DR. AHMET GENÇ

Chairman of the Board of Directors, Member of the Corporate Governance Committee

Dr. Ahmet Genç was born in Ankara in 1960. He graduated from Ankara University Faculty of Political Science Department of Public Administration in 1984. Between 1985 and 1990 he worked as assistant specialist and specialist at Undersecretariat of Treasury General Directorate of Banking and Foreign Exchange Banking Department. In 1990, he attended an insurance and reassurance training in England for a year. He received his graduate degree in Northeastern University Department of Economics in Boston, USA between 1993 and 1995. In 1997, he transferred from Undersecretariat of Treasury General Directorate of Banking and Foreign Exchange to General Directorate of Insurance and promoted to Head of Department in 1998. He received his PhD from Ankara University Social Sciences Institute Department of Business Administration in 2002 with his thesis on “Financial Adequacy in Insurance”. Mr. Genç served as Assistant General Manager between 2002 and 2004, Deputy General Manager between 2004 and 2007 and General Manager between 2007 and 2015 at the General Directorate of Insurance and he was appointed as Deputy Undersecretary of Treasury as of 22 February 2015. He served as founding member of the boards/committees or president at various insurance related institutions and organizations such as Insurance Information Center, Insurance Training Center (SEGEM) and Agricultural Insurance Pool (TARSİM). He also delivers classes in various universities as an academician. Dr. Ahmet Genç has been appointed as the Chariman of the Board of Directors of our Bank in August 2018 and he is a member of the Corporate Governance Committee.

Mr. Genç also serves as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Ziraat Hayat ve Emeklilik A.Ş. and Ziraat Sigorta A.Ş.

YUSUF DAĞCAN

Vice Chairman of the Board and Member of the Credit Committee

Yusuf Dağcan graduated from Eskişehir Academy of Economic and Commercial Sciences. At Vakıfbank he worked as an assistant inspector between 1977 and 1981 and as an inspector and then as a branch manager at Kırşehir, Kayseri Merkez, Konya Merkez, Meşrutiyet, and Kızılay Başkent branches between 1981-2003. He held a seat on the Board of Directors of TAIB Yatırım Bank A.Ş. from 5 September 2007 until 30 June 2008. After assuming responsibility as a member of the Audit Committee at Halkbank from 27 March 2003 until 18 April 2012, Mr. Dağcan was also the chairman of the Board of Directors of Halk Leasing, a Board member of Halk Bank A.D. Skopje operating in Macedonia, and Vice Chairman of the Arab Turkish Bank. Serving as the Vice Chairman on our Bank’s Board of Directors since April 2012, Mr. Dağcan is also a member of the Bank’s Credit Committee. Mr. Dağcan is Vice Chairman at the boards of Ziraat Participation and JSC Ziraat Bank Georgia.

HÜSEYİN AYDIN

Member of the Board and CEO

Hüseyin Aydın graduated from the Ankara Academy of Economics and Commercial Sciences (Faculty of Economics) in 1981. He began his career as an Assistant Inspector at Ziraat Bank and served as a director in various departments at Ziraat Bank until 27 March 2003. After working as an Executive Board member at Halkbank, as a Board member at Pamukbank and as Vice Chairman of the board at Ziraat Bank, Mr. Aydın worked as the General Manager and Board member at Halkbank between 31 May 2005 and 14 July 2011. Having joined Ziraat Bank as the CEO on 15 July 2011, Mr. Aydın also serves as the Chairman of the Banks Association of Turkey as well as Chairman of the boards of Directors of Ziraat Participation, JSC Ziraat Bank Georgia and Ziraat Girişim Sermayesi Yatırım Ortaklığı A.Ş. Since 11 September 2018 he is a member of the Board of Directors of Turkey Wealth Fund.

