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PART II: MANAGEMENT AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE PRACTICES 94 VakıfBank Annual Report 2017 İSMAİL ALPTEKİN Chairman İsmail Alptekin graduated from Istanbul University, Faculty of Law in 1968, and began his career as a self-employed lawyer. He worked as a lawyer at Türkiye Zirai Donatım Kurumu (Turkish Agricultural Hardware Corporation) and as an auditor at TUBİTAK; he was a member of the Board at VakıfBank for two terms (1975-1978, 1996-1997), a member of Ankara Metropolitan Municipality Council, as a member of Parliament from Bolu during the 21 st period and from Ankara as a member of Parliament in the 22 nd period, and Turkish Grand National Assembly’s Vice Chairman. He was elected a member of the Board of Directors at VakıfBank’s Ordinary General Assembly held on April 3, 2009 and has been serving as the Chairman of the Board of Directors since June 9, 2017. SERDAR TUNÇBİLEK Deputy Chairman- Independent Member Serdar Tunçbilek graduated from the Faculty of Political Sciences at Ankara University and started his career in 1985 as Assistant Auditor at T. Emlak Bankası A.Ş. After serving 4 years as an auditor, Tunçbilek worked as the Manager of Loan Marketing, Loan Monitoring, Securities and Dusseldorf Financial Services Branch for 11 years. He held the position Secretary General in Egebank A.Ş between 2000-2001. Serdar Tunçbilek was the Vice President of a Department at the Banking Regulation and Supervision Agency (BRSA) between 2001 and 2005. He served as a Group Coordinator and Vice President of a Department at the Savings Deposit Insurance Fund (SDIF) in 2006- 2007. Tunçbilek also served as a member of Board of Directors, Supervisory Board Member and the Chairman of the Board of Directors at companies taken over by SDIF between 2001-2007. Tunçbilek was appointed a member of Board of Directors at VakıfBank in 2007, served as a member of the Credit Committee and the Audit Committee for 5 years, and worked as a member of the Board of Directors and the Chairman of the Board of Directors at Vakıf Sistem Pazarlama, Vakıf Yatırım Menkul Değerler A.Ş., Vakıf Menkul Kıymetler Yatırım Ortaklığı A.Ş., and Vakıf Portföy Yönetimi A.Ş. Between the years 2014 and 2017, he was a member of Board of Directors at Güneş Sigorta. Serving as a member of Board of Directors, he was elected the Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors at VakıfBank at the General Assembly Meeting on June 9, 2017. Serdar Tunçbilek is also a member of the Credit Committee, Audit Committee and Corporate Governance Committee. MEHMET EMİN ÖZCAN CEO - Executive Board Member Born in 1960, Mehmet Emin Özcan graduated from Ankara University, Faculty of Political Sciences, Department of Economics and Finance in 1982 and began his professional career at Türkiye İş Bankası A.Ş. as Assistant Auditor on January 1, 1983. Subsequently, he assumed various managerial responsibilities at Albaraka Türk Katılım Bankası A.Ş. He was Executive Member of the Board of Directors of Halk Bankası A.Ş. between March 2003 and April 2005. At the same time, he assumed duties as Bank Representative at Institute of International Finance (IIF), Member of the Board of Directors at Demir-Halk Bank/Netherlands, Halk Yatırım Menkul Değerler A.Ş. and Halk Finansal Kiralama A.Ş. He served as Member of the Board of Directors of T.C. Ziraat Bankası A.Ş. between April 2005 and May 2010. He also assumed duties at various foreign subsidiaries of T.C. Ziraat Bankası A.Ş. as the Chairman/Member of the Board of Directors. Returning to T. Halk Bankası A.Ş. in May 2010, Özcan was appointed as Deputy Chairman of Board of Directors of T. Halk Bankası A.Ş., a position in which he served till March 29, 2013. At the same period, he was also a Board Member at Demir-Halk Bank Rotterdam. On March 29, 2013, Mehmet Emin Özcan was appointed as Deputy Chairman of Board of Directors at VakıfBank and also served as the Chairman of Board of Directors of VakıfBank International AG - Vien and Vakıf Yatırım Menkul Değerler A.Ş., Deputy Chairman of Board of Directors of Vakıf GYO, Vakıf Finansal Kiralama A.Ş. and Güneş Sigorta. Upon the decision of Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus Cabinet, dated February 14, 2017, he was appointed as the Chairman of TRNC Central Bank, and he resigned from his duty at VakıfBank. In accordance with the VakıfBank Law numbered 6219, at the General Assembly Meeting held on June 9, 2017, Mehmet Emin Özcan was appointed as the CEO of VakıfBank by the Prime Minister. He is married and has three children. He is fluent in English well. BOARD OF DIRECTORS