Board Member and Audit Committee Member
Mr. Aldhabi was born in Saudi Arabia in 1978. He earned his B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Industrial Engineering from King Abdulaziz University in 2002 and 2005 and his MBA degree from Brunel University in 2007. He started his career at Saudi Fransi Bank as a Senior Auditor in 2007, and joined The National Commercial Bank (NCB) Operational Risk Senior Manager in 2009. Mr. Aldhabi has been holding office at Saudi National Bank (SNB), which has become SNB upon merger of NCB and Samba Financial Group in 2021, as the Head of Operational Risk since 2014, Compliance Committee Member since 2016, New Product & Services Committee Chairman since 2018, and Fraud Committee Member since 2019. He has been a Board Member and Audit Committee Member of Türkiye Finans Katılım Bankası since October 2023. He has 17 years of professional experience in banking and business administration.
Board Member and Credit Committee Member
Mr. Alnasser was born in Saudi Arabia in 1977. He earned his bachelor’s degree in Accounting from King Saud University in 1988 and earned his MBA and MSA from University of Colorado in 2003. After serving as a Faculty Member in Saudi Central Bank (SAMA) Banking Institution between September 2003 and March 2004, Mr. Alnasser joined The National Commercial Bank (NCB) as a corporate banker in 2004. In 2007, he switched to Bank Saudi Fransi as the Unit Head of Corporate Banking Division. In 2010, he returned to NCB and held the positions Corporate Banking Group Team Leader in 2010, Corporate Banking Group Region Head and Division Head in 2013, and Special Assets Division Head in Corporate Banking Group in 2018. Since NCB and Samba Financial Group merged and became Saudi National Bank (SNB) in April 2021, Mr. Alnasser has held the positions of Head of Restructuring and Collections (April 2021-September 2022), Head of Corporate Banking (September-December 2022), Head of Corporate and Commercial Banking (December 2022-October 2023), and the Wholesale Risk Senior Executive (since December 2023). He has been a Board Member and Credit Committee Member of Türkiye Finans Katılım Bankası since September 2021. He has 21 years of professional experience in banking.
Board Member, Credit Committee Chair and Audit Committee Member
Ms. Uluşahin was born in 1965 in Turkey. She graduated from the Economics Department of Boğaziçi University in 1987 and started her banking career same year in Akbank, where she worked until 1989. She worked at Demirbank A.Ş. between 1990 and 2000 as Vice President in Treasury and in 2000, she continued her carrier at Ulusalbank A.Ş. as Treasury EVP. She served as the General Manager and Board Member of Şekerbank T.A.Ş. from 2008 to 2014, and General Manager and Board Member of Alternatifbank A.Ş. from 2014 to 2016. Simultaneously, Ms. Uluşahin served as Board Member of Şeker Yatırım A.Ş. (2004 -2014), Chair of the Board of Şekerbank Kıbrıs Ltd. (2008-2014), Chair of the Board of Şeker Mortgage Finansman A.Ş. (2010-2014), and Board Member of Alternatif Finansal Kiralama A.Ş. (2014-2016). During her duty as a Board Member of the Banks Association of Turkey between 2008 and 2015, Ms. Uluşahin took up the role of Vice Chairman of the Board in 2013 as well. Between September 2016 and April 2020, she served as the Chair of the Supervisory Board of KentBank d.d. Croatia. Between March 2017 and August 2020, she served as Board Member of Pasha Investment Bank. In March 2017, Ms. Uluşahin joined Türkiye Finans Katılım Bankası as a Board Member, Credit Committee Member, and Compensation and Corporate Governance Committee Member. In 25 March 2021, she took up the role of Credit Committee Chair and the Board Member in charge of Credit Quality and Credits. Since 26 May 2023, she has been the Credit Committee Chair and Audit Committee Member. She has 37 years of professional experience in business and banking.
Board Member
Born in 1960 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Mr. Al-Saggaf holds MBA from Harvard Business School in 1988 and a Bachelor degree in Economics from Harvard University in 1982.After his service at Samba Financial Group between 1983 and 1985 as an Assistant Manager in Corporate Banking Group, he joined Saudi Holandi Bank as Division Head. In 1996 he joined back to Samba Financial Group as Division Head. From 2000 to 2003 he worked as a financial controller in Saudi Business Machines. He joined NCB in 2003 as Head of Strategy and Performance Management to lead corporate strategy, budgeting and management reporting. From 2006 to 2013 he was appointed as Group Chief Financial Officer. Besides, he served as a Board Member and a Credit Committee Member of Türkiye Finans Katılım Bankası A.Ş in 2008. From 2013 to 2018 he headed NCB’s Strategy & Business Development Group overseeing several functions including Strategy, Digital Banking, Marketing & Communication, Investor Relations, Economics, and Corporate Social Responsibility. Faisal Omar Al-Saggaf is the CEO at The National Commercial Bank (NCB), the largest bank in Saudi Arabia and the leading financial services group in the region (appointed June 2018). He is serving as Board and Audit Committee Member in TFKB as of 31st March 2017 as a result of reappointment. He has 36 years of professional experience in banking sector.
