and diplomacy. Mr. Sercan, accordingly to annual institutional investors surveys, Mr. Sercan rated as the best in the industry in both BDT and EMEA regions for many years. Mr. Sercan has been actively involved in lines of important transactions in the industry.

Mr. Sercan graduated with an honor degree in Business and International Relations Institute of Marmara University with a degree in Economics and supported with a master's degree in Distance education.

He has been working on board of management in Hacioglu gold mining since 2016.

He has been working as the Senior Vice President of West Africa Operation actively since 2020.

Halil Hocaoğlu

Operation Director

He was born in Kocaeli / İzmit in 1988. He completed his primary and secondary education in Kocaeli. After graduating from Sabancı Anatolian Technical High School Computer Software Department, he studied Political Science and Public Administration (English) at Anadolu University.

After completing his military service in 2009, he established his own company and has operated in many sectors in Turkey. Since 2019, he has continued his investments in sectors such as steel, construction, and textile, starting with the Rolil Investments chemical factory in the West African country of Ghana. In 2020, he continued his investments in the gold mining sector and became an influential name in the gold mining sectors in the country.

Since 2020, he started the Gold Mining sector in the West African country of Ghana and as of 2022, he works as the West African Coordinator at Hacıoğlu Gold Mining Company. He is married and has a child.

Vedat Ocak

General Coordinator, Purchasing Department Manager

He was born in 1970 in Düsseldorf, Germany. He had his primary school and secondary school education in Germany, and finished his high school education in Mersin Tevfik Sırrı Gür Highschool, he after graduated from Istanbul University Faculty of Engineering Geophysical Engineering in 1995.

After completing his military service in 1996, he joined Kiska Komandit Ltd at the Dicle Barrage, he started his business life as a drilling and injection engineer. Later, he started his career as a tunnel engineer in the tunnels of many prestigious barrage, highways, and metro projects in Turkey and continued his business life as a construction site supervisor, project manager, and tunnel coordinator.

Since 2020, he has started his working life in the Gold Mining sector, which he started in Burkina Faso, West Africa. As of 2021, he has been working as General Coordinator of Hacioglu Goldmine. He is married and the father of two children.

Salih Erenoğlu

Logistics Coordinator, Purchasing and Marketing

Salih Erenoğlu was born in Istanbul, Turkey. He studied at Yedikule Anatolian High School, the graduated from the Maritime Transportation and Management of İstanbul Bilgi University.

He started his career as a ship captain and then continued as Operations Manager in powerful maritime companies. He achieved success by associating his passion for the sea with the logistics industry.

While his captain's instincts, problem-solving skills and calmness in crisis management brought him success in the logistics sector, he has been working as the Logistics Coordinator of Hacioglu Goldmine since 2021.

Abdulai TAMIM

Coordinator

Google IT Support Professional Certificate, September 2023. Pamukkale University, Economics (High Honor, 3.58 GPA), 2018. University of Napoli - Parthenope, 2016. Pamukkale University, Computer and Instructional Technologies Education, 2014. Asanteman High School, Economics Department, 2012.

I am an IT Support Specialist with 6 years of experience in Sales, Marketing, and Export. I worked in sales and marketing at Safar Tekstil (2018-present) and Seymen Tekstil (2016-2018). I am proficient in Adobe Premiere Pro, Microsoft Office, Google Suites, network services, IT security, and customer service.

I was accepted to Sabancı University for an MBA program in 2018 but was unable to attend. I am fluent in English (C2) and Turkish (C2). My hobbies include reading, watching football, exploring new places, cycling, and photography.

Laminu Maikankan

Hacioglu Security Chief, National Security

Laminu Maikankan, who has been the official bodyguard of Ghanaian President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo since 2016, has been appointed as the international security chief of Hacioglu gold mining as of 2021, within the scope of special permits.
He completed his primary and secondary education in 2002 – 2005 Ghana High School,
He completed his university education at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa.
CYBERX AFRICA 2021 and ASIS ACCRA 2022 at the African Security Conference
He undertook the internal and external security duties of the region.

He was commissioned by the President to identify the advanced cybersecurity necessary to protect networks, the information technology systems of critical information infrastructure, industrial control systems to provide a safer cyberspace.

Awards And Achievements
Best Security Of The Year (Gold Star) 2022
National Security, Best Team leader Of The Year(Gold Star)2020 National Security, Most disciplined Security 2021, City Link Group of Companies

National Security Operations
Office of the Former President,
His Excellency John Dramani Mahama 2012 – 2016,
President’s office
Her Excellency Nana Addo Dankwah Akuffo Addo
2016 – Present
Analyzing security issues, accessing expected trends and prioritizing activities, Paying an advisory role,Going on patrol to ensure national security,
Hacioglu mining CEO Mr.Yasin Hacıoğlu, private government protection.