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MANAGEMENT AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE PRACTICES
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS
AND AUDITORS
RAMAZAN GÜNDÜZ
Chairman
Ramazan Gündüz began his banking career as
an intern at VakıfBank in 1977. Subsequently,
he worked as Assistant Auditor and Auditor
before serving in various managerial positions
including Assistant Manager of the Istanbul
Region, Manager of the Istanbul Financial
Analysis and Intelligence Department,
Manager of the Şişli Branch, Manager of the
Medium-Sized Loans Department, Head of the
Loans Department, Manager of the Istanbul
Regional Directorate, Executive Vice President
and Board member. Following his retirement,
Ramazan Gündüz served as General Manager
of Vakıf Menkul Kıymetler Yatırım Ortaklığı and
Vakıf Leasing, both of which are subsidiaries of
VakıfBank. He was appointed to the Board at
the General Assembly Meeting dated April 3,
2009. He has been the Chairman of the Board
of Directors since April 29, 2013.
MEHMET EMİN ÖZCAN
Vice Chairman
Mehmet Emin Özcan was born in 1960 in
Beytüşşebap. He graduated from Ankara
University, Faculty of Political Sciences,
Department of Economics and Finance in 1982.
Mr. Özcan began his professional career on
January 1, 1983 at Türkiye İş Bankası A.Ş. as
Assistant Auditor. 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
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. in charge of auditing
between April 2005 and May 2010. He also
assumed duties at various subsidiaries of T.C.
Ziraat Bankası A.Ş. (Ziraat Bank Bosnia dd-
Sarajevo, Kazakhstan Ziraat International Bank-
Almaty, Ziraat Bank International AG- Frankfurt,
AzerTürk Bank -Baku) as Chairman/Member
of the Board of Directors. He served as Vice
Chairman of the Board of Directors of Türkiye
Halk Bankası A.Ş. from April 2010 to March
2013. He was also Member of the Board of
Directors of Demir-Halk Bank/Rotterdam/
Netherlands. Mr. Özcan became a Member of
the Board of Directors of VakıfBank on March
29, 2013 and currently serves as Vice Chairman
of the Board of Directors. At the same time,
he is a member of the Audit Committee and
Credit Committee. He is the Chairman of the
Board of Directors of VakıfBank International
AG Wien, a subsidiary of VakıfBank. Mr. Özcan
is married with three children.
HALİL AYDOĞAN
General Manager
Born in 1950 in Afyonkarahisar, Halil Aydoğan
graduated from Istanbul 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, Istanbul 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.