Ziraat Katılım 2018 Annual Report

Ziraat Participation Senior Management

Mehmet Said GÜL
Executive Vice President-Information Technologies and Operations

Born in 1973 in Kahramanmaraş, Mehmet Said Gül graduated from Hacettepe University Department of Computer Engineering in 1995. He started his banking career at Anadolu Finans Kurumu in 1997. He headed for many years the Information Systems Coordination Unit at Türkiye Finans, following the merger of Family Finans and Anadolu Finans. Mr. Gül, who was appointed as a consultant at Ziraat Bank in 2014, has been serving since the establishment of Ziraat Participation. In October 2015, he was appointed as the Group Director of the Operational Transaction at Ziraat Participation. Since 23 August 2017 Mr. Gül is the Executive Vice President in charge of Information Technologies and Operations.

Osman KARAKÜTÜK
Executive Vice President-Treasury and Internal Operations

Born in Ankara in 1975, Osman Karakütük graduated from Ankara University Faculty of Political Science. He completed his undergraduate studies in Sakarya University and started his banking career at CBRT Headquarters as a clerk in 1998. In 1999, he started working at Ziraat Bank as an Assistant Inspector and then promoted to Inspector, Chief Inspector, Vice President of the Inspection Board, Branch Manager, İzmir 1st Region Manager, Head of Branch Operations and Head of Channel Management, respectively. Mr. Karakütük was appointed as Ziraat Participation Vice President in charge of Financial Coordination and Human Resources on 15 August 2017 and he has been serving as the Vice President in charge of Treasury and Internal Operations since 24 August 2017.

Tahir DEMİRKIRAN
Executive Vice President-Loan Allocation and Management

Born in 1967 in İstanbul, Tahir Demirkıran graduated from Istanbul University Faculty of Economics, Department of Economics. Mr. Demirkıran started working in Vestel Paz. A.Ş. as a Sales Representative in 1991. He was appointed as a Manager in Pamukbank in 1995. Mr. Demirkıran served in positions at Halkbank and Ziraat Bank as the Head of various departments between 2004 and 2016. He was appointed as Executive Vice President responsible for Loan Allocation and Management in Ziraat Participation on 12 February 2016 and is still carrying out the duty.

Temel Tayyar YEŞİL
Executive Vice President-Marketing

Temel Tayyar Yeşil was born in Samsun in 1971 and graduated from Erciyes University Economy department of Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences. Mr. Yeşil started his banking career at Pamukbank T.A.Ş. as Assistant Specialist in 1998. He worked as an officer and manager in the Loans and Project Evaluation departments of Halkbank. He acted as Kayseri Commercial Branch Manager between 2010 and 2012. Mr. Yeşil started to work at Ziraat Bank as Loan Allocation and Management Department Head in 2012 and continued as the Regional Coordinator in 2016. He has been appointed as Ziraat Participation Vice President in charge of Marketing on 18 July 2017 and is still carrying out the duty.