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-BankingFinance 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.

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 İşbank 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, which position he still holds.

U. Şafak Öğün

General Manager / Member

Born in 1974, Mr. U. Şafak Öğün graduated from Bilkent University, Faculty of Business Administration, Department of Business Administration in 1995 and received his master’s degree in International Banking and Finance at the University of Birmingham in 2002. In 2017, he attended the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School. At İşbank he served as Inspector between 1995-2005, Assistant Manager of Corporate Marketing Division between 2005-2007, Vice Chairman of the Board of Inspectors between 2007-2008, Corporate Banking Sales Division Manager between 2008-2009, Corporate Banking Marketing and Sales Division Manager between 2009-2016 and Güneşli Corporate Branch Manager between 2016-2021. He has been serving as the General Manager of İş Leasing since 10 May 2021.

A. Botan Berker

Independent 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. Dr. Berker is an independent Board member at Odea Bank since September 2020. She is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Turkish Educational Foundation (TEV). Dr. Ayşe Botan Berker lectures on finance at varioous universities. Since 23 March 2018, Mrs. Berker is a Member of the Board of Directors in İş Leasing.

Selim Yazıcı

Independent 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, and on the Academic Board between 2010-2013. He served as the Head of the Department of Management and Organization between 2016-2019 and as Deputy Head of the Department of Business Administration between 2012-2020. 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.

M. Coşkun CANGÖZ

Independent Member

Born in Gaziantep in 1967, Mr. M. Coşkun Cangöz graduated from Ankara University, Faculty of Political Sciences, Department of Finance in 1989. He received his master’s degree in economics from Ankara University, his master’s degree in business administration from Exeter University, and his doctorate degree in sociology from Middle East Technical University. He started his career at Denizcilik Bankası as a Financial Analyst in 1990. Mr. Cangöz joined the Undersecretariat of Treasury in 1991 as an Assistant Specialist, and took on various duties. Mr. Cangöz worked as the General Manager of Public Finance between 2005-2012, and as the Chief Economic Advisor of the T.R. London Embassy between 2012-2015. Having served as the director of the Public Debt Management Consultancy Unit at the World Bank between 2015-2020, Mr. Cangöz has been advising international organizations since October 2020 and is the Director of the Center for Fiscal and Monetary Policy Studies at the Economic Policy Research Foundation of Turkey. Mr. Cangöz has published studies on public finance and monetary policy, in particular asset and liability management, debt and risk management, and cash management.

Hasan Hepkaya

Member

Born in 1981 in Samsun, Mr. Hepkaya graduated from Hacettepe University, Department of Business Administration and 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 and Corporate Marketing Manager between 2014-2018. Appointed as Assistant General Manager on 1 April 2019, Mr. Hepkaya is in charge of Corporate Banking Sales, Project Finance, Consultancy Services Marketing, Financial Consultancy and Economic Research Departments, and holds a member’s seat on İş Leasing’s Board of Directors since 2017.

Necati Çağlar

Member

Born in 1974, Mr. Çağlar graduated from Ankara University, Faculty of Political Science, Department of Public Finance. He started his career on the Board of Inspectors of İşbank on 1 January 1997. When he was IV. Grade Inspector, he was appointed as Assistant Manager in İstanbul Regional Directorate IV on 26 August 2005, Assistant Manager in Commercial Loans Department İstanbul Maltepe Regional Directorate on 27 August 2007, Kuruköprü Branch Manager on 21 May 2008, SME Loans Allocation Department Kocaeli Regional Director on 25 August 2009, SME Loans Allocation Department Bayrampaşa Regional Director on 27 December 2012, and Head of SME Loans Allocation Department on 26 February 2016. Mr. Çağlar has been serving as the Head of Commercial Loans Allocation Department since July 2020.

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 İşbank in 2003, Mr. Yurtkuran is appointed as Vice Manager to the Bank’s Subsidiaries Division in 2012. Serving as Unit Manager in the Subsidiaries Division since January 2021, Mr. Yurtkuran holds a member’s seat on the Boards of Directors of sıra İş Faktoring A.Ş., Kasaba Gayrimenkul İnşaat Taahhüt ve Ticaret A.Ş., Topkapı Danışmanlık Elektronik Hizmetler Pazarlama ve Ticaret A.Ş., Softtech Yazılım Teknolojileri Araştırma Geliştirme Ve Pazarlama Ticaret A.Ş., Softtech Ventures Teknoloji A.Ş. ve Moka Ödeme Kuruluşu A.Ş. at the same time.