HÜSEYİN AYDIN
General Manager and Member of the Board
Hüseyin Aydın graduated from the Ankara Academy of Economics and Commercial Sciences (Faculty of Economics) 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 March 27^th, 2003. After working as an Executive Board member at Halkbank, as a Board member at Pamukbank and as Deputy Chairman at Ziraat Bank, Mr. Aydın worked as the General Manager and Board member at Halkbank between May 31^st, 2005 and July 14^th, 2011. Having joined Ziraat Bank as the General Manager on July 15^th, 2011, Mr. Aydın also serves as the Chairman of the Banks Association of Turkey.

ÖMER MUZAFFER BAKTIR
Assistant General Manager for Marketing
Ömer Muzaffer Baktır graduated from Istanbul Technical University (Department for Mining Engineering). He joined Pamukbank In 1990, where he worked as an Assistant Inspector, Inspector, Service Director and as a departmental manager. Having joined Halkbank in December 2004, Mr. Baktır was appointed as an Assistant General Manager on June 14^th, 2005 and he was responsible for Corporate Commercial Marketing, Corporate and SME Marketing, and Credit Allocation and Management respectively until March 2010. He then joined Cengiz Holding in March 2010 where he served as a CFO and Member of the Executive Committee until October 2011. Mr. Baktır has been serving at Ziraat Bank as an assistant general manager responsible for marketing since November 2011.

MUSA ARDA
Assistant General Manager for Credit Allocation and Management
Musa Arda graduated from Çukurova University (Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences). He began his career at Pamukbank in 1994 as a financial analyst. He worked at the same bank as an analyst, a service manager in various units at the headquarters and a marketing director at Güneşli Corporate Branch between 1994 and 2004. He joined Halkbank in 2005 as a division manager at the Commercial Marketing Department before working as the head of the Financial Analysis Department, the head of the Department of Credit Policies and Project Evaluation, the head of the Department of Commercial Loans and, most recently, as the coordinator responsible for the Istanbul 2^nd Region. He has been serving at Ziraat Bank as an assistant general manager responsible for credit allocation and management since November 2011.

CEM İNAL
Assistant General Manager for Retail Banking
Cem İnal graduated from Ankara University (Department of Finance, Faculty of Political Sciences). He joined Ziraat Bank in 1992 as an assistant inspector and served in a number of posts, as an inspector, branch manager, regional head manager and a departmental manager. He has been serving at Ziraat Bank as an assistant general manager responsible for retail banking since November 2011.

MEHMET CENGİZ GÖĞEBAKAN
Assistant General Manager for Credit Policies
Mehmet Cengiz Göğebakan graduated from Ankara University (Department of Economics, Faculty of Political Sciences) in 1987. He began his career at Pamukbank as an assistant inspector in the same year. He served at the same bank between 1994 and 2004 as a manager of the Department of Firm Evaluation, Department of Credit Monitoring, Department of Credit Allocation, Department of Administrative Follow-up and Department of Credit Policies. He joined Halkbank on November 17^th, 2004 where he worked as an executive responsible for Retail Loans; he was promoted to the post of assistant general manager responsible for risk liquidation on June 9^th, 2005. He served as an assistant general manager for credit policies from 2007 to 2010. He worked at Anadolubank as an assistant general manager responsible for loans from May 2010 to October 2011. Mr. Göğebakan has been serving at Ziraat Bank as an assistant general manager responsible for credit policies since November 2011.

BİLGEHAN KURU
Assistant General Manager for Treasury Management
Bilgehan Kuru graduated from the Middle East Technical University (Department of Mining Engineering). He studied for a master degree in finance at the Institute of Physical Sciences of the same university. He began his career as a foreign exchange clerk at Halkbank, where he worked from 1986 to 1988. He joined Pamukbank in 1988 as an assistant specialist before serving as a service director and manager of the Treasury Department at the same bank. He was appointed as the Head of the Department of Foreign Exchange and Money Markets at Halkbank in November 2004. After serving as an assistant general manager responsible for retail banking at Halkbank from June 2007 to July 2011, he joined Ziraat Bank as an assistant general manager responsible for treasury management. 

NUMAN BEK
Assistant General Manager for International Banking
Numan Bek graduated from Çukurova University (Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences) in 1991. He later graduated from Ziraat Bank’s School of Banking. He began his career at the Department of Securities at the Ziraat Bank head office. He went on to work as an inspector and a manager responsible for fund management at VakıfBank and the general manager of the bank’s New York Branch. He served as a general manager and the chairman of the board of directors of VakıfBank International AG from 2004 to November 2010. He joined Ziraat Bank in November 2010 as an assistant general manager responsible for foreign relations and subsidiaries. Mr. Bek has been serving at Ziraat Bank as an assistant general manager responsible for international banking since January 2012.

ALİ TOKER
Assistant General Manager for Human Resources
Ali Toker graduated from Gazi University (Department of Public Management, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences). He joined Ziraat Bank in 1992 as an assistant inspector. He later served as the Vice Chairman of the Board of Inspection, Head of the Department of Agricultural Loans and Head of the Department of Internal Control. Mr. Toker currently serves as an assistant general manager responsible for human resources at Ziraat Bank.

ALPASLAN ÇAKAR
Assistant General Manager for Operational Processes
Alpaslan Çakar graduated from Ankara University (Department of Public Management, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences). He joined Ziraat Bank in 1996 as an assistant inspector and later served as an inspector and branch manager. Mr. Çakar was appointed as the regional head manager in 2005. He was promoted as a departmental manager in August 2007 and an assistant general manager in July 2010. Mr. Çakar currently serves as an assistant general manager for operational processes at Ziraat Bank.

ALİ ARAS
Head of the Board of Inspectors
Ali Aras graduated from Ankara University (Department of Finance, Faculty of Political Sciences) in 1990. He joined Ziraat Bank in 1991 as an assistant inspector. He later went on to serve as an inspector, assistant manager, branch manager, regional head manager and department manager. Mr. Aras has been serving as the head of the board of inspectors since September 2008.

BÜLENT YALIM
Head of the Internal Control and Risk Management Group
Bülent Yalım graduated from Ankara University (Faculty of Political Sciences). He joined Ziraat Bank in 1987, where he worked as an assistant inspector, inspector, assistant manager, branch manager, department manager, assistant general manager and head of a group. Mr. Yalım has been serving as the Head of Internal Control and Risk Management Group since November 2011.