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PART II: MANAGEMENT AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE PRACTICES 96 VakıfBank Annual Report 2017 BOARD OF DIRECTORS ÖMER ARISOY Board Member Ömer Arısoy graduated from İstanbul University, Faculty of Law in 1997. He started his career as a self-employed lawyer before becoming an advisor for Zeytinburnu Mayor in 1999. Between 2004 and 2014, he served as chairman and vice chairman of various sub-committees in the Zeytinburnu Municipality. In 2014, he was appointed as the Director of Strategy Development Department of the Prime Ministry Housing Development Administration of Turkey and continued this duty for two years. Ömer Arısoy, who has been serving as the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism since 2016, was elected a Board Member of VakıfBank at the General Assembly dated June 9, 2017. Ömer Arısoy is also a member of the Corporate Governance Committee and a substitute member of the 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. Mr. Birdal also appointed as bank services manager at Faisal Finance Institution, manager of a department and branch and executive vice president in Kuveyt Turk Evkaf Finance Institution before retirement from his duty in 1999. Mr. Birdal assumed duties as Deputy Mayor of Üsküdar Municipality and as Member of the Board of Directors of VakıfBank between March 2008 and October 2010. He was appointed as a member of Halkbank’s Board of Directors. Sabahattin Birdal was elected Member of VakıfBank’s Board of Directors at the meeting held on March 2014. He served as Deputy Chairman of Vakıf Finansal Kiralama A.Ş., Deputy Chairman of Vakıf Menkul Kıymetler Yatırım Ortaklığı A.Ş., Board Member at Vakıf Yatırım Menkul Değerler A.Ş., Deputy Chairman at Vakıf Yatırım Menkul Değerler A.Ş. and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Vakıf Factoring. He has been serving as the Chairman of the Board of Directors at Vakıf GYO since 30.04.2014. Mr. Birdal also has appointed as the member of the Audit Committee and Credit Committee at T. Vakıflar Bankası T.A.O.