Adnan Bali
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Chairperson of the Board of Directors
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1962, İslahiye
Graduated from Middle East Technical University in Ankara with a BS degree in Economics.
Mr. Adnan Bali began his career at İşbank's Board of Inspectors in 1986 as an Assistant Inspector. He became an Assistant Manager in the Fund Management Department in 1994, a Group Manager in 1997, and was appointed as the Manager of the Fund Management Department in 1998. Mr. Bali was then appointed as the Manager of the Şişli Branch in 2002 and the Galata Branch in 2004. He was promoted to Deputy Chief Executive on May 30, 2006.
On April 1, 2011, Mr. Adnan Bali was appointed as the Chief Executive Officer of Türkiye İş Bankası A.Ş. and served in this position until April 1, 2021. On the same date, he was elected as the Chairperson of the Board of Türkiye İş Bankası A.Ş.
Mr. Bali also serves as the Chairperson of the Board of Türkiye Şişe ve Cam Fabrikaları A.Ş. and is the President of the Türkiye İş Bankası A.Ş. Employees’ Supplementary Pension Fund.
Mr. Bali is married with three children and speaks English.
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| H. Cahit Çınar |
| Vice Chairperson |
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Mr. H. Cahit Çınar graduated from the International Relations Department of Ankara University, Faculty of Political Sciences in 1988. He continued his education at Munich Ludwig Maximillians University between 1989-1990. Mr. Çınar began his career at İşbank as Assistant Specialist at Economic Research Division in 1991. After joining the Board of Inspectors as Assistant Inspector in 1992, he was appointed to the Commercial Loans Division in 2001 as Assistant Manager. Mr. Çınar was assigned as the Regional Manager of Commercial Loans Division in 2007, Head of Commercial Loans Underwriting Division in 2010 and Manager of Güneşli Corporate Branch in 2013. He was appointed as Chief Executive Officer at İşbank AG on March 25, 2016. Mr. Çınar served as Deputy Chief Executive of İşbank between October 2018-December 2023. Mr. Çınar is also the Chairperson of İş Investment, Maxi Digital GmbH, İş Energy Investments, Enaş Energy Investments, T. İş Bankası Research Institute of Banking and Commercial Law and Vice Chairperson of İşbank AG and Trakya Investment Holding. H. Cahit Çınar is the Vice Chairperson of the Board of Directors at Türkiye Şişe ve Cam Fabrikaları A.Ş. since September 27, 2021.
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| Saime Gonca Artunkal |
| Independent Board Member |
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After graduating from Oglethorpe University with a degree in Economics, Saime Gonca Artunkal pursued her master’s degree (MSc) from the London School of Economics and an MBA from Boğaziçi University. She began her career at Andersen Consulting in 1991, gaining experience in investment banking and corporate finance across the London and Istanbul offices of The Chase Manhattan Bank, Morgan Stanley, Citi, Societe Generale, and UBS. Artunkal, honored with the "Best Female Banker" award in Turkey by Dünya Newspaper, served as the CEO and Chairman of the Board of UBS Turkey until the close of 2018. Currently, she advises leading local and international organizations on M&A, corporate finance, and corporate governance. She holds positions as a member of the Board of Trustees at Robert College, an Advisory Board member of FODER, and is a founding member of the 65+ Elderly Rights Association. Saime Gonca Artunkal was elected as an Independent Member at the General Assembly Meeting held on 26 March 2024.
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| Murat Doğan |
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Murat Doğan graduated from Istanbul Technical University, Department of Industrial Engineering in 2000. He commenced his professional career as an Assistant Specialist Intern at Türkiye İş Bankası A.Ş. Subsidiaries Department in the same year. After serving as Deputy Manager and Unit Manager in the Subsidiaries Department, he was appointed Department Manager in December 2021. Among other group companies, Murat Doğan currently holds the position of Chairman of the Board of Directors at Batı Karadeniz Elektrik Dağıtım ve Ticaret A.Ş. and Casaba Yönetim İşletim İmalat İthalat İhracat Pazarlama Sağlık Temizlik Güvenlik Ulaşım Tic. ve San. A.Ş., as well as the position of Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors at Kasaba Gayrimenkul İnşaat Taahhüt ve Ticaret A.Ş., and the position of a Board Member at Türkiye Sınai Kalkınma Bankası A.Ş., İş Gayrimenkul Yatırım Ortaklığı A.Ş., Trakya Yatırım Holding A.Ş., İş Enerji Yatırımları A.Ş., and T. İş Bankası Banka ve Ticaret Hukuku Araştırma Enstitüsü, as well as overseas group companies İşbank AG and Is Technology Investments BV. Murat Doğan was elected as a Member of the Board of Directors at the Ordinary General Assembly of Şişecam held on March 26, 2024.
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| Dilek Duman |
| Independent Board Member |
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Dilek Duman graduated from Boğaziçi University, Computer Engineering Department in 1990. Dilek Duman started her professional career as a software specialist at Promaks A.Ş. She joined Interbank’s subsidiary Intertech in 1993, where she served as software specialist, team leader, project manager, and consultant, respectively. Ms. Duman took on the role of Manager responsible for Information Technologies from the founding of DenizBank in 1997, where she supervised the establishment of the entire technical infrastructure of the bank. In addition to working on branch and bank acquisitions over the years, she served as CIO and Executive Vice President for Information Technologies during the time when DenizBank became Türkiye’s fifth largest private bank. In 2004, Ms. Duman became the CEO of Intertech, a subsidiary of DenizBank. From 2008 to 2021, she was the Executive Vice President responsible for DenizBank Information Technologies and Support Services. In this position, she took on the management of Banking Operations, Information Technologies, CRM, Data Analytics, Communication Center, Organization, Distribution Channels, Process Design, Branch Operations, and Counters at DenizBank. For over a 16-year period since 2005, Ms. Duman has held the positions of Chairperson and Executive Member of the Board of Directors at various DenizBank Group companies. She also managed the digitalization transformation of DenizBank AG, the group’s foreign subsidiary. Ms. Duman has been a member of the System Optima Technical Advisory Board since October 2021 and a member of the National Factoring Independent Board of Directors since February 2022. Dilek Duman was appointed as an Independent Member of the Board of Directors at Türkiye Şişe ve Cam Fabrikaları A.Ş. as of April 1, 2022.
