ERDAL ERDEM

General Manager

Erdal Erdem was born in Çankırı in 1971. He graduated from Afyon Kocatepe University Department of Finance in 1993 and earned his master's degree from Beykent University. He started his career at Faisal Finans Kurumu (Faisal Financial Institution) in 1995 and served as Assistant Marketing Specialist in the participation banking sector. After working in the Project Marketing Group Directorate and Credit Service Directorate, he served as the Assistant General Manager in charge of Credit Monitoring, Legal Affairs and Credit Evaluation Units. Between 2012-2014, he served as the member of the Board of Directors of the Republic of Türkiye Ziraat Bank Inc. and the Credit Committee, the vice-chair of the Board of Directors of Ziraat Leasing Inc. and a member of the Board of Directors of Ziraat Bank Moscow. Between 2014-2017, he served as the Assistant General Manager of Halk Bank in charge of SME Banking Marketing, Financial Management and Planning, and Acting Assistant General Manager in charge of Human Resources and Quality Organization. He also served as the chair of the Board of Directors of Factoring Inc. and a member of the Board of Directors of Halk Bank Serbia. Between 2017-2020, he served as the Assistant General Manager and the General Manager of Şekerbank SME Banking. Between November 2020-February 2022, he served as the Acting Chair of the Board of Directors of Kardemir Inc. Erdem has been serving as a member of the Board of Directors of the Development and Investment Bank of Turkey since July 2020 and also as the Chair of the Corporate Governance Committee. He has been appointed as the General Manager of the Credit Guarantee Fund as of February 8, 2022.

ŞEYDA YAVUZ

Deputy General Manager

Seyda Yavuz was born in Diyarbakır in 1976. After completing her secondary and high school education at Ankara Gazi Anadolu High School, she graduated from Ankara Gazi University, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Department of Business Administration. She started her professional career at Halkbank in 1995 and worked as a Manager at the General Directorate Foreign Transactions Department between 1995-2011, and in the SME and Individual Marketing departments of the Regional Coordinator between 2011-2016, respectively. As of April 2016, she started to work as a Division Manager of the Corporate Communications and Product Management Division at Kredi Garanti Fonu (Credit Guarantee Fund). As of 16 September, 2019, she has been appointed Deputy General Manager of Kredi Garanti Fonu. She is married and has a daughter.