2015 Annual Report
Board Members and Audit Committee

SAEED MOHAMMED A. ALGHAMDI

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 served as the Vice Chairman of the Board of Türkiye Finans Katılım Bankası between March 2013 and December 2015. He serves as the Chairman of the Board at Türkiye Finans Katılım Bankası as of December 2015.

Total banking and professional experience is 28 years.

MUSTAFA BOYDAK

Vice 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 between 1997 and 1999 as Board Chairman at 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. From 2006 to December 2015, he served as the Chairman of the Board of Türkiye Finans Katılım Bankası. He has been serving as the Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Türkiye Finans Katılım Bankası as of December 2015. He has served as TOBB Chairman of High Disciplinary Board during 2009-2011, Board member of TOBB between the years of 2011-2013. He has also been serving as the Chairman of the Kayseri Chamber of Industry since March 2005. Mustafa Boydak speaks English, and he is the member in various professional associations. He is married and has 5 children.

Total banking and professional experience is 29 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 29 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 until 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 Division Head of Private Banking, Head of Retail Distribution, Head of Customer Management Group. He manages major sections like activities of support such as Special VIP Department, Banking Operations, Financial Restructuring as well as Financial Institutions, Corporate Banking, Financial Expertise, SMEs and Financial Structuring as Head of Corporate Banking Group. 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 29 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 28 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 and Audit Committee member at Türkiye Finans Katılım Bankası since March 2014.

Total banking and professional experience is 18 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. He has been CFO and Board member between 2010-2015, and Executive Vice Chairman since October 2013 in Yıldız Holding A.Ş. He serves as the Executive Director in Gözde GSYO A.Ş. since 2013, and as Board member in Türkiye Finans Katılım Bankası A.Ş. since March 2014.

Total banking and professional experience is 18 years.

OSMAN ÇELİK

Board Member and CEO

Born in 1964 in Erzincan. He graduated with a BS degree in Economics from Middle East Technical University (Turkey) in 1986. The same year he began his career as an Economist, at the Turkish Statistical Institute. Between the years 1988 and 1992 he worked as a Specialist at the Project Evaluation and Preparation and Treasury Departments of the Faisal Finans Kurumu A.Ş. and between 1993 and 1995, he served as Chief Specialist. He worked at Project and Marketing Department of İhlas Finans Kurumu A.Ş. as Assistant Manager between the years 1995 and 1996 and as the manager from 1996 to 1999. In 1999 he worked as Assistant General Manager at Anadolu Finans Kurumu. Osman Çelik serves as CEO and Board Member in Türkiye Finans as of October 2, 2015.

Total banking and business management experience is 28 years.

NİHAL MASHAKİ

Corporate Secretary of Board

Born in 1980 in Amman-Jordan. Graduated from Faculty of Law at Yarmouk University (Jordan) and Faculty of Law at Galatasaray University (Istanbul). In the years 2006 to 2008 worked as a Lawyer at Hergüner Bilgen Özeke Law Firm. She joined Türkiye Finans Katılım Bankası A.Ş. in 2008. After establishing the General Secretariat Directorate, appointed as the Vice President of Board General Secretariat and General Secretary of the Board between 2008 and 2012. In 2012 she was appointed as Senior Vice President of Board General Secretariat. She has been a member of Turkish Corporate Governance Association (TKYD) since 2012. She has been a member of YASED since 2014. She speaks Arabic, English and French.

Total banking and management experience is 10 years.

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