Murat Bilgiç
Chairman

Born in Ankara in 1968. Mr. Murat Bilgiç was graduated from the International Relations Department of the Middle East Technical University, Faculty of Economic and Administrative Sciences in 1990. He holds a Master’s degree in Money-Banking-Finance from the University of Birmingham. He attended the Advanced Management Program in Harvard Business School. Mr. Bilgiç began his career at İşbank in 1990 as an Assistant Inspector on the Board of Inspectors. He became an Assistant Manager in 1999 at the Corporate Loans Underwriting Department and became a Region Manager at the same department in 2002. He became the Head of Corporate Loans Underwriting Department in 2008. He was appointed Deputy Chief Executive on 25 March 2016. Since 09 June 2016, Mr. Bilgiç is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of İş Leasing.

Şahismail Şimşek
Vice Chairman

Born in 1968, Mr. Şimşek is graduated from Ankara University, Faculty of Political Sciences, Department of Finance. After starting his job career as an officer in Türkiye İş Bankası Yenişehir / Ankara branch in 1992, Mr. Şimşek has worked as Unit Supervisor, II. Manager and Vice Manager in Sultanhamam branch between 1995 and 2007, and as Unit Manager in Commercial Banking Product Directorate between 2007 and 2012, and as Branch Manager in Avcılar Commercial Banking Branch between 2012 and 2016. Mr. Şimşek has been appointed as Commercial Banking Sales Division Manager in 2016. Since 28 November 2017, Mr. Şimşek is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of İş Leasing.

Murat Vulkan
Member

Born in 1957, Mr. Vulkan graduated from Hacettepe University, Faculty of Social and Administrative Sciences, Department of English Language and Literature. Having started his career at İşbank in 1982, Mr. Vulkan became an Assistant Section Head in 1987, Sub-Manager in 1993 and Assistant Manager in 1995 at Ankara Branch. He was promoted to Manager of Ereğli/Karadeniz Branch in 1999. He served as Manager of Kayseri Branch from 2001, Regional Manager of İstanbul 4th Region from 2004, Manager of Yenişehir/Ankara Branch from 2006 and Manager of Başkent Corporate Branch from 2007. Having served as a Member of the Board of Directors of İşbank from 30 May 2011 until 31 March 2017, Mr. Vulkan was elected a Member of the Board of Directors of İş Leasing on 28 April 2017.

A. Botan Berker
Member

Ayşe Botan Berker holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the Middle East Technical University, a master’s degree in economics from the University of Delaware (USA), and a doctorate degree in finance from Marmara University. She started her professional career at the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey (CBRT) as external borrowings specialist, where she worked on loans provided to Turkey by the World Bank, the IMF and the OECD Consortium to Aid Turkey. Following her assignment as Deputy Director of Balance of Payments, she functioned as the Director of International Institutions, which is responsible for carrying out the CBRT’s borrowings from international markets. Dr. Berker served as the London Representative of the Bank between 1994 and 1996, and before leaving the CBRT in January 1999, she was Deputy Director General of the Directorate General for External Affairs. In 1999, she set up the international rating agency Fitch Ratings’ Turkey Office, for which she functioned as the General Manager and Board of Directors member until March 2012. Having founded Merit Risk Yönetimi ve Finansal Danışmanlık company in April 2012, Dr. Berker is a member of the boards of directors of Turcas Enerji Holding A.Ş. and Rhea Girişim Sermayesi A.Ş., and a member of the Board of Trustees of the Turkish Educational Foundation (TEV). Dr. Ayşe Botan Berker lectures on finance at Bahçeşehir, Marmara and Bilgi universities. Since 23 March 2018, Mrs. Berker is a Member of the Board of Directors in İş Leasing.

Selim Yazıcı
Member

Born in 1970 in İstanbul, Selim Yazıcı received his bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Yıldız Technical University in 1992, and his master’s and doctorate degrees in business administration from İstanbul University in 1994 and 1999, respectively. He started his career in 1992 as a production engineer. In tandem with his graduate studies, he began an academic career in the Department of Business Administration at İstanbul University, Faculty of Political Sciences. Mr. Yazıcı became an associate professor in 2006 and professor in 2014. He taught classes in business management, management, organizational behavior, international business, project management, entrepreneurship, digitization, e-learning and business continuity management within the scope of undergraduate and graduate programs. He held a member’s seat on the Board of Directors of the Faculty between 2009 and 2014. He has been serving as the Deputy Head of the Department of Business Administration since 2012 and as the Head of Management and Organization Department since 2016. He is a co-founder of FinTech İstanbul platform, established in 2016 with the objective of making Turkey a regional hub in financial technology and of developing FinTech entrepreneurship. Since 23 March 2018, Mr. Yazıcı is a Member of Board of Directors in İş Leasing.