Vice Chairman
Born in 1963 in Kayseri, Turkey. Holds BS degree in Business Management from Muğla University (Turkey). He operated as a manager at various departments of Hes Kablo between 1987 and 1989. He was a Manager at Hes Kablo and Board Member at İstikbal Mobilya A.Ş. between 1990 and 1992. He was a Board Member at Anadolu Finans Kurumu from 1992 to 1995. He operated as a Board member at Merkez Çelik A.Ş. in 1993. In 1996, he was a Board Member at Boytaş A.Ş. He became Chairman of the Board at Anadolu Finans Kurumu between 1999 and 2005. He was Chairman of the Board at Türkiye Finans Katılım Bankası A.Ş. from 2006 to 2015. Member to the Turkish Industrialists and Businessmen's Association (TÜSİAD) since 1998. Also Chairman of the Kayseri Chamber of Industry since March 2005. He undertook the position of Vice Chairman of the Board at Türkiye Finans Katılım Bankası since 18th December 2015.
Board Member, Audit Committee Chair and Compensation and Corporate Governance Committee Member
Ms. Öner was born in 1974 in Türkiye. She earned her B.Sc. Degree with high honors in Business Administration from Bilkent University in 1996. The same year, she started her career at Arthur Andersen (AA). In addition to auditing activities, she took part in the setting up of Corporate Finance Department of AA and carried out company valuation and corporate finance consulting activities until 1999. She started her banking career at Finansbank in 1999. She served as Assistant Manager at QNB Finansbank Financial Control and Planning Department between 1999 and 2001, Financial Control and Planning Manager at Credit Europe Bank N.V. Amsterdam Headquarters and Belgium operations between 2001 and 2003, and returned to Türkiye as Financial Control and Planning Group Head of QNB Finansbank in 2003. From 2005 to 2014, she provided consulting services in billion-dollar transactions in the field of Financial Services, while serving as Senior Manager (2 years) and Partner (7 years) at Ernst & Young (EY). Between 2012 and 2014, she took charge as the Financial Services Leader of all departments at EY. As an Executive Committee Member at Alternatif Bank A.Ş., she served as CFO and Acting CEO between 2014 and 2016. From 2016 until October 2017, she was the CEO and Board Member at Alternatif Bank A.Ş., Credit Committee Member and Board Member at Alternatif Financial Leasing Company (ALease) and Chair of Board of Directors at Alternatif Menkul Değerler A.Ş. (Alnvest). She joined Türkiye Finans Katılım Bankası as a Board Member and Audit Committee Member in November 2017, and has been appointed as Audit Committee Chair as of January 2019. She has been Audit Committee Chair, and Compensation and Corporate Governance Committee Member since 26 May 2023. She has 28 years of professional experience in banking and management.
Board Member and CEO
Mr. Akşam was born in Türkiye in 1968. He earned his B.Sc. degree in Management Engineering from İstanbul Technical University in 1990. He worked as Sales Representative at Beko between 1991-1993, and as Regional Responsible at RAM Dış Ticaret A.Ş. between 1993-1997. He joined Türk Ekonomi Bankası as Credit Officer and Credit Allocation Assistant Manager in 1997, and took up the roles of Corporate Credits Manager (2000-2005), Director of Corporate and Commercial Credits Underwriting (2005-2014), and Corporate Banking Group Director (2014-2017) respectively. Mr. Akşam joined Türkiye Finans Katılım Bankası in 2017 where he held the position of Commercial Banking Executive Vice President from 2 May 2017 to 24 March 2021. Mr. Akşam has been appointed as Board Member and Acting CEO of Türkiye Finans Katılım Bankası on 21 February 2020, and has been the CEO since 24 March 2021. He has 33 years of professional experience in banking and business administration.
