BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Mr. Sezgin Yılmaz graduated from Uludağ University, Faculty of Economic and Administrative Sciences, Department of Economics and started his career as an Officer at İşbank Bursa Branch in 1997. After serving in various positions in the Bank, Mr. Yılmaz was appointed as Regional Manager of SME Loans Underwriting Division in Kayseri in 2012, Regional Manager of SME Loans Underwriting Division in İzmir Central I. Region in 2015, Regional Sales Manager of SME and Enterprise Banking Sales Division in İzmir Central II. Region in 2016, Support Services and Procurement Division Head in 2017, Procurement Division Head in 2018. Mr. Yılmaz was elected to İşbank Board of Directors on 29 March 2019 and served as a Board Member. Mr. Yılmaz was appointed as a Deputy Chief Executive of İşbank on 29 July 2020 and was elected to İş REIC Board of Directors on 8 September 2020. Mr. Yılmaz does not hold any in-group company positions other than his position as a Deputy Chief Executive at İşbank and seat as a member of the Board of Directors at İş REIC.

Mr. Murat Karluk Çetinkaya received his BSc and MSc in Civil Engineering from the Middle East Technical University. After Mr. Çetinkaya worked as a Civil Engineer (MSc) in various private firms between 1994 and 2000, he started to work in the Construction and Real Estate Management Department of İşbank in 2000. Mr. Çetinkaya worked as an Assistant Manager in 2011 and as a Unit Manager in 2017 in the same Department of İşbank. On 30 June 2020 Mr. Çetinkaya was appointed as Manager of Construction and Real Estate Management Department. Holding a position within the Group in addition to serving as a member of the Board of İş REIC, Mr. Çetinkaya has been acting as a member of the Board of Directors at İş Portföy Yönetimi A.Ş since 2017. Mr. Çetinkaya has been serving as member of the Board of Directors at İş REIC since 10 July 2020.

Ms. Aysel Tacer received her bachelor’s degree at the Department of Business Administration, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Marmara University, and started her career as an officer at the Taksim Branch of İşbank in 1980. Ms. Tacer served as Assistant Service Officer and Financial Analyst at the Department of Information and Financial Analysis between 1983 and 1989. She started working as Credit Assistant Specialist at Şişli Branch in 1989 and as Assistant Manager at the same branch in 1993. She worked as manager at Akatlar, Çarşı-Bakırköy, Bakırköy, Güneşli and Güneşli Corporate Branches between 1996 and 2011. Ms. Tacer worked as member of the Audit Committee at Tuba-Sim İnş. Konsorsiyumu A.Ş. between 1994 and 1996, as member of the Audit Committee at İş Faktoring A.Ş. between 1999 and 2001, and as member of the Board of Directors at Camiş Madencilik A.Ş. between 2001 and 2005, at Anadolu Anonim Türk Sigorta A.Ş. between 2005 and 2009, and İş Girişim Sermayesi Yatırım Ortaklığı A.Ş. between 2009 and 2011. Ms. Tacer was as member of the Board of Directors of İşbank on 31 March 2011 and 28 March 2014. She served as member of the Board until 21 March 2016, acting as member of the Corporate Social Responsibility Committee and as substitute member of the Credit Committee during her term. Ms. Tacer retired from İşbank on 30 June 2015. Ms. Tacer does not hold any in-group positions other than her seat as a member of the Board of Directors at İş REIC as of 11 April 2016.

