Marti Announces Election of Alex Spiro to Its Board of Directors
Accomplished Corporate Attorney with Significant Experience Advising Innovative Growth Companies Joins Board
Marti Technologies, Inc. ("Marti" or the "Company") (NYSE:MRT), Türkiye's leading mobility super app, today announced the election of Alex Spiro to its Board of Directors as a Class II director at the Company's 2024 annual general meeting of shareholders.
In addition to being a well known litigator and partner at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP, Mr. Spiro serves as Chairman of Glassbridge Enterprises and is a board member and strategic advisor to a number of innovative companies. Mr. Spiro is a former prosecutor and the former director of an autism children's program at McLean Hospital, Harvard's psychiatric hospital. Mr. Spiro is a graduate of Harvard Law School, where he continues to teach. He has lectured and written on a variety of subjects related to psychology and the law.
"I am very pleased to have the opportunity to work with Alex on Marti's Board. His experience with a broad range of clients across the fields of business and politics in the U.S., and, most notably, with leading global technology entrepreneurs, gives me confidence that he will contribute to our Company and mission," said Marti's Founder and CEO, Oguz Alper Oktem.
"I have had the good fortune of working with some of the greatest entrepreneurs and companies in the world. Alper and his team are among the best I've seen. I am pleased to support them and the Company as we reach scale and achieve profitability in 2025," said Alex Spiro.
About Marti:
Founded in 2018, Marti is Türkiye's leading mobility app, offering multiple transportation services to its riders. Marti operates a ride-hailing service that matches riders with car, motorcycle, and taxi drivers, and operates a large fleet of rental e-mopeds, e-bikes, and e-scooters. All of Marti's offerings are serviced by proprietary software systems and IoT infrastructure. For more information, visit www.marti.tech.
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