Chairman
Born in 1963 in Al Ramadah, Saudi Arabia. He holds a bachelor's degree in Science and Computer Engineering from King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals in 1987. He began his career as a computer engineer in the Ministry of Defence and Aviation and continued his career in Al Rajhi Bank. He respectively became Chief Information Officer, Chief Operating Officer and General Manager and Deputy CEO in Retail Banking Group in Al Rajhi Bank between 1998 and 2012. During his course of office at Al Rajhi Bank he was a Board Member for Al Rajhi Bank, Malaysia, Al Rajhi Capital and Al Rajhi Takaful. Al-Ghamdi rendered advisory service in relation to Banking Management to the Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency and the National Commercial Bank between 2012 and 2013. He carried on his duty as CEO of the National Commercial Bank between March 2013 - May 2018 and has been appointed as Chairman of the Board at The National Commercial Bank as of May 2018. Saeed Alghamdi, who undertook the position of Vice Chairman of the Board at Turkiye Finans Katılım Bankası on 28th March 2013, has been serving the duty of Chairman of the Board at Türkiye Finans Katılım Bankası since 18th December 2015. He has 32 years of professional experience in banking and business administration.
Board Member
Born in 1974 in Ankara, Turkey. Holds a BS degree from the Middle East Technical University, an MBA degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Ph.D. in Finance from the Istanbul University. He started his career at the Koç Holding Group Corporate Strategy division. He worked as the Business Development Director and held various management and board membership positions at the Oyak Group. He continued his career as the Group CFO and Board Member of the Erdemir Group between 2006 and 2010. He carried out his duty as CFO at Yıldız Holding A.Ş. since 2010. He is appointed as the Executive Deputy Chairman at Yıldız Holding A.Ş. as of October 2016. As of March 2014 Mr. Karakaş has also become Board Member at Turkiye Finans Katılım Bankası A.Ş. He has become Chairman of Audit Committee at Turkiye Finans Katılım Bankası at 15th January 2016.
Board Member & Compensation and Corporate Governance Committee
Mr. Bekiroglu was born in Greece in 1975. He graduated from Istanbul University, Faculty of Law in 2000 and received his MBA degree in International Business Law from Yeditepe University. He started his career in 2000 at Adem Bekiroğlu Law Office in Greece. He worked as a Senior Lawyer at Frito Lay Turkey from 2003 to 2006 and at Idea Law Office from 2003 to 2009. During 2009-2013, he worked as the Group Legal Manager at Demirdöküm and Vaillant Group. Bekiroğlu served as the Chief Compliance and Legal Officer at Türk Otomobil Fabrikası A.Ş. (TOFAŞ) during 2013-2022; and since February 2022, he has been working as the Compliance and Legal Director at Yıldız Holding. As of May 2023, he has been a Board Member and Compensation and Corporate Governance Committee of Türkiye Finans Katılım Bankası. He has 24 years of professional experience.
Committee Chairperson & Board Member
Born in Denizli in 1966. Studied in Faculty of Political Sciences, Ankara University until 1986. Holds a BA degree in Economics and a MA degree in Accounting-Finance from Gazi University. In 1987, he started his career in the Undersecretariat of the Treasury as Junıor Sworn-in Bank Auditor. Between 1998-2001 he served as Vice President of the Board of Sworn Bank Auditors. At this time he acted as the Chairman of the Board of Sworn Bank Auditors by proxy for 9 months. Between 2001 - 2007, he served as the Department Head across several departments within Banking Regulation and Supervision Agency. During his role as Board and Audit Committee Member in Ziraat Bankası between 2007 - 2012, Mr. Kayhan also served as a Board Member in various domestic and foreign affiliates of the bank. Beside his role at Ziraat Bankası, he worked in Arab Turkish Bank as Board Member between July 2011 - March 2012. Since September 2012, he serves at Türkiye Finans Katılım Bankası as Board Member and Audit Committee Chairperson. Mr. Oguz Kayhan is currently doing his PhD in Business Administration at Ankara University, Institute of Social Sciences.
Khalid Malik ALSHARIF
Born in 1964 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. He holds an MBA degree from the College of Notre Dame (USA). He began his career at the Investment Services of Riyad Bank, Saudi Arabia in 1986 to become the Executive Vice President in charge of the Kingdom-wide Branch Network. Prior to this position, between 1988 and 2000, he took various responsibilities at Riyad Bank such as Corporate Relationship Officer, Assistant Branch Manager, Branch Manager, Main Branch Manager, Regional Operations Manager, Regional Manager, and Deputy Regional Manager. In 2000, he joined The National Commercial Bank (NCB), the largest bank in Saudi Arabia. He served as Head of Retail Distribution, Head of Customer Management Group, Head of Private Banking Division, and Sector Head of Individual Banking at the National Commercial Bank (NCB) between 2000 and 2010. He is currently Senior Executive Vice President/Sector Head of Corporate Banking and Senior Credit Officer (SCO) Level 1. Since May 2013, he has served as Board Member at Türkiye Finans Katılım Bankası.
