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PART II: MANAGEMENT AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE PRACTICES
İSMAİL ALPTEKİN
Board Member
Having graduated from İstanbul University,
Faculty of Law in 1968, İsmail Alptekin began his
professional career as an attorney at Türkiye Zirai
Donatım Kurumu and subsequently worked as
Auditor at TÜBİTAK. He held positions as a Board
member at VakıfBank for two terms (1975-1978,
1996-1997), a member of Ankara Metropolitan
Municipality Council, and as a Member of Parliament
from Bolu during the 21st term and from Ankara
during the 22nd term. He was also appointed
Vice Chairman of the Parliament during his terms
in office. İsmail Alptekin was appointed as a
Member of the Board of Directors at the Ordinary
General Assembly Meeting dated April 3, 2009. Mr.
Alptekin is a member of the Corporate Governance
Committee.
DR. ADNAN ERTEM
Board Member
Born in 1965, Adnan Ertem completed his secondary
education in Erzurum. He graduated from İstanbul
University, Faculty of Political Sciences, Department
of Public Administration in 1987, and earned his
Ph.D. in 1997 in Sociology. Starting his career as
Assistant Auditor at the General Directorate of
Foundations in 1988, Dr. Ertem was appointed as
Auditor in 1991 and Chief Auditor in 2002. Between
2002 and 2007, he served as the Deputy Manager
at the İstanbul Regional Directorate of Foundations.
Between 2007 and 2010, Dr. Ertem served as
Deputy Undersecretary of the Turkish Prime
Ministry and in October 2010 he was appointed
as General Director of the Turkish Prime Ministry,
General Directorate of Foundations. On October 27
th
,
2010, he was appointed as a Member of Board
of Directors at VakıfBank. He is married with two
daughters. Dr. Ertem is also a member of the Bank’s
Remuneration Committee.
ÖZTÜRK ORAN
Independent Board Member
Öztürk Oran was born in Kars in 1956. He graduated
from Erzurum Kazım Karabekir Training Institute,
Department of Turkish Language (Turkish Language
and Literature). Mr. Oran also holds a degree
from the Banking and Trade Law Training Institute
and İstanbul University, Faculty of Business
Administration Accounting Institute Budgeting
and Standard Costs specialty program. He began
his professional career in 1974 at VakıfBank as an
officer. At the same time, he attended Foreign
Trade, English, Accounting and Bank Management
trainings at the Training Center of the Banks
Association of Turkey for a period of three years
and received an honorary degree. During his
28 years of banking experience, he worked 12
years at VakıfBank and 16 years at Faisal Finance
Participation Bank, assuming duties at various
departments and all levels. Since 2003, he has
served as Chairman of the Board of Directors at
pharmaceutical companies where he is also a
partner. Mr. Oran is a Member of the Board of
Directors and a Council Member at İstanbul Chamber
of Commerce and Member of Board of Directors at
World Trade Center İstanbul. In addition, he held
various managerial roles in a number of civil society
organizations and foundations such as the Orphans
Association and Orphans Foundation. He is married
with two daughters. Öztürk Oran is fluent in English.
He was elected as Member of the Board of Directors
at VakıfBank’s Extraordinary General Assembly
Meeting dated April 30, 2014. He is also a member
of Corporate Governance Committee Renumeration
Committee. He also serves as Vice Chairman at
Vakıf International AG and Chairman at Vakıf Menkul
Kıymet Yatırım Ortaklığı A.Ş.