FEYZİ ÇUTUR

Member of the Board, Member of the Audit Committee, Member of the Remuneration Committee, Alternate Member of the Credit Committee

Feyzi Çutur graduated from Gazi University (Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Department of Banking) in 1983. He received his MBA degree from Beykent University Institute of Social Sciences Department of Business Administration. After working as accounting and finance manager at various private sector companies from 1977 until 1990, he functioned as General Accounting Manager at Bayındır Menkul Değerler A.Ş. (1990-1998), as Finance and Operations Director, Assistant General Manager and General Manager at Eti Yatırım A.Ş. (1998-2010). He served as the Fund Board member and Fund Board Chairman at Eti Yatırım and various Mutual Funds owned by Etibank, and held a seat on the Board of Directors of İktisat Yatırım A.Ş. in 2006. From July 2011 until March 2012, he was a Board member representing the Savings Deposit Insurance Fund (SDIF) at Arab Turkish Bank and its subsidiary A&T Leasing. Being a member of the Bank’s Board of Directors since April 2012, Mr. Çutur is a member of the Bank’s Audit Committee and Remuneration Committee, an alternate member of the Credit Committee. He is also a member of the Board of Directors, Credit Committee and Audit Committee of Ziraat Participation and the Vice Chairman of Board of Directors of Ziraat Bank (Moscow). Mr. Çutur served as a member of the Board of Directors of ZiraatBank BH d.d. until August 2017.

SALİM ALKAN

Member of the Board and Member of the Credit Committee

Salim Alkan graduated from Ankara University (Faculty of Political Sciences, Department of Business Administration). He worked as an inspector, branch and department manager and assistant general manager at various banks from 1971. After functioning as Vice President of the Savings Deposit Insurance Fund (SDIF), Advisor to the Chairman of the SDIF, and general manager, board member and chairman of various banks taken over by the SDIF from 2004 to 2010, he held a seat on the Board of Directors of Halkbank from 24 May 2010 until 18 April 2012, as well as on the boards of Halk Gayrimenkul Yatırım Ortaklığı A.Ş., and Halk Yatırım Menkul Değerler A.Ş. He has been a member of the Bank’s Board of Directors since from April 2012. He served as Chairman of the Supervisory Board in ZiraatBank BH d.d until May 2017. Mr. Alkan is also a member of the Bank’s Credit Committee. He is a member of the Board of Directors, the Corporate Governance Committee, Remuneration Committee and Credit Committee at Ziraat Participation, which was established in 2015, and the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Ziraat Bank (Moscow) JSC.

METİN ÖZDEMİR

Member of the Board

Metin Özdemir graduated from İstanbul University (Faculty of Business Administration) in 1990. He started his career at Kuveyt-Türk Finans Kurumu A.Ş. in 1992, and from 1996, he carried on with his business life as an executive in the retail sector. Mr. Özdemir functioned as a member of İstanbul Metropolitan Municipal Council between 2004 and 2014. Being a member of the Bank’s Board of Directors since April 2012, Mr. Özdemir is also a member in the Board of Directors, the Corporate Governance Committee and the Remuneration Committee at Ziraat Participation. Mr. Özdemir has been the CEO of Ziraat Participation since June 2017 and the Chairman of the Credit Committee since July 2017. Mr. Özdemir is also the Chairman of the Participation Banks Association of Turkey and ADFIMI.

CEMALETTİN BAŞLI

Member of the Board, Member of the Remuneration Committee

Cemalettin Başlı graduated from Hacettepe University Department of Business Administration in 1981. He got a start in business as a public servant at General Directorate of State Airports Authority in 1977. Mr. Başlı who worked as Assistant Financial Analyst at Vakıfbank between 1984-1985, as Auditor and Credit Foreign Exchange Director at Garanti Bank between 1985-1991, as Branch Manager at Albaraka Türk A.Ş. between 1991-1998, as Credits and Central Branch Manager at Faisal/Family Finans A.Ş. between 1998-2002, and later as Deputy General Manager at Haliç Finansal Kiralama A.Ş., as member of the Board and General Manager at Kıbrıs Faisal Islamic Bank, serves as a member of the Board of Directors of our Bank since June 2014 and a member of the Remuneration Committee. He served as a member of the Board of Directors of ZiraatBank BH d.d. until August 2017. Mr. Başlı is also a member of the Board of Directors, the Credit Committee and the Audit Committee of Ziraat Participation and a member of the Board of Directors of Ziraat Bank (Moscow) JSC.

