MUSTAFA BOYDAK
Chairman

Born in 1963, in Hacılar, Kayseri. He holds BS degree in Business Management from Muğla University (Turkey). Between 1987 and 1989, he worked as Manager at various departments of Hes Kablo. Between 1990 and 1992, he worked as Purchasing Manager at Hes Kablo and as Board member at İstikbal Mobilya A.Ş.. Between 1992 and 1995, he worked as Board Member at Anadolu Finans Kurumu, and in 1993 as Board Member at Merkez Çelik A.Ş. In 1997, he was Board Chairman of Merkez Çelik A.Ş; in 1996, Board Member at Boytaş A.Ş.; in 1999, Chairman at Anadolu Finans Kurumu and CEO at HES Kablo following the shareholding structure change in former HES Group. Upon restructuring of the Group as Boydak Holding, he was assigned as Board Chairman, while he was the CEO of HES Kablo. Since 2003, he has been Vice-Chairman of the Board of Boydak Holding and Board member in various companies of the Group together with the aforementioned two positions. Since 2006, he has been Board Chairman at Türkiye Finans Katılım Bankası A.Ş.. He has been a member of the Turkish Industrialists and Businessmen’s Association (TÜSİAD) since 1998 and Chairman of the Kayseri Chamber of Industry since March 2005; member of High Coordination Council of Turkish Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges. Mustafa Boydak knows English, and he is the member in various professional associations.

Total banking and professional experience is 27 years.

SAEED MOHAMMED A. ALGHAMDI
Vice Chairman

Born in 1963 in Al Ramadah, Saudi Arabia. He holds BS degree in Science and Computer Engineering from King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals in 1987. He began his career in 1987 with the Ministry of Defense and Aviation and then he commenced his career with Al Rajhi Bank in 1991, where he progressed in a number of jobs to assume later between 1998 and 2012 several leading positions including and respectively; Chief Information Officer (CIO), Chief Operating Officer (COO), General Manager - Retail Banking Group, and Vice President of Al Rajhi Bank. He also was a Board Director of: “Al Rajhi Bank - Malaysia”, “Al Rajhi Capital”, “Al Rajhi Takaful.” During 2012 and 2013 he worked as an advisor to H.E. the Governor of the Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency (SAMA), and as an advisor to the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the “The National Commercial Bank.” He became the CEO and member of the Board of The National Commercial Bank in March 2013. He is the Vice Chairman of the Board at Türkiye Finans Katılım Bankası since March 2013.

Total banking and professional experience is 27 years.

KHALID MALIK ALSHARIF
Board Member

Born in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia in 1964. AlSharif Khalid AlGhalib is a recognized figure in the banking industry in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. He has 28 years of extensive banking experience ranging across investment and commercial banking. An MBA graduate from the College of Notre Dame in 1985, he started from the Investment Services of Riyad Bank in 1986 to become the Executive Vice President in charge of the Kingdomwide Branch Network in 1999. In 2000, he joined The National Commercial Bank (NCB), the largest bank in Saudi Arabia, where he is currently Senior Executive Vice President and Group Head of Corporate Group. Prior to this position, AlSharif Khalid was Group Head of Retail Banking, Division Head of Private Banking, Head of Retail Distribution and Head of Customer Management Group. As Group Head of Corporate Banking, he oversees major divisions of the bank which includes Corporate Banking, Specialized Finance, Financial Institutions, SMEs and Finance Restructuring. As a professional executive and banker, he serves as board member of several business and financial institutions both locally and internationally. Since May 2013 he is the Board Member of Türkiye Finans Katılım Bankası.

Total banking and professional experience is 28 years.

OĞUZ KAYHAN
Board Member and Chairman of the Audit Committee

Born in Denizli in 1966. He graduated from Department of Economics, Faculty of Political Sciences, Ankara University in 1986. He holds an MA degree in Accounting-Finance from Gazi University. In 1987, he started his career in the Undersecretariat of the Treasury as Junior Sworn-in Bank Auditor. Between 1998 and 2001, he served as Vice President of the Board of Sworn Bank Auditors. In this period, he worked as the Chairman of the Board of Sworn Bank Auditors by proxy for 9 months. Between 2001 and 2006, 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 and 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 and March 2012. Since September 2012, he serves in Türkiye Finans Katılım Bankası as a Board member and Chairman of the Audit Committee.

Total banking and professional experience is 27 years.

LAMA AHMAD M GHAZZAOUI
Board Member

Born in 1975, in Beirut, Lebanon. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting from the Lebanese American University in 1996 and, in 2000, she obtained her CPA accreditation and membership to the AICPA (American Institute of Certified Public Accountants) from the State of Colorado, USA. She started her career as an external auditor in Deloitte & Touche in 1997. Lama began her association with The National Commercial Bank (NCB) in 2003 as Senior Financial Analyst and then as Financial Controller in-charge of general finance, budgeting, reporting and control for the Treasury Division. Lama A. Ghazzaoui is the Head of Finance Group at NCB and the leading financial services group in the region. She was appointed to this position in August 2013. Lama progressed to become one of the respected female executives in the Bank and in December 2010, she was appointed the Bank’s Chief Accountant. She is a member of the Higher Management Committee, ALCO and Purchasing Committee of the Bank. She is also the Chairman of NCBC’s Audit Committee and is a member of CMA Advisory Committee. Concurrently, she has been Board member at Türkiye Finans Katılım Bankası since March 2014.

Total banking and professional experience is 17 years.

HALİL CEM KARAKAŞ
Board Member

Born in Ankara in 1974. He holds a BS degree from the Middle East Technical University, an MBA degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a PHD in finance from the Istanbul University. He started his career at Koç Holding Group Corporate Strategy division. He continued his career as the Group CFO and Board member of the Erdemir Group between 2006 and 2010. Previously he worked as the Merger and Acquisitions Director at OYAK Group and held various Board membership positions. Since 2010 he has been CFO and Board member in Yıldız Holding A.Ş., since 2013 the Executive Director in Gözde GSYO A.Ş., since March 2014 Board member at Türkiye Finans Katılım Bankası A.Ş.

Total banking and professional experience is 17 years.

V. DERYA GÜRERK
Board Member and CEO

Born in Ankara in 1963. He holds a BS degree from Gazi University and an MBA from the Manchester Business School and University of Wales (the UK). He started his career at Etibank where he worked between 1983 and 1985. He worked at Citibank, Turkey between 1986 and 1996 and at Citibank, New York, USA until 1998. Then he took office as Foreign Affairs Assistant General Manager at Kentbank between 1998 and 2000. From 2000 to 2008 he mainly took responsibilities in the management of business development and corporate transformation projects at Türkiye İş Bankası. Within this period (2003 to 2005), he held the position of Assistant General Manager, and then a Director reporting to the Board Chairman at AVEA, a subsidiary of Türkiye İş Bankası. Between 2008 and 2009, he held the position of CFO and Vice President of the Executive Committee at Dedeman Holding. In 2009, V. Derya Gürerk joined to Türkiye Finans family as Executive Vice President of Transformation and Project Management and as of June 2011, he has been CEO and Board member of Türkiye Finans Katılım Bankası.

Total banking and professional experience is 31 years.