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.
Chairman
He was born in Mecca, Saudi Arabia in 1972. He graduated from the Electrical Engineering Department of King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals in 1996. In 2004, he completed 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 locations domestically and abroad. He was promoted as the engineer in charge of onshore field operations in Qatar at the same company. He started his banking career in 1999 at the Commercial Banking Department of Saudi American Bank, a Citi Bank subsidiary. In 2002, he joined The National Commercial Bank as Senior Corporate Banking Relations Manager. He managed the Central Region in 2008 and the Eastern Region Commercial Banking Departments in 2010 at The National Commercial Bank (NCB). In 2013, he became the Head of the Commercial Banking Department across the country. He attended trainings in the fields of Engineering, Banking, and Leadership in well-known schools such as ISEAD, Darden, and Harvard Business School. He served as a Board Member and the CEO of Türkiye Finans Katılım Bankası A.Ş. between October 2016 - February 2020. He served as the Senior Executive Vice President of Corporate Banking at the NCB between March 2020 – March 2021. As of March 2021 when NCB merged with Samba Financial Group and changed the bank’s title into Saudi National Bank (SNB), he has been serving as Global and Large Corporates Head at SNB. He was appointed as the Chairman of the Board of Türkiye Finans Katılım Bankası A.Ş. as of August 2020. He has 25 years of professional experience in the field of banking and business administration.
Member
Born in 1960 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Earned a Bachelor’s Degree from Harvard University Faculty of Art on General Studies in 1982 and MBA degree from Harvard University in 1988. 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. He worked as Financial Controller in Saudi Business Machines between 2000 and 2003. Until recently, he has worked as Senior Executive Vice President Group Head in Strategy and Business Development in National Commercial Bank. Besides, he served as a Board Member and a Credit Committee Member of Türkiye Finans Katılım Bankası A.Ş in 2008.
Member
Born in 1965 in Mersin, Turkey. She graduated from the Economics Department of Boğaziçi University in 1987 and started her banking career in Akbank in 1987 and worked at Akbank until 1989. She worked in 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 General Manager and Board Member, between 2008 - 2014 in Şekerbank T.A.Ş. and she served as General Manager and Board Member in 2014 - 2016 at Alternatifbank A.Ş. During her term as General Manager, she also served as a Member of the Board of Directors of Şeker Yatırım A.Ş. between 2004 -2014, as a Chairman of the Board of Directors of Şekerbank Kıbrıs Ltd. between 2008 and 2014, as a Chairman of the Board of Directors of Şeker Mortgage Finansman A.Ş. between 2010 and 2014 and as a Member of the Board of Directors at Alternatif Finansal Kiralama A.Ş. between 2014 and 2016. She took part in the Banks Association of Turkey as Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors in 2013 and she served in the Board of Directors between 2008 and 2015. Meriç Uluşahin served as the Chairman of the Supervisory Board at KentBank d.d. in Croatia from September 2016 to April 2020. As of March 2017, She has joined Türkiye Finans Katılım Bankası as Board Member, Credit Committee Member and Compensation and Corporate Governance Committee Member. She also served as a Board Member at Pasha Investment Bank between March 2017 and August 2020. As of March 2017, she joined the Türkiye Finans Katılım Bankası as a Board Member, a Credit Committee Member, and a Member of the Pricing and Corporate Governance Committee. She served as a member of the Credit Committee between 31 March 2017 and 25 March 2021 and was appointed as the Chair of Credit Committee of Türkiye Finans Katılım Bankası from 25 March 2021 onwards, assigned as a Board Member in charge of Credit Quality and Credits. She has 32 years of experience in business and banking.