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MANAGEMENT AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE PRACTICES
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EXECUTIVE
MANAGEMENT
NUMAN BEK
Executive Vice President
(International Banking and Investor Relations
- International Branches Coordination) Born
in Adana in 1967, Numan Bek is a graduate
of Çukurova University, Faculty of Economics
and Administrative Sciences, Department of
Economics. He started his career as Assistant
Associate at the Banking School of Ziraat Bank
in 1991 and began working as Associate in
the Securities Department in 1992. Mr. Bek
joined T. Vakıflar Bankası T.A.O. in 1993 as
Assistant Auditor and served as Auditor from
1996 to 1999. Between 1999 and 2002, he
assumed the position of Assistant Manager
in the Portfolio Management Department.
He was Manager of VakıfBank’s New York
Branch between 2002 and 2004 and General
Manager and Member of the Board of
Directors of Austria VakıfBank International AG
between 2004 and 2010. Numan Bek served
as Executive Vice President responsible for
International Banking at T.C. Ziraat Bankası A.Ş.
and was a Member of the Board of Directors,
Audit Committee and Supervisory Board for
the Bank’s subsidiaries between 2010 and
2012. On April 7, 2012, he was appointed
Executive Vice President of T. Vakıflar Bankası
T.A.O. Mr. Bek also serves as a Member of
the Supervisory Board of VakıfBank Austria
International AG. He is fluent in English and
German.
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 Istanbul 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 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 Operations)
Mustafa Saydam served as Assistant Manager
and Manager in various branches/units at the
Bank after working as Auditor between 1996
and 1999. 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 Assistant
General Manager of T. Vakıflar Bankası T.A.O.
on October 7, 2013. He is fluent in English.
*At the Board of Directors meeting of our Bank held on
February 5, 2015, our Board of Directors resolved to appoint
Assistant General Manager Mr. Numan Bek was put under
General Manager’s order.