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
Chairman of the Board of Directors and Compensation and Corporate Governance Committee Chair
Mr. Raies graduated from King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals in 1996 with a degree in Electrical Engineering Department. 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 Commercial Banking Departments of the Central Region in 2008 and the Eastern Region 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 April 2021 and January 2023 and as Corporate Business Group Head between January 2023 and December 2024. He has been Head of Group Strategy and Innovationsince December 2024. 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 29 years of professional experience in 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.
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.