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Credit Committee

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Meriç ULUŞAHİN​

Board Member,
Credit Committee Chair and
Audit Committee Member

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Issa Saleh ALHURIMMEES  

Issa Saleh ALHURIMMEES

Board Member,
Credit Committee Member,
​ Audit Committee Member​

 

Saad Ali ALABDALI​

Board Member,
​​ Credit Committee Member

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Süleyman Murat AKŞAM  

​Süleyman Murat AKŞAM

Board Member and
CEO​

 

Müge​ ÖNER​

Board Me​mber,
​​ Audit Committee Chair and
Compensation and Corporate
Governance Committee Member

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Board Member, Credit Committee Member

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. ​

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Board Member, Credit Committee Member, Audit Committee Member

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.


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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.​​​ ​​​​ ​​​​

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Board Me​mber,​​ 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.

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​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.​​​​​​​​​​ ​​​​​

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