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| Gül Okutan Nilsson |
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| Gül Okutan Nilsson is a graduate of Robert College of Istanbul and Istanbul University Faculty of Law. She completed her LL.M. as a Jean Monnet Scholar at the Amsterdam School of International Relations in the field of European and International Trade Law. Gül Okutan Nilsson is a Professor Commercial and Company Law and Director of Intellectual Property Law Research Center at the Istanbul Bilgi University. She obtained her Ph.D. in the field of private law at Istanbul University. During her Ph.D. studies she conducted research at the Hamburg Max-Planck Institute of Foreign and International Private Law as a Max Planck Scholar and at the Institute of Comparative Law in Lausanne, Switzerland as a scholar of the Swiss Confederation. Her PhD Thesis on Shareholders’ Agreements in Joint Stock Companies won the 2001 Caga Law Award. She was appointed as an assistant professor at the Commercial Law Department of Istanbul Bilgi University Faculty of Law in 2002. She was promoted to Associate Professor in 2010 and Professor in 2017 at the same university. She was a Visiting Fellow at the London School of Economics and Social Sciences, Visiting Scholar of the London Institute of Advanced Legal Studies and guest lecturer at the Vanderbilt University Law School. She has publications in company law, capital markets law and intellectual property law. She speaks English, German and French. Between March 2018 and September 2020, she served as an Independent Director on the Board of Directors of Denizli Cam Corporation. Gül Okutan Nilsson was elected as a member of the Board of Directors at Türkiye Şişe ve Cam Fabrikaları A.Ş. at the Ordinary General Assembly on March 26, 2024. |
| Ebru Özşuca |
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| Ebru Özşuca graduated from TED Ankara College in 1988 and the Middle East Technical University, Department of Economics in the Faculty of Economic and Administrative Sciences in 1992. She received two master’s degrees (MSc) in Economics from Middle East Technical University and then in International Banking and Finance from the University of Southampton in 1998. In 2015, she attended the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School. Ebru Özşuca began her career in 1993 at İşbank Treasury Department where she worked as an Assistant Manager and Unit Manager. She was appointed as Manager of the Corporate Banking Product Division between 2007-2011 and subsequently served as Head of the Treasury Division from 2011 to 2017. Since November 28, 2017, Ms. Özşuca has held the position of Deputy Chief Executive at İşbank. In addition, she serves as the Chairperson of the Board for İş Yatırım Menkul Değerler A.Ş, Türkiye İş Bankası A.Ş. Mensupları Emekli Sandığı Vakfı A.Ş., and Milli Reasürans T.A.Ş. As of July 19, 2024, Ebru Özşuca is also a Member of the Board of Directors at Türkiye Şişe ve Cam Fabrikaları A.Ş. |
| Gül Ayşem Sargın |
| Independent Board Member |
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| Gül Ayşem Sargın graduated from the Economics Department, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences at the Middle East Technical University in 1992. Gül Ayşem Sargın embarked on her career at the Financial Markets Department of Turk Eximbank. From 1997 to 2010, she served as a Senior Financial Advisor for the U.S. Embassy in Ankara. In this role, she worked on strengthening the U.S.-Türkiye investment and trade relations, with a particular focus on energy, aviation, healthcare and telecommunications industries. Gül Ayşem Sargın worked as the External Affairs Manager for British Petroleum (BP) Türkiye, and Government Affairs and Policy Director for General Electric (GE) in Türkiye, respectively from 2010 to 2012 and from 2012 to 2015. Ms. Sargın was appointed as the Managing Director and Country Representative for Boeing Türkiye in September 2015. Currently leading Boeing’s operations in Türkiye, Central Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa, Ms. Sargın has been officiating as a Member of the Board of Directors at American Business Forum in Türkiye (AmCham) since 2017; Member of the Board of Directors at the Foreign Economic Relations Board of Türkiye (DEİK) since February 2019; and was previously the Chairperson of International Investors Association of Türkiye (YASED) for two terms between 2019-2023. Gül Ayşem Sargın has been an Independent Board Member at Türkiye Şişe ve Cam Fabrikaları A.Ş. since March 30, 2021. |
| Can Yücel |
| Board Member |
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| Can Yücel graduated from Middle East Technical University (METU), Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Department of Economics in 1999. Can Yücel started his career at İşbank as an Intern - Assistant Inspector with the Board of Inspectors. During his tenure at İşbank, Mr. Yücel became Assistant Manager in the SME Loans Allocation Department in 2008 and Assistant Manager in the Corporate Loans Allocation Department in 2009. He went on to become Unit Manager in 2011, and then Manager in İşbank’s Corporate Loans Allocation Department. Can Yücel was appointed as the Manager of the Başkent Corporate Branch/Ankara in 2020 and Deputy CEO at İşbank on August 26, 2021. Mr. Yücel is also the Chairman of JSC Isbank since June 2022 and the Chairman of İş Gayrimenkul Yatırım Ortaklığı A.Ş. since March 2023 Mr. Yücel has been a Member of the Board of Directors at Türkiye Şişe ve Cam Fabrikaları A.Ş. since January 3, 2022. |
