Emin Hocaoğlu

President of the Audit Board

He was born in 1986 in Istanbul. He graduated from Istanbul University, Faculty of Economics, Department of Economics in 2008. In 2010, he completed Anadolu University Foreign Trade Program. He is continuing his postgraduate program in Financial Markets and Investment Management at Marmara University. He started his professional life in the purchasing department of Eczacıbaşı-Monrol Nuclear Products Company, one of the companies in the healthcare group of the Eczacıbaşı Group. In a change of career, he switched to the banking sector and started to work as an Assistant Auditor at Ziraat Bank after working as an Assistant Auditor at Şekerbank for 6 months. Following his 8-year duty in the Ziraat Bank Audit Board, he started to work at Ziraat Participation as the Vice President of the Audit Board on 4 March 2019. He was appointed as the President of the Audit Board on 28 July 2021 and he has been continuing his duty since then.

Mehmet Salih İşsever

Head of Internal Control and Compliance Department

Mehmet Salih İşsever was born in Bitlis in 1973. He graduated from Istanbul University Faculty of Political Sciences Department of International Affairs in 1995. He is in the process of writing his thesis for his graduate degree at İstanbul Sabahattin Zaim University in International Finance and Participation Banking. He started his banking career in Egebank Merter branch by completing the MT program in Corporate Marketing. Between 2000 and 2002, he worked in the corporate marketing department of Alternatif Bank Şişli branch. In 2002, Mr. İşsever worked as marketing manager at Oyak Bank-ING Bank Çağlayan branch and acted as branch manager of Kurtköy and Levent Plaza branches between 2008 and 2013. He worked at Ziraat Bankası Gebze branch as entrepreneurial branch manager between 2013 and 2015. He transferred to Ziraat Participation in 2015 and acted as branch manager in Altunizade and Eminönü branches. As of 2 July 2021, Mr. İşsever was appointed as the Head of Human Resources Department and since May, he has been working as the Head of Internal Control and Compliance Department.

Yasin Özbey

Head of Risk Management

Yasin Özbey was born in İstanbul in 1981. He graduated from Erciyes University Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences Department of Economics in 2003. He finished his graduate studies in Business Administration in 2011. In 2012, he received his CPA certificate. Mr. Özbey started his professional career in 2004 at Anadolu Finans Kurumu A.Ş. Financial Affairs Group Directorate, Financial Control service. He served as Financial Control Supervisor between 2004 and 2008. He took place in the merger of Anadolu Finans Kurumu and Family Finans Kurumu. He worked at Türkiye Finans, Financial Control and Reporting Department’s Audit and Legal Reporting service between 2008 and 2013. After working at Aktifbank and Albaraka Türk in Regulatory Reporting services he joined Ziraat Bank for the inception of Ziraat Participation on 1 December 2014. At Ziraat Participation, Mr. Özbey worked as Financial Control Office at Financial Coordination Department and as Retail Banking Officer at Kütahya Branch. In April 2018, he was appointed as Balance Sheet and Operational Risk Manager at the Risk Management Department and since 9 May 2022, he is acting the Head of Ziraat Participation Risk Management Department.