Prof. Dr. Arzu Erdem received her bachelor’s degree at the Faculty of Architecture, Istanbul Technical University as architect in 1983, her MSc at the Graduate School of Social Sciences in 1985, and her PhD at the Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences in 1995 at the same University. She started her career as Project Coordinator at STFA Yapı Yatırımları A.Ş. in 1986. Ms. Erdem was a visiting research fellow at the Los Angeles Graduate School of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of California between 1991 and 1992. Ms. Erdem worked as Research Associate, Assistant Professor, Associate Professor and Professor at the Faculty of Architecture, Istanbul Technical University between 1988 and 2009. Ms. Erdem served as Head of the Department of Architecture at the same University between 2012 and 2013. Appointed as Dean of the Faculty of Architecture, Abdullah Gül University between 2015 and 2017, Ms. Erdem retired from the Faculty of Architecture, Istanbul Technical University in 2017. She is currently a lecturer at the Faculty of Art and Design, Department of Architecture, Kadir Has University. Ms. Erdem performed national and international academic and professional studies and tasks; served as contest judge; participated in and was awarded for contest projects, professional architectural projects, applications, and studies; and authored numerous scientific articles and presentations. Ms. Erdem also serves as member of the Board of Rubicon Foundation (The Netherlands), which carries out studies and researches on natural life and bio-diversity, and as Turkish Science Committee of the International Venice Architecture Biennale. Having been appointed as member of the Board of Directors of İş REIC since 21 March 2018, Ms. Erdem does not hold any in-group position. She is also the Head of Corporate Governance Committee, as well as the Member of the Committee for Early Detection of Risk in İş REIC.

Mr. Haluk Büyükbaş received his BSc and MSc in electrical engineering from the Middle East Technical University in 1980, and 1983, respectively. Starting his career as an engineer at the Department of Research and Planning, Turkish Power Authority in 1980, Mr. Büyükbaş worked as engineer, chief engineer and project manager at the Project Department of Transmission Lines and Transformer Centers, Turkish Power Authority between 1981 and 1989. Mr. Büyükbaş served as Head of Division at the Turkish Public Enterprise Administration between 1989 and 1995, and as Assistant General Manager Public Finance General Directorate, Turkish Undersecretariat of Treasury between 1995 and 1997. Serving as Deputy Chairman of the Privatization Board of Turkey between 1997 and 2003, Mr. Büyükbaş’s tasks during this period included the privatization of oil and energy companies. After working as Advisor to the Chairman at the Privatization Board of Turkey between 2003 and 2005, he retired from the public service in 2005. Mr. Büyükbaş served as member of Board of Directors and Board of Auditors at various companies, mainly including Tüpraş, Petkim, Erdemir and ÇEAŞ during his public service career. Mr. Büyükbaş served in managerial positions as the Secretary General of the Turkish Contractors Association (TCA) between August 2005-January 2019. In connection with this post, he represented TCA before the European Construction Industry Federation (FIEC) and he has been a Governor at the World Water Council based in Marseille from March 2006 until November 2018. Since August 2021, Mr. Büyükbaş has been working as the General Secretary of METU Development Foundation. Having been appointed as member of the Board of Directors of İş REIC since 24 March 2016, Mr. Büyükbaş does not hold any in-group position. He is also the Head of Committee for Early Detection of Risk, as well as the Member of the Committee for Audit in İş REIC.

Mr. Nihat Uzunoğlu received his degree in political sciences from Ankara University in 1981 and started to work as Junior Accountant at the Ministry of Finance the same year. He was appointed to the position of Accountant in 1984, ranking first in his term, and to the position of Chief Accountant in 1991. Mr. Uzunoğlu conducted studies and research on “Self- Regulation Organization in the British Tax System” for one year in the UK, between 1989‑1990. On 13 March 1994, he was assigned as the first Director of the Foreign Trade Tax Administration that was just established, in which post he served for 3.5 years. He then served as the Assistant Head of Provincial Treasury of İstanbul from July 1997 to August 2004. Mr. Uzunoğlu was re‑appointed to the Tax Inspectors Board as Chief Tax Inspector in August 2004, where he served in various functions including member of the Reading Commission and member of the Advisory Commission. Mr. Uzunoğlu served as the President of the Finance Tax Inspectors Association for four terms between 2005 and 2009, and retired from civil service in January 2014. He currently offers advisory in tax, insurance and other financial legislation at Karden Yeminli Mali Müşavirlik A.Ş. and also provides training activities on tax implementations at the “HUZ ACADEMY”, which is a joint institution of the Tax Inspectors Association and Tax Inspectors Foundation. Mr. Uzunoğlu is the author of a two-volume book set titled Herkes İçin Katma Değer Vergisi Kanunu Yorum ve Açıklamaları (Value Added Tax Law Interpreted and Explained for the Layman) published by the Finance Tax Inspectors Association. Mr. Uzunoğlu has been a Member of İş REIC’s Board of Directors since 24 March 2016 and he is also the head of the Committee for Audit. Mr. Uzunoğlu does not hold any other in-group position apart from his roles at İş REIC.

