86 VAKIFBANK
ANNUAL REPORT 2015
MUHAMMET LÜTFÜ ÇELEBİ
Executive Vice President
(Corporate and Commercial Banking - SME
Banking - Cash Management Operations - Bank
Insurance Department - Corporate Branches)
Muhammet Lütfü Çelebi is a 1992 graduate of
İstanbul University, Faculty of Economics and
Administrative Sciences, Department of Economics.
He started his career in 1995 at T. Vakıflar Bankası
T.A.O. as Assistant Auditor. Between 1998 and
2001, he worked as Assistant Manager and
Manager at a number of the Bank’s branches. From
2011 to 2013, he held the position of the Head of
Retail Banking; he was appointed as Executive Vice
President of T. Vakıflar Bankası T.A.O. on October 4,
2013. He is fluent in English.
MUSTAFA SAYDAM
Executive Vice President
(Human Resources - Support Services -
Distribution Channels - Retail Banking – Payment
Systems - Payment Systems Operations)
Mustafa Saydam is a graduate of Gazi University,
Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences,
Department of Business Administration. He started
his career in 1993 at T. Vakıflar Bankası T.A.O.
as Assistant Auditor. After working as Auditor
between 1996 and 1999, he served as Assistant
Manager and Manager in various branches/
departments at the Bank.. He worked as the Head
of Human Resources from 2005 until 2010, and as
the Head of the Audit Board between 2010 and
2013. Mr. Saydam was appointed as Executive Vice
President of T. Vakıflar Bankası T.A.O. on October 7,
2013. He is fluent in English.
MEHMET EMİN KARAAĞAÇ
Executive Vice President
(Loan Monitoring and Legal Proceedings -
Legal Services)
Mehmet Emin Karaağaç graduated from İstanbul
University, Faculty of Law in 1989 and started
his career as an attorney at T. İş Bankası A.Ş.
He served as Assistant Legal Counsel and Legal
Counsel at various units of T. İş Bankası A.Ş.
until January 2, 2012. He assumed the position
of Chief Legal Advisor in the VakıfBank Legal
Counseling Department from January 3, 2012
onwards. Mehmet Emin Karaağaç was appointed
as Executive Vice President of the Bank on October
25, 2013.
EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT
