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 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.
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 & 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.
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.