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VAKIFBANK
ANNUAL REPORT 2014
MEHMET EMIN KARAAĞAÇ
Executive Vice President
(Loan Monitoring and Legal Proceedings -
Legal Services)
Mehmet Emin Karaağaç graduated from
Istanbul University, Faculty of Law in 1989
and started his career as an attorney at T.
İş Bankası A.Ş. He served as Assistant Legal
Counsel and Legal Counsel at various units
of T. İş Bankası A.Ş. until January 2, 2012. He
assumed the position of Chief Legal Advisor
in the VakıfBank Legal Counseling Department
from January 3, 2012 onwards. Mehmet
Emin Karaağaç was appointed Executive
Vice President of T. Vakıflar Bankası T.A.O. on
October 25, 2013.
INTERNAL CONTROL SYSTEMS
EXECUTIVES
ERSİN ÖZOĞUZ
Head of the Internal Audit Board
Ersin Özoğuz started working as Assistant Auditor
on the Board of Auditors on December 16, 1996.
subsequently, he served as Manager and Regional
Manager at the Bank’s various branches and at various
Head Office units. While serving as the Head of Cash
Management Operations, he was appointed as Head
of the Internal Audit Board on February 20, 2014.
He is a graduate of Dokuz Eylül University, Faculty of
Economics and Administrative Sciences, Department
of Finance.
ZEKİ SÖZEN
Head of Risk Management
Zeki Sözen began his professional career at
VakıfBank as a Programmer in the Electronic
Business Intelligence Systems (EBIS) Department on
September 9, 1987. Subsequently, he served as Senior
Programmer, Assistant Manager, Manager and Head
of different units of the EBIS Department prior to his
appointment to Head of Risk Management on August
7, 2008. He graduated from Middle East Technical
University, Department of Computer Engineering; he
completed postgraduate study at the same institution.
RAMAZAN SIRYOL
Head of Internal Audit
Ramazan Sıryol began his career in 1993 as
Assistant Auditor under the Head of the Audit
Board. Since 2001, he has assumed managerial
duties in various Bank branches. He was appointed
Head of the Audit Committee in 2008. Internal
Audit, Legislation Monitoring and Compliance
and Assessment are within the scope of his field
of responsibilities. He is a graduate of Istanbul
University, Faculty of Economics, Department of
Public Finance.