Göksel SEVİNDİK was born in 1962 in İstanbul. Between 1985 and 1989, he served as a platoon commander in Cyprus and Hakkâri, and between 1990 and 1996, he serves as a company commander Land Forces Command Communication Battalion in Ankara. Between 1997 and 1999, he worked as the Chief of the Electronic Warfare Department and Instructor as the CIS School and Training Center Command. During this duty, he participated in the Training Course at the Training and Doctrine Command in 1998 and gained pedagogical formation. Between 1999 and 2000, he served as a project officer in the Turkish General Staff.

Between 2000 and 2003, he represented our country as a National Technical Expert (NATEX) in Belgium at NATO C3 Agency, and then served as the Demonstration and Exercise Battalion Commander at the CIS School and Training Center Command between 2003-2005. Between 2005 and 2007, he served as the Head of Configuration Management and Quality Assurance Department at Allied Command Europe Supreme Headquarters (SHAPE) Belgium/Mons, as a Colonel. Between 2007 and 2009, he served as the Commander of the CIS Regiment of the 3rd Corps (NATO High Readiness Corps (HRF). Subsequently, between 2009 and 2015, he served as the Director of the Requirements and Concept Branch at Turkish General Staff CIS Directorate and participated NATO C3 board meetings as the Turkish member.

With the decisions of the Supreme Military Council in 2015, he was promoted to the rank of Brigadier General and appointed as the Head of the Plan Coordination Department of the General Staff CIS Directorate. In 2017 he was appointed as the Chief of the General Staff, CIS Directorate with the decisions of the Supreme Military Council and continued this duty until 2019. During these duties, he represented Türkiye in NATO C3 Boards meetings.

In 2019, he was nominated by Türkiye as the Chief of Staff of the NATO Communication and Information Agency (NCIA) and was elected to this position by the Military Committee with a majority of votes, preferred over the Greek candidate and served in this position between April 2019 and April 2022. For three years, he served as the Chief of Staff of NATO’s highest-level CIS organization, where all CIS, Cyber and Electronic Warfare projects and operational activities are carried out, with approximately 3,200 military and civilian personnel. During this duty, he completed and restructuring of the NATO Communication and Information System Academy (NCI Academy), especially as the Senior Responsible Officer (SRO) of the academy, officially opened the academy with the participation of the NATO Secretary General, and established and chaired the Education and Training Boards. Following the completion of this three-year service, he was appointed to Turkish General Staff and retired with the decisions of the Supreme Military Council in August 2022.

Göksel SEVİNDİK has been elected as an Independent Member of Board of Directors at Ordinary General Assembly Meeting held on June 14, 2024.

He is married and has one daughter.

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