84 VAKIFBANK
ANNUAL REPORT 2015
HALİL AYDOĞAN
General Manager
Born in 1950 in Afyonkarahisar, Halil Aydoğan
graduated from İstanbul University, Faculty of
Economics, Department of Business Administration
and Finance in 1976. He began his career
at VakıfBank as Assistant Auditor in 1977.
Subsequently, he served as Auditor from 1980 to
1983; Assistant Manager in the Mecidiyeköy Branch
between 1983 and 1985; and Branch Manager in
the Kadıköy, Mecidiyeköy, Taksim, İstanbul and
Şişli branches from 1985 until 1996. Mr. Aydoğan
assumed the positions of Executive Vice President
at VakıfBank between 1996 and 1999 and General
Manager at Vakıf Finansal Kiralama A.Ş. from
1999 to 2000. He was a Member of Parliament
from Afyonkarahisar for the 22
nd
and 23
rd
terms,
a member of the State Owned Enterprises
Commission for two years, and a member of the
Planning and Budget Commission for seven years.
On January 5, 2012, Mr. Aydoğan was appointed
as Chairman of the Board of Directors of VakıfBank
and has served as General Manager of the Bank
since March 29, 2013. He also holds the position
of Chairman of the Board of Directors at Taksim
Otelcilik A.Ş. and at Güneş Sigorta A.Ş. and is a
Board member of Türkiye Sınai Kalkınma Bankası
A.Ş. and member of Foreign Economic Affairs.
METİN RECEP ZAFER
Executive Vice President
(General Accounting and Financial Transactions
- Treasury and Foreign Operations - Banking
Operations - Consumer Relations Coordination)
Metin Recep Zafer is a graduate of Marmara
University, Faculty of Economics and Administrative
Sciences, Department of Economics. He earned
his MA and Ph.D. from the same university and
is fluent in English. Starting his banking career in
1992, he served as Assistant Associate, Auditor and
Department Manager at the branches, head offices
and audit committees of various banks. He was
appointed as Executive Vice President at T. Vakıflar
Bankası T.A.O. on June 13, 2006.
SERDAR SATOĞLU
Executive Vice President
(Private Banking Department-Subsidiaries
Department)
Serdar Satoğlu was born in Ankara in 1972. He
graduated from TED Ankara College in 1990 and
Ankara University, Faculty of Political Science,
Department of Finance in 1994. Serdar Satoğlu
received his Master’s degree in Capital Markets and
Stock Exchanges at Marmara University, Banking
and Insurance Institute in 2006. He received his
Ph.D. in Banking in 2010 from the same Institute.
He joined T. Vakıflar Bankası T.A.O. on March 6,
1995 as Assistant Auditor and was appointed Head
of the Audit Committee of Vakıf Yatırım Menkul
Değerler A.Ş. in 2001. He subsequently served as
General Manager at the same company for seven
years between 2003 and 2010. He was promoted
to Executive Vice President at T. Vakıflar Bankası
T.A.O. as of June 17, 2010. He was a Member of
the Board of Directors at TakasBank between 2008
and 2010; first Member of the Audit Committee
and then Member of Board of Directors at TSPAKB
between May 23, 2011 and July 8, 2014; Board
Member at the Turkish Derivatives Exchange (VOB
A.Ş.) between 2011 and 2012; and Board Member
at the Central Registry Agency (MKK) between
March 29, 2012 and August 25, 2014; Board
Member at Vakıf Portföy Yönetimi A.Ş. between
January 2011-February 2014. He continues his stint
as Board Member of Takasbank A.Ş., to which he
was reelected in March 2015, and also serves as
Chairman of the Audit Committee. Serdar Satoğlu is
married, has three children and is fluent in English.
EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT
