Board of Directors
Suzan Sabancı Dinçer - Chairman and Executive Board Member
Suzan Sabancı Dinçer was elected Chairman on March 28, 2008. Mrs. Sabancı Dinçer was appointed as the division head of the Akbank Treasury Department in 1989 and promoted to Executive Vice President in charge of Treasury in 1994. Mrs. Sabancı Dinçer was elected as the Managing Director responsible for Asset Liability Management and Correspondent Relations, to the Board of Directors, in 1997. Suzan Sabancı Dinçer holds a B.A. degree majoring in Finance and International Marketing at the Richmond College in the UK and an MBA degree at the Boston University in the US. Mrs. Sabancı Dinçer is also Luxembourg Honorary Consul and a member of Citigroup International Advisory Board.
Erol Sabancı - Honorary Chairman and Consultant to the Board - Board Member
Erol Sabancı was elected Honorary Chairman and Consultant to the Board on March 28, 2008. Serving as a Member of the Board of Directors and the Vice Chairman of the Board since 1967, Erol Sabancı held the position of Chairman of the Board from March 1998 to March 2008. Mr. Sabancı also serves as the Vice Chairman of the Board of Sabancı Holding.
Akın Kozanoğlu - Vice Chairman
Akın Kozanoğlu, serving as the Executive Vice President in charge of Retail Banking and IT since 1987, was elected a Member of the Board of Directors on July 5, 2000 and as the Vice Chairman on December 1, 2000. Mr. Kozanoğlu is also the President of the Sabancı Holding Financial Services Group. Akın Kozanoğlu is authorized in all matters of the Bank. He is the Chairman of the Bank’s Audit Committee and the Director in charge of internal audit and internal control.
Bülent Adanır - Executive Board Member
Appointed as a Board Member and a managing director in November 2007, Mr. Adanir currently oversees matters concerning risk management. Prior to joining Akbank Mr. Adanır spent 26 years at Citigroup holding various responsibilities in different countries and geographies. In 1997 he was appointed Regional Portfolio Manager for Citigroup in London and later became the Portfolio Manager for the Sovereigns covering Europe, the Middle East and Africa regions. Bülent Adanır received his undergraduate and graduate degrees in the U.S., and holds a master’s degree in Applied Economics from Rutgers State University.
Özen Göksel - Board Member
Özen Göksel started working at Akbank in 1964 as an assistant internal auditor and was appointed an Executive Vice President in 1981. He served as a member on Akbank’s Board of Directors and as the CEO of the Bank from 1994 until November 2000. From November 2000 to October 2007, he held the position of Managing Director. Since October 2007, he has been a Director on the Board.
Hikmet Bayar - Board Member
Hikmet Bayar joined the Akbank Board of Directors after retiring from the Turkish Armed Forces in 1996. Having actively served in various command positions, Mr. Bayar was Chief of the Turkish Land Forces between 1994 and 1996.
Aydın Günter - Board Member
Aydın Günter has held various positions at Sabancı Holding, including Executive Vice President in charge of Financial Control and Finance. In 1994, he founded his own consulting firm and was elected as a Member of the Board of Directors in 1998. Before joining the Sabancı Group, Mr. Günter worked at the Ministry of Finance as a Tax Inspector. He is a member of Akbank’s Audit Committee.
Yaman Törüner - Board Member
Yaman Törüner became a member of the Board of Directors in March 1998. Having served as a Member of Parliament between 1995 and 1999, Mr. Törüner also served as a Minister of State in 1996. He was the President of the ISE between 1990 and 1994 and worked at various administrative positions within the Central Bank of Turkey from 1972 to 1990. Mr. Törüner has also served as the Governor of the Central Bank of Turkey.
William J. Mills - Board Member
In March 2004 William J. Mills was appointed Chairman and CEO of Citi Markets & Banking for Europe, the Middle East and Africa including 54 countries. He is at the same time a member of Citi Operating and Management Committee. Previously he was the CEO of Salomon Smith Barney Asia Pasific and a member of the Smith Barney Management Committee. William J. Mills has had more than 20 years' experience in investment banking, serving as the co-head of the global banking division based in New York from 1994 till 1999. William J. Mills was elected as a Director of the Akbank Board of Directors to replace Sir Winfried Bischoff on March 28, 2008. Mr. Wills has an undergraduate degree at Denison University in 1977.
Zafer Kurtul - Board Member and CEO
Zafer Kurtul joined Akbank in 1998 as an Executive Vice President and in November 2000 was appointed the CEO. Previously he worked at Citibank, BNP-Ak-Dresdner Bank and Société Générale. Mr. Kurtul has an undergraduate degree from Istanbul University Faculty of Business Administration and an MBA in Finance from the University of Wisconsin – Madison. Mr. Kurtul is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA). He is a member of Institut International D’etudes Bancaires.
Eyüp Engin - Head of Internal Audit
Eyüp Engin joined Akbank in 1978 as an Assistant Internal Auditor. Prior to his appointment as the Executive Vice President for International Banking in 1996, Mr. Engin was the Manager of the Treasury Department and was appointed as the Head of Internal Audit in July 2007. He is a graduate of the Faculty of Business Administration at Middle East Technical University.
STATUTORY AUDITORS
Nedim Bozfakıoğlu- Statutory Auditors
Nedim Bozfakıoğlu serves as the Vice President of Budget, Accounting and Consolidation at H.Ö. Sabancı Holding. Previously, Mr. Bozfakıoğlu served as the Finance Manager at Lassa and Financial Affairs Deputy Manager at Kordsa. Mr. Bozfakıoğlu is a graduate of Istanbul University Faculty of Economics.
Mevlüt Aydemir- Statutory Auditors
Serving in various positions at H.Ö. Sabancı Holding since 1981, Mevlüt Aydemir is currently the Vice President of Financial Affairs and Financing. Mr. Aydemir, who has worked in the Ministry of Finance as a Tax Inspector prior to 1981, is a graduate of Istanbul University Faculty of Economics.
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