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VakıfBank Annual Report 2018 99 EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT MEHMET EMİN ÖZCAN CEO – Executive Board Member (Corporate Communication Department – Board of Directors Affairs Department – Executive Assistant) Mr. Özcan (born in 1960) graduated from Ankara University, Faculty of Political Sciences and Department of Economics and Finance in 1982. He began his career as an Assistant Auditor at İşbank in 1983. Thereafter, he held various managerial positions at Albaraka Türk Katılım Bankası. Between March 2003 and April 2005, he served as an Executive Board Member at Halkbank. During the same period, Mr. Özcan was a representative of the Bank in the IIF (Institute of International Finance) and a Board Member of Demir-Halk Bank/ Netherlands, Halk Yatırım Menkul Değerler and Halk Finansal Kiralama. Between April 2005 and May 2010, he was a Board Member of Ziraatbank; he also served as Chairman and Board Member at various Ziraatbank subsidiaries, especially in subsidiary banks abroad. Returning to Halkbank in May 2010, Mr. Özcan served as the Deputy Charmain of the Board of Directors. He was also a Board Member at Demir-Halkbank, Rotterdam. On March 29, 2013, he was elected as Deputy Charmain of VakıfBank and held the positions of Charmain at VakıfBank International AG- Vienna and Vakıf Yatırım A.Ş., Deputy Charmain of Vakıf GYO, Vakıf Leasing and Güneş Sigorta. Upon the decision of Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus Cabinet, dated February 14, 2017, he was appointed as the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus Central Bank Governor and he resigned from his duty at VakıfBank. Mr. Özcan was appointed as the CEO of VakıfBank on June 9, 2017. He was appointed as a Board member in the General Assembly meeting, held on August 13, 2018 and elected as the CEO of VakıfBank for the second time on August 14, 2018. He is married with 3 children and has advance knowledge of English. METİN RECEP ZAFER (Banking Operations Department – Loan, Customer and Account Operations Department – Treasury Operations Department – Foreign Operations Department) Metin Recep Zafer was born in 1970 and graduated from Marmara University, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Department of Economics. He went on to earn his master’s degree and Ph.D. from the same university. After starting his banking career in 1992, Mr. Zafer held different positions in the branch, head office, organization, audit committee and financial control operations of various banks. He was appointed Executive Vice President at VakıfBank on June 13, 2006. He is fluent in English. HASAN ECESOY (Treasury Management Department – International Banking and Investor Relations Department – Treasury Reporting and Middle Office Department) Hasan Ecesoy graduated from Uludağ University, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Electronics. He holds a master’s degree from İstanbul Technical University, Department of Business Administration as well as a Ph.D. from Marmara University, Department of Economics. Mr. Ecesoy started his banking career in 1993 at Ziraat Bankası Banking School. After working in other various banks, in June 2010, he was appointed Executive Vice President at VakıfBank. Hasan Ecesoy is fluent in English.