Mr. Özcal Korkmaz graduated from Istanbul University, Department of Economics and he began his career at National Productivity Center in 1970, served as Assistant Account Expert at the Ministry of Finance between 1972-1975, as Account Expert between 1975-1980 and as Senior Account Expert between 1980-1985. Afterwards, he served as Deputy Assistant Treasurer of Ankara between 1985-1987 and as Treasurer of Ankara between 1987-1989. Between 1989-1994, Mr. Korkmaz served as General Manager and Chairman of the Board of Directors of T.C. Government Retirement Fund and was retired in 1994. He served as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Bağımsız Denetim ve Danışmanlık A.Ş. between 2009 - 2015. Mr. Korkmaz was elected to İşbank’s Board of Directors on 31 March 2017, until March 31, 2020, and served as a Member of the Corporate Governance Committee during his period. He serves as the Chairman of Korkmaz Yeminli Mali Müşavirlik A.Ş. since 2016 and Mr. Korkmaz does not hold any in-group positions other than his seat as a member of the Board of Directors at İş REIC as of 29 April 2020.

Mr. Kubilay Aykol, who began his career in 1997 as Assistant Inspector at İşbank, is a graduate of Middle East Technical University, Faculty of Economic and Administrative Sciences, Department of Business Administration. Mr. Aykol served in Merter branch as a Manager in 2006 and he was appointed to Retail Banking Marketing Department as an Assistant Manager in 2007. He worked as Unit Manager in Retail Banking Marketing Department in 2009 and he was appointed as Division Manager in Retail Banking Product  Department in 2011. Currently he serves as Division Manager in Retail Loans Department at İşbank since June 2018. He served on Board of Directors of Anadolu Anonim Türk Sigorta Şirketi between 2010-2018 and Milli Reasürans Türk A.Ş. between March 2018-2019. Besides being a Board Member at İş REIC, he serves as Division Manager in Retail Loans Department at İşbank as an in-group position and Board Member in Birleşik İpotek Finansmanı A.Ş. since 2020 as an out-group position. Mr. Aykol has been a member of the Board of Directors and a member of the Corporate Governance Committee  and Early Detection of Risk Committee at İş REIC since 1 October 2021.

Mr. Murat Doğan received his BSc in industrial engineering from Istanbul Technical University in 2000, and joined İşbank as an Assistant Specialist in Subsidiaries Division. He currently serves as Unit Manager in the same division. Having served as a member of the Company’s Board of Auditors at İş REIC from 2010 to 2012, Mr. Doğan has been holding a seat on İş REIC’s Board of Directors since 8 December 2014. He is also a member of the Corporate Governance Committee and the Committee for Early Detection of Risk. Mr. Doğan is also serves in-group positions as a member of the Board of Directors at Trakya Yatırım Holding A.Ş., Kasaba Gayrimenkul İnşaat Taahhüt ve Ticaret A.Ş., Bayek Tedavi Sağlık Hizmetleri ve İşletmeciliği A.Ş., Casaba Yönetim İşletim İm. İth. İhr. Paz. Tem. Güv. Ulaş. Tic. ve San. A.Ş. and Batı Karadeniz Elektrik Dağıtım ve Ticaret A.Ş. in addition to his position on the Board of Directors of İş REIC.