YUSUF BİLMEZ

Member of the Board, Alternate of the Credit Committee, Member of the Audit Committee

Yusuf Bilmez graduated from the Department of Business Administration at Hacettepe University in 1979. He began his career as an Assistant Inspector at Ziraat Bank on 25 July 1983 and served as an Inspector until 1989, as Deputy Personnel Manager between 1989-1992, as a Branch Manager between 1992-2003, as an Executive Vice President between 2003-2005, as the Chairman of the Inspection Board between 2005-2007, as Group President of Internal Audit between 2007-2010 and as the Executive Vice President at Ziraat Teknoloji between 2010-2013 and as a Consultant between May 2013 to 12 June 2017. He was appointed as a Board Member of our Bank in 12 June 2017, and he is also an alternate of the Credit Committee and a member of the Audit Committee. Besides the tasks described above, he served as Vice President of Executive Board and as a Board Member in Azer Turk Bank, the Turkmen Turkish JSC Bank, Kazakhstan KZI Bank, Ziraat Teknoloji A.Ş. and Ziraat Yatırım A.Ş. respectively, which are our Bank’s affiliates. He currently serves as the Vice Chairman of the Boards of Directors of Ziraat Hayat ve Emeklilik A.Ş. and Ziraat Sigorta A.Ş.

MAHMUT KAÇAR

Member of the Board, Member of the Corporate Governance Committee

Mahmut Kaçar graduated from Harran University Faculty of Engineering Department of Environmental Engineering in 1999. 

He served as the Deputy President of Sağlık-Sen which is an association of Memur-Sen Confederation (union of public officers) between 2002 and 2008, as the President of Sağlık-Sen and the General Secretary of Memur-Sen between 2008 and 2011. He was elected as a member of the parliament from Şanlıurfa and served at 24th and 26th terms of the parliament between 2008 and 2011. Mr. Kaçar serves as a Member of the Board of Directors and a Member of the Corporate Governance Committee of our Bank since August 2018.

He also serves as the Member of the Board of Directors at Ziraat Hayat ve Emeklilik A.Ş. and Ziraat Sigorta A.Ş. since August 2018.

DENİZ YILMAZ

Audit Board Member

Deniz Yılmaz graduated from Ankara University Faculty of Political Science Public Administration Department in 2001. He worked at the Prime Ministry Undersecretariat of Treasury as a Treasury Controller between 2002 and 2007 and as Internal Auditor between 2008 and 2014. He served as the Department Head at the Directorate General of State Owned Enterprises of the Undersecretariat of Treasury between 2015 and 2018 and as a member of the Board of Directors of Vakıf Real Estate Investment Trust between 2015 and 2016. Mr. Yılmaz currently serves as the Deputy General Manager of Ministry of Treasury and Finance, General Directorate of Financial Sector Relations and Foreign Exchange. He attended a master’s program in economics at North Carolina State University in the U.S. between 2010 and 2012, and currently pursues his doctorate studies in banking. Mr. Yılmaz has been a member of the Bank’s Board of Auditors since April 2016.

DR. SADIK ARSLAN

Audit Board Member

Dr. Sadık Arslan graduated from Ankara University Faculty of Political Science, Department of International Relations in 1988 and received a graduate degree from Anadolu University in Economics in 1990. In 1995, he received his second graduate degree at Marquette University in Wisconsin, USA in Political Science. Mr. Aslan attended Diplomatic Studies at Oxford University in 2006 and received his PhD from Anadolu University Social Sciences Institute, Department of Economics in 2007.

Mr. Aslan started his career as a research assistant in Anadolu University Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences. He worked as an officer in Ministry of Foreign Affairs General Directorate of Security and Intelligence between March 1996 and April 1998, as on officer in Ministry of Foreign Affairs Assistant General Directorate of Research between April 1998 and August 1998. He served as an Attache and Assistant Consulate at our Jeddah Consulate between August 1998 and October 2000, as the Third and Second Secretary at our Tel Aviv Embassy between October 2000 and September 2003, as the Second and First Secretary at Ministry of Foreign Affairs Special Council between September 2003 and September 2005, as the First Secretary and Undersecretary at our London Embassy between September 2005 and August 2009, as the Undersecretary at our Riyadh Embassy between August 2009 and August 2010, as Deputy General Director of Agreements, Ambassador, Foreign Affairs Advisor of the President and Principal Advisor of the President between August 2010 and December 2013. Mr Aslan served as the Ambassador of the Republic of Turkey in the Kingdom of the Netherlands between December 2013 and 2016. Currently, he is a Member of the Board of Advisors for Foreign Policy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and serves as the Principal Foreign Affairs Advisor of the President and as Ambassador. Mr. Aslan is a Member of the Board of Auditors of our Bank since September 2018.