ERDOĞAN ÖZEGEN
Chairman of the Board of Directors
Erdoğan Özegen was born in Niğde on 29 November, 1965.He graduated from the Public Administration Department of the Faculty of Economics.He presided as Deputy of Niğde for the 22nd, 25th and 26th terms, and has held various political positions, being a member of the Agriculture, Forestry and Rural Affairs Commission and the Health, Family, Labour and Social Affairs Commission; a member of the Parliamentary Group Board, a member of the Bureau of the Turkish Grand National Assembly (TBMM )- Assembly Chief of Administration , President of the International Commission of the Assembly, President of the Turkish Group of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean, and General Secretary of Turkey-China Friendship Group.He has served as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Niğde Commodity Exchange, as a member of the Agricultural Council of the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB), as Chief Advisor on Corporate Relations in TOBB, as a member of the TOBB Strategy Development High Council, as Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board of TOBB ETÜ Hospital, as a member of the Council of the Ankara Chamber of Commerce (ATO), and as a member of various Social and Cultural Assistance Associations, such as the TOBB Education and Culture Foundation (TOBEV).He is currently a member of the General Administrative Council of TOBB, a founder and member of the Board of Trustees of GS1 Turkey, a member of the High Council of TOBB Strategy, a founder and member of the Selimiye Foundation for the Protection of Monuments (SISEV) and the Board of Trustees.He is married and has three children.
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.
ONUR GÖK
Member of the Board of Directors
Onur Gök started his professional career as an Assistant Tax Inspector in 2011, and attained the title of Tax Inspector after successfully passing the proficiency exam by virtue of a Decree signed by three officials and published in the Official Gazette dated 01.07.2015, numbered 29403. He held an administrative position on the Tax Inspection Board between September 2017 and April 2018, and during this period he worked as the rapporteur of the Central Report Evaluation Committee under the Office of the President of the Board, and served also as a member of the "Legislation Unit" of the Office of the President of the Board.He was appointed Deputy Secretary General of the Tax Council in April 2018 with the approval of the Ministry and served in this position until March 2019. He participated in the preparation of the Income and Corporate Tax Reforms, and has taken part in working groups related to the Istanbul Finance Center and tax reforms.He served as the Vice Chairman of the Tax Inspection Board from April 2019 to June 2021, and between January 2020 and July 2021 he served as the Secretary General of the Tax Council of the Republic of Türkiye Ministry of Treasury and Finance.He has been working as a Ministerial Advisor in the Turkish Ministry of Treasury and Finance since December 2021 and as the Acting General Manager for Financial Markets and Foreign Exchange since June 10, 2022.
RECEP ALİ ERDOĞAN
Member of the Board of Directors
Born in Istanbul on 01.07.1980, Recep Ali ERDOĞAN has graduated from Department of Public Administration at Anadolu University and consequtively he took master's degree in Business Administration.In 2002, he started his career at KOSGEB Boğaziçi University Technology Development Directorate and resumed his duty as assistant specialist in the Budget and Performance Service of Strategy Development and Financial Services Department at KOSGEB from 2007 to 2010. He served as Legal Affairs Manager and In-Service Training Manager between 2010 and 2014.From 2014 to 2016, he served as Head of Human Resources Department and Head of SME Finance Department at KOSGEB. He has been carrying out his duty as Vice Chairman of KOSGEB Administration since 09.06.2017.He is also the President of the Association for the Cooperation and Solidarity Alliance for the Members of Small and Medium Scale Enterprises Development and Support and is a Board Member in Federation of School Sports.He is married and father of two children.
MÜCAHİT DUMAN
Member of the Board of Directors
Mücahit Duman was born in 1983 in Ankara, he was graduated from METU Industrial Engineering Department.Duman embarked upon his career at Turkish Patent Institute. After working in The Central Finance and Contracts Unit as a specialist, he started working in the Undersecretariat of Treasury in 2008. Following his positions as Treasury Assistant Specialist and Specialist, he worked temporarily as a Commission Expert in the Information and Internet Research Commission established within the Turkish Grand National Assembly.Between 2013 and 2016, he served as Deputy President in charge of the Information Management and e-Transformation along with Internal Control and Risk Management at the Department of Strategy Development of the Undersecretariat of Treasury. He took over the management and design of projects on strategic management, process management, performance management, risk management, business analysis, corporate communication, information management and decision support system. Thereafter, in the General Directorate of Financial Markets and Foreign Exchange, he served as the Head of Financial Market Policies and Coordination Department responsible for financial stability, participation finance and financial inclusion.Currently, he is serving as the Head of the Departments of Financial Markets and Policies and Access to Credit and Financing Solutions, which includes Treasury backed guarantee system, under General Directorate of Financial Markets and Foreign Exchange.While being married and having one child, he speaks English well.
