WAEL ABDULAZIZ A RAIES

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.

Moath Saad M ALNASSER

Board Member and Credit Committee Member

Mr. Alnasser was born in Saudi Arabia in 1977. He earned his bachelor’s degree in Accounting from King Saud University in 1988 and earned his MBA and MSA from University of Colorado in 2003. After serving as a Faculty Member in Saudi Central Bank (SAMA) Banking Institution between September 2003 and March 2004, Mr. Alnasser joined The National Commercial Bank (NCB) as a corporate banker in 2004. In 2007, he switched to Bank Saudi Fransi as the Unit Head of Corporate Banking Division. In 2010, he returned to NCB and held the positions Corporate Banking Group Team Leader in 2010, Corporate Banking Group Region Head and Division Head in 2013, and Special Assets Division Head in Corporate Banking Group in 2018. Since NCB and Samba Financial Group merged and became Saudi National Bank (SNB) in April 2021, Mr. Alnasser has held the positions of Head of Restructuring and Collections (April 2021-September 2022), Head of Corporate Banking (September-December 2022), Head of Corporate and Commercial Banking (December 2022-October 2023), and the Wholesale Risk Senior Executive (since December 2023). He has been a Board Member and Credit Committee Member of Türkiye Finans Katılım Bankası since September 2021.

He has 21 years of professional experience in banking.

Mazen Ali E ALDHABI

Board Member and Audit Committee Member

Mr. Aldhabi was born in Saudi Arabia in 1978. He earned his B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Industrial Engineering from King Abdulaziz University in 2002 and 2005 and his MBA degree from Brunel University in 2007. He started his career at Saudi Fransi Bank as a Senior Auditor in 2007, and joined The National Commercial Bank (NCB) Operational Risk Senior Manager in 2009. Mr. Aldhabi has been holding office at Saudi National Bank (SNB), which has become SNB upon merger of NCB and Samba Financial Group in 2021, as the Head of Operational Risk since 2014, Compliance Committee Member since 2016, New Product & Services Committee Chairman since 2018, and Fraud Committee Member since 2019. He has been a Board Member and Audit Committee Member of Türkiye Finans Katılım Bankası since October 2023.

He has 17 years of professional experience in banking and business administration.

Murat AKŞAM

Board Member and CEO

Mr. Akşam was born in Türkiye in 1968. He earned his B.Sc. degree in Management Engineering from İstanbul Technical University in 1990. 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 33 years of professional experience in banking and business administration.

Hakan BEKİROĞLU

Board Member & Compensation and Corporate Governance Committee

Mr. Bekiroğlu 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.

Meriç ULUŞAHİN

Board Member, Credit Committee Chair and Audit Committee Member

Ms. Uluşahin was born in 1965 in Turkey. She graduated from the Economics Department of Boğaziçi University in 1987 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 37 years of professional experience in business and banking.

Müge ÖNER

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.