Chairman of the Compensation and Corporate Governance Committee
Mr. Fawaz Abdullah Al-Thumairi earned his bachelor’s degree in Management Information Systems from King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals in 2008. He has also completed executive education programs at leading global institutions, including London Business School, the Wharton School, and Columbia Business School. Mr. Al-Thumairi began his career in 2008 as a Senior Trader at Samba Financial Group. In 2011, he joined the National Commercial Bank, where he held a series of senior leadership roles, including Head of Rates Trading, Head of Trading, and Executive Vice President – Head of Principal Strategies within the Treasury Group. In 2021, following the merger that formed Saudi National Bank (SNB), he was appointed Executive Vice President and Head of Global Transaction Banking. In 2022, he assumed the role of Senior Executive Vice President and Group Head of Treasury at SNB, where he is also a member of the Higher Management Committee and the Asset and Liability Committee. With over 17 years of experience in the banking sector, Mr. Al-Thumairi was appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors at Türkiye Finans Katılım Bankası on 2 May 2025
Member of the Board of Directors
Issa Saleh ALHURIMMEES graduated from the Arab Open University with a degree in Business Administration and Economics. He earned his Master’s degree with honors in International Finance from Alyamamah University alongside Executive Education form top business schools such as INSEAD, LBS, and Darden School of business. He is certified by Moday’s in commercial credit ( CICC ). He began his professional career in 1996 as a Corporate Credit Risk Officer at Zahid Tractor & Heavy Machinery Co. He later joined Arab National Bank, where he worked as a Relationship Manager. In 2007, Mr. ALHURIMMEES joined AlRajhi Bank, where he held several key positions, including Team Leader for Sophisticated Corporates, Corporate Regional Manager (Central Region, Corporate Banking Group), Country Head of the Large Corporate Banking Group, Chief Retail Risk Officer – Credit and Risk Group and Country Head of Micro and Small Business – Head of Strategy Execution. Since 2023, he has been serving as Executive Vice President - Head of Retail Risk at Saudi National Bank. With 29 years of experience in the banking sector, Issa Saleh ALHURIMMEES was appointed as a Member of the Board of Directors at Türkiye Finans on 12 May 2025.
Member of the Board of Directors
Saad Ali Alabdali is a distinguished banking and finance professional. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Banking and Finance from the University of Bahrain and has completed executive education programs at Harvard Business School, Wharton Business School, and Stanford Graduate School of Business. Saad began his career in 1991 at Al Rajhi Bank, where he advanced from Sales Representative in Consumer Finance to Branch Manager and Area Manager, ultimately leading the largest branch banking network in the region, comprising over 5,500 employees. In 2012, he joined The National Commercial Bank (NCB) as Executive Vice President and Head of Branch Banking, and he also served as a Member of the Purchasing Committee. In 2016, he was appointed as a Member of the Board of Directors at the Saudi Credit Bureau (SIMAH). and later transitioned to senior roles in Consumer Finance and Special Accounts. In 2021, Saad became the Head of Group Administration during the merger that formed the Saudi National Bank, followed by positions as Executive Vice President, Head of Retail Products, and Head of Retail Credit Risk, where he was a Member of the Credit Risk and Remedial Committee. Since 2023, Mr. ALABDALI has been serving as the CEO and a Member of the Board of Directors at ITQAN Quality for Business Solutions Company, a subsidiary of SNB Group. With 34 years of experience in banking, he was appointed as a Member of the Board of Directors at Türkiye Finans on 12 May 2025.
Board Member, Credit Committee Chair and Audit Committee Member
Ms. Uluşahin graduated from Boğaziçi University in 1987 with a degree in Economics 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 38 years of professional experience in banking and business administration.
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 graduated from Bilkent University in 1996 with a degree with high honors in Business Administration. 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 29 years of professional experience in banking and business administration.
Board Member and CEO
Mr. Akşam graduated from İstanbul Technical University in 1990 with a degree in Management Engineering. 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 34 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.
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.