82 VAKIFBANK
ANNUAL REPORT 2015
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
ŞEREF AKSAÇ
Board Member
Şeref Aksaç was born in Bayburt in 1956. He
graduated from İstanbul Economics and Commercial
Sciences Academy, Faculty of Political Sciences,
Department of Public Administration in 1979. Mr.
Aksaç began his professional career in 1982 as
Assistant Auditor at Ziraat Bank and was promoted
to Auditor in 1986. Şeref Aksaç assumed duties as
Assistant Manager at the İstanbul Branch between
1990 and 1993 and as Manager in various branches
of Ziraat Bank between 1993 and 2003. He was
appointed Executive Vice President responsible
for Human Resources between 2003 and 2005.
In addition to these duties, he served as Audit
Committee Member at Başak Insurance, and as
Member of the Board of Directors at Türkmen
Turkish Joint-Stock Commercial Bank and at Ziraat
Investment and Securities. While serving as
Executive Vice President responsible for Sales and
Marketing and as Deputy General Manager at Ziraat
Hayat ve Emeklilik A.Ş. in August 2012, Mr. Aksaç
was appointed General Manager at Ziraat Hayat ve
Emeklilik A.Ş. as of March 2013. He is married with
one child. He was elected as Member of the Board
of Directors at VakıfBank’s Extraordinary General
Assembly dated on April 30, 2014. He is also a
member of the Remuneration Committee and Credit
Committee.
SABAHATTİN BİRDAL
Independent Board Member
Sabahattin Birdal was born in Kemah/Erzincan
in 1952. He graduated from İstanbul University,
Faculty of Economics, Department of Business
Administration-Public Finance. Mr. Birdal began
his professional career as Assistant Auditor at
VakıfBank and subsequently assumed duties as
Auditor and Branch Manager. He served as Bank
Services Manager at Faisal Finance Bank, as Branch
and Department Manager and as Executive Vice
President at Kuveyt Türk Evkaf Finance House.
Mr. Birdal assumed duties as Deputy Mayor of
Üsküdar Municipality between April 2004 and March
2008, and as Member of the Board of Directors of
VakıfBank between March 2008 and October 2010.
He was appointed to Halkbank’s Board of Directors
on October 27, 2010. Sabahattin Birdal was elected
Member of VakıfBank’s Board of Directors at the
meeting held on March 31, 2014. He is also a
member of the Audit Committee and an alternate
member of the Credit Committee. He is also the
Chairman of Vakıf GYO, Chairman of Vakıf GYO-Halk
GYO Adi Ortaklığı and Vice Chairman of Vakıf Yatırım.
