Hüseyin AYDIN
Chairman of the Board
Hüseyin Aydın graduated from the Faculty Economics, Ankara Economics and Business Sciences Academy in 1981. He began his career as an assistant inspector at Ziraat Bank and served as a director in various departments at Ziraat Bank until 27 March 2003. After working as an Executive Board Member at Halkbank, as a Board Member at Pamukbank and as Vice Chairman at Ziraat Bank, he served as Chief Executive of Halkbank between 31 May 2005‑14 July 2011. Having joined Ziraat Bank as the CEO on 15 July 2011, Mr. Aydın also serves as the Chairman of the Banks Association of Turkey. Hüseyin Aydın is assigned as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of our Bank since 18 February 2015.
Fikrettin AKSU
Vice Chairman of the Board
Fikrettin Aksu graduated from Department of Business Management of the Kütahya Management Sciences Faculty at the Eskişehir Academy of Economic and Commercial Sciences, in 1979. After working at various institutions between 1980‑1984, he started his career at T.C. Ziraat Bankası A.Ş. in 1984. After working in various positions at the Bank between 1984‑2014, he started working at Ziraat Hayat Emeklilik A.Ş.; having served as the General Manager of Ziraat Sigorta A.Ş. he served as the General Manager of Ziraat Yatırım Menkul Değerler A.Ş., and served as the President of the Human Resources Group between October 2018 and December 2019. He has been serving as the Head of the Internal Operations Group since December 2019. As of 19 June, 2020, he has been serving as the Deputy Chairman of Ziraat Katılım Board of Directors, the Audit Committee and a member of the Corporate Governance Committee.
Metin ÖZDEMİR
Member of the Board, CEO
Metin Özdemir graduated from İstanbul University (Faculty of Business Administration) in 1990. He started his career at Kuveyt‑Türk Finans Kurumu A.Ş. in 1992, and from 1996, he carried on with his business life as an executive in the retail sector. Mr. Özdemir functioned as a member of İstanbul Metropolitan Municipal Council between 2004 and 2014. Mr. Özdemir was a member of the Ziraat Bank’s Board of Directors and acted as a member of the Corporate Governance Committee and the Remuneration Committee from April 2012 until 27 May 2019. Mr. Özdemir has been a member of the Board of Directors of Ziraat Katılım since 18 February 2015 and was appointed as the CEO on 12 June 2017. Mr. Özdemir, who has been serving in the Board of Directors and Remuneration Committee of our Bank, has been the Chairman of the Credit Committee since 25 July 2017. Additionally, Mr. Özdemir is also the Chairman of Participation Banks Association of Turkey (TKBB) and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Association of National Development Finance Institutions in Member Countries of the Islamıc Development Bank (ADFIMI).
Taner AKSEL
Member of the Board
Taner Aksel graduated from Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences at Anadolu University in 1983. He started his banking career in 1985 as an inspector at the Pamukbank Inspection Board and worked as a manager in the commercial and corporate branches. Mr. Aksel, who started working at Halkbank in 2002, served as a Regional Coordinator, the Head of the Corporate and Commercial Marketing Department, the Deputy General Manager of Corporate Marketing and as the Assistant General Manager of SME Banking until October 2015. After the establishment of Halk Faktoring A.Ş., an affiliate of Halkbank, he served as the Chairman of the Board of Directors, as a Member of the Board of Directors in Halk Leasing A.Ş. and as a Member of the Board at Halk Sigorta. Since 2016, he has been working on the efficiency analysis of business processes both in Turkey and abroad for commercial and SME‑scale companies to increase their profitability, project feasibility and implementation of business development models. Mr. Aksel, who has been serving as a Member of the Board of Ziraat Katılım as of 19.06.2020, is also a Member of the Credit Committee and the Remuneration Committee.
Ahmet BUÇUKOĞLU
Member of the Board
Born in Kayseri in 1955, he graduated from the Department of Economics and Finance of the Faculty of Political Sciences at Ankara University in 1980. He started his career at T.C. Ziraat Bankası A.Ş. in 1982. Between 1982 and 2014, he served as an Assistant Inspector, Inspector, Agricultural Loans Assistant Manager, Head of the Intelligence Department, Branch Manager and Regional Manager. Between 2014 and 2018, he served as the General Manager and Chairman of the Board of Directors at the Development Bank of Turkey. Buçukoğlu, who has been serving as a Member of the Board of Ziraat Katılım since 19 June, 2020, is also an alternate member of our Bank’s Credit Committee.
Hasan DURSUN
Member of the Board
Hasan Dursun graduated with a major in Economics and Political Sciences and Finance from the Faculty of Economics at Istanbul University in 1977. He started his career on 1 October 1977 in the Sümerbank Purchase and Sale Organization Customs and Transport Service. Mr. Dursun worked at the Istanbul Exchange Branch of the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey between 1978‑1981. After working as an Assistant Inspector and Inspector at the Turkish Imar Bank between 1981‑1986, he worked as the Deputy Manager of Tütünbank Loans between 1986‑1987 and as the Branch Manager at Faisal Finans, Anadolu Finans and Albaraka Türk between 1987-2016. After his retirement in 2016, Mr. Dursun, who worked in managerial positions in private companies, served as a Board Member at Bereket Emeklilik A.Ş. Mr. Dursun, who has been serving as a Member of the Board of Ziraat Katılım as of 19 June, 2020, also serves as a Member of the Credit Committee and Corporate Governance Committee.