CAHİT ERDOĞAN
Member of the Board of Directors
Cahit Erdoğan completed his undergraduate education at Istanbul Technical University, Department of Mechanical Engineering, and received his MBA degree from Rochester Institute of Technology. Erdoğan started his career at Xerox Corporation (Rochester, NY) as a Business Analyst, and in 2000, he joined the Türkiye office of Accenture where he took a step into his management consultancy career and worked until November 2009. During his career at Accenture, Erdoğan held the positions of Consultant, Manager and Senior Manager before being appointed as the Country Lead of the Management Consulting Business Line in February 2008. Erdoğan joined Yapı Kredi in 2009 as Chief Information Officer (CIO), and from July 2013 - May 2020, he served as Assistant General Manager in charge of Information Technologies and Operations at the Bank. Between May 2020 and August 2021, he held the position of Chief Operations Officer (COO), responsible from Information Technologies, Operations and Analytics, and in August 2021, he was appointed to his current role as Assistant General Manager in charge of Commercial and SME Banking Management at Yapı Kredi. Erdoğan is also a Member of the Executive Committee of the Bank since July 2013. In addition, he served as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Yapı Kredi Technology A.Ş. between May 2015 and August 2021, and as a Member of the Board at Yapı Kredi Investment & Securities A.Ş. between March 2020 and September 2021. Besides, he is a Member of the Board at Yapı Kredi Factoring, Yapı Kredi Leasing and Yapı Kredi Bank Azerbaijan since August 2021, at Yapı Kredi Bank Nederland since October 2021, at Tanı Marketing and Communucation Services since December 2021, and at Yapı Kredi Financial Technologies since February 2022.
METİN DEMİR
Member of the Board of Directors
Born in 1975 in Kırat neighborhood of the central district of Zonguldak, Metin Demir completed his primary school education at EKİ Karadon Private Primary School, and secondary and high school education at TED Zonguldak College. He graduated from the European University of Lefke, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Department of Business Administration in 1998. He continues his business life in the fields of mining, real estate and media in Demir Group, the family company that realized the projects on establishing the first modern shopping and living center and the first five-star hotel in Zonguldak province. He served as a Member of the Board of Directors and Assembly at the Zonguldak Chamber of Commerce and Industry between 2009 and 2015, and has been serving as the President of Zonguldak Chamber of Commerce and Industry since February 2015. His other current roles include Vice President of the Council of Chambers of Commerce and Industry at the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Türkiye (TOBB), Member of the High Council for Strategy Development at TOBB, Member of the Board of the TOBB Personnel Insurance and Pension Fund Foundation, Member of the Board of BAKKA (Western Black Sea Development Agency), Vice Chairman of the Board of Zonguldak/Çaycuma Agriculture-based Specialized (Greenhouse) OIZ , Member of Entrepreneur Committee at Çaycuma OIZ, President of S.S. Enterprise Industrial Estate Construction Cooperative, Chairman of the Board of ZONTİM Zonguldak Trade Centers Inc., and a Member of the Board of Zonguldak Mining Machinery Manufacturers Association (MAKZON). Besides, he served as the Vice President of TOBTİM International Trade Centers Inc. between 2016 – 2023, as a Member of Zonguldak Municipal Council between 2009 – 2019, and as a Member of the Board of Zonguldak Technopark Inc. between 2018 – 2020. He is fluent in English, is married, and is the father of a son and a daughter..
ARİF ÇOKÇETİN
Member of the Board of Directors
Born in 1975 in Üsküdar, Istanbul, Arif Çokçetin graduated from Istanbul University, Faculty of Political Sciences, Department of Finance. He started his career in 1992 as a civil servant at the formerly called Ministry of Treasury and Finance. In 1996, he started to work as Assistant Financial Analyst at Vakıfbank where he later served as Financial Analyst, Assistant Manager, Branch Manager, Department Manager and Director. He was appointed as Deputy General Manager in 2020, and served as Deputy General Manager in charge of Credit Allocation Management for a while. Currently, he holds the position of Deputy General Manager in charge for Credit Monitoring, Evaluation and Rating. In addition, he served as a Member of the Board of Directors at Vakıf Factoring Inc. between 2013 – 2019, and is a member of the Board of Directors of Kredi Kayıt Bürosu A.Ş. since 2019. Also a Member of the Board of Vakıfbank Sports Club, Çokçetin is married and has two children.
RAHMİ KULA
Member of the Board of Directors
Born on October 30, 1981 in Balıkesir, Rahmi Kula graduated from Maltepe University, Department of Interior Architecture, and spent two years in the USA for the International Marketing Certificate Program at UCSB (University of California Santa Barbara). Throughout his career, he worked in various areas including purchasing, sales, management and organization for more than 15 years, and now he is a Member of the Board of Directors of Kula Yağ ve Emek Yem Sanayi Ticaret A.Ş., a family company that has been operating for four generations. He served as the President of Balıkesir Young Business People Association (BAGİAD) for three terms and as a Board Member of the Young Businessmen Confederation of Türkiye (TÜGİK). At present, he serves as a Member of the Board at Balıkesir Organized Industrial Zone (BALOSB), at South Marmara Development Agency (GMKA), and at Balıkesir University Teknokent Inc. Kula was elected as the President of Balıkesir Chamber of Commerce in April 2018 elections, and was re-elected in November 2022. He still holds this position at the chamber. He is also a Member of the General Administrative Board of the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Türkiye (TOBB) and a member of the Council of Chambers of Commerce at TOBB. Rahmi Kula, a Member of the Board of Trustees of the Foundation for Supporting Individuals with Autism (OBİDEV) and a member of Fenerbahçe Sports Club Congress, is married and has two daughters.