Board Member & CEO
Born in Ankara in 1963. Holds a BS degree from Gazi University and an MBA from the Manchester Business School and University of Wales (the UK). Started his career at Etibank where he worked from 1983 to 1985. Was in office at Citibank, Turkey from 1986 to 1996 and was appointed to Citibank, New York, USA until 1998. Then took office as Assistant General Manager at Kentbank from 1998 to 2000. From 2000 to 2008 took responsibilities in the management of business development and transformation projects at Türkiye İş Bankası. Within this period (2003 to 2005) held the position of Assistant General Manager, and a Director reporting to the Chairman at AVEA, a subsidiary of Türkiye İş Bankası. In 2008 held the position of CFO and Vice President of the Executive Committee at Dedeman Holding. V.Derya Gürerk has been since June of 2011 CEO of Türkiye Finans Katılım Bankası and Board Member.
Board Member
Born in 1981 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. He holds a B.Sc in Industrial Engineering from King Abdulaziz University in Saudi Arabia in 2004 and a M.Sc in Risk Management from New York University’s Leonard N. Stern School of Business in 2012. Before working in the financial sector, he began his career at the Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC), one of the world's largest petrochemicals manufacturers in 2005. Majed Hamdan Al Ghamdi was an Executive Vice President at The National Commercial Bank (NCB), the leading financial services group in the region. In his role as head of Enterprise Risk Management within the NCB Risk Group he acted as the custodian of the control and financial risk management processes, conducted oversight of various activities with comprehensive coverage of all major risk disciplines. He has experience working in multiple regulatory jurisdictions including Saudi Arabia and Turkey. In his years of experience at NCB he progressed through various roles and played a pivotal part in building NCB’s Enterprise Risk Management capabilities. He also represents NCB in inter-bank cooperative and regulatory initiatives. Majed Hamdan Alghamdi served as the Senior Executive Vice President in Corporate Banking at NCB from August 2018 to March 2020, and has been acting as Senior Executive Vice President in Retail Banking since March 2020. Since March 2016, he is serving as Board Member and as of April 2017, he has been serving as a Member of the Credit Committee. He has 14 years of professional experience in banking and business administration.
Board Member
Lama Ahmad M. Ghazzaoui was born in Beirut, Lebanon in 1975. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Accounting from the Lebanese American University (1996), and in 2000 she obtained her CPA accreditation and membership to the AICPA (American Institute of Certified Public Accountants) in the State of Colorado, USA. She started her career as an External Auditor in Deloitte & Touche in 1997. She began her association with The National Commercial Bank in 2003 as a Senior Financial Analyst and then as a Financial Controller in charge of general finance, budgeting, reporting, and control for the Treasury Department. Lama Ahmad M. Ghazzaoui took part as a member of the Board of Directors and Audit Committee in Türkiye Finans Katılım Bankası A.Ş. between March 2014 -March 2017. She is currently the Head of Financial Affairs and Senior Vice President of the Finance Department. She also continues to serve as the Chairman of the Audit Committee of NCB Capital and a Senior Management Committee Member of the bank. Lama Ahmad M. Ghazzaoui was appointed as a Board Member of Türkiye Finans Katılım Bankası A.Ş. as of August 2020. She has 23 years of professional experience in the field of banking and business administration.
Chairman of the Board of Directors and Compensation and Corporate Governance Committee Chairman
Mr. Raies was born in Saudi Arabia in 1972. He graduated from King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals with a degree in Electrical Engineering Department in 1996. In 2004, he earned his Master’s degree in Business Administration at King Saud University. He started his career in 1996 at Schlumberger Wireline & Testing (Petroleum Services) as Field Engineer at different domestic and international locations and Engineer-in-Charge of Qatar Onshore Field Operations. In 1999, he switched to banking sector at Commercial Banking Department of Saudi American Bank (SAMBA Group). In 2002, he joined The National Commercial Bank (NCB) as Senior Corporate Banking Relations Manager. He managed the Central Region in 2008 and the Eastern Region Commercial Banking Departments in 2010, before taking up the Country Head of the Commercial Banking Department role in 2013. Throughout this time, he participated trainings in engineering, banking, and leadership in reputable institutions such as ISEAD, Darden, and Harvard Business School. Mr. Raies was assigned as Board Member and CEO of Türkiye Finans Katılım Bankası A.Ş. between October 2016 and February 2020. He rejoined NCB as Corporate Banking Group Head in March 2020. After NCB and SAMBA merged and became Saudi National Bank (SNB), he served as Global and Large Corporates Head between March 2021 and November 2022. He has been Corporate Business Group Head since November 2022. He has been chairing the Board of Directors and the Compensation and Corporate Governance Committee of Türkiye Finans Katılım Bankası A.Ş. since August 2020. He has 28 years of professional experience in banking and business administration.