Mehmet Karakılıç
General Manager / Member

Born in 1967 in Dicle, Mr. Mehmet Karakılıç graduated from the Middle East Technical University, Faculty of Economic and Administrative Sciences, Department of Political Science and Public Administration in 1990. He completed the Strategic Bank Financial Management Program at the Manchester Business School in 1998, and later pursued an MBA degree at İstanbul Bilgi University between 2003 and 2005. After starting his career as an assistant inspector trainee on the Board of Auditors of İşbank in 1990, Mr. Karakılıç was appointed Assistant Manager of Fund Management (Treasury) Department in 2000, where he later became a Group (Unit) Manager before being promoted to Strategy and Corporate Performance Management Division Manager in 2008. Having assumed the position of Branch Network Development Division Manager from 2011 until 2017, Mr. Karakılıç has been serving as the General Manager of İş Leasing since 05 May 2017.

O. Tufan Kurbanoğlu
Member

Born in 1971, Mr. Kurbanoğlu is a graduate of Division of Public Management of Middle East Technical University. Starting his job career as an inspector in Türkiye İş Bank in 1993, Mr. Kurbanoğlu is appointed as Vice Manager in Corporate Credits Monitoring and Follow-up Department in 2002. Mr. Kurbanoğlu has served as vice manager between 2002 and 2006, as manager between 2006 and 2011 and as Regional Manager in Retail Credits Monitoring and Follow-up between 2011 and 2014, and is appointed as Commercial and Corporate Credits Monitoring and Follow-up Department head in 2014. Mr. Kurbanoğlu is currently working as Head of Commercial and Corporate Credits Monitoring and Follow-up Department.

Buğra Avcı
Member

Born in 1975, Mr. Avcı is graduated from Bilkent University, Faculty of Business Administration. After starting his job career as a credit specialist in Türkiye İş Bankası in 1988, Mr. Avcı has worked in Individual Banking Marketing and Corporate Banking Marketing Divisions between 2000 and 2007. He has worked as vice manager in Corporate Banking Product Division in 2007, and as Corporate and Commercial Banking Product Division Pricing Unit Manager in 2011. Mr. Avcı has been appointed as Commercial Banking Product Manager in 2015, and is still continuing to work as Commercial Banking Product Manager.

Hasan Hepkaya
Member

Born in 1981, Mr. Hepkaya is graduated from Hacettepe University, Faculty of Business Administration. Having started his career at Garanti Leasing in 2003, he then worked in various positions in the Corporate Marketing and Project Finance departments of Türkiye Sınai Kalkınma Bankası A.Ş. between 2005 and 2014, before serving as Project Finance Manager from 2014 through 2016. Mr. Hepkaya was appointed as Corporate Marketing Manager on 01 January 2017 and is still continuing to work as Corporate Marketing Manager.

Murat Demircioğlu
Member

Born in 1975 in Rize, Mr. Murat Demircioğlu graduated from the Middle East Technical University, Faculty of Economic and Administrative Sciences, Department of Economics in 1997. He started his professional life as an assistant inspector on the Board of Auditors of İşbank in 1998 and was appointed Commercial Loans Allocation Division Manager in 2017. Mr. Demircioğlu was elected a Member of the Board of Directors of İş Leasing on 07 June 2017.

Doruk Yurtkuran
Member

Born in 1980, Mr. Doruk Yurtkuran graduated from the Middle East Technical University, Department of Business Administration in 2002. Starting his job career as an inspector in Türkiye İş Bank in 2003. Mr. Yurtkuran is appointed as Vice Manager to the Bank’s Subsidiaries Division in 2012. He is working as Vice Manager in Subsidiaries Division of T. İş Bankası. In addition, Mr. Yurtkuran is also serving as a member of Board of Directors of JSC Isbank Georgia, İş Faktoring A.Ş. and Topkapı Yatırım Holding A.Ş. as well.