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. 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 since 1 October 2021. He is also a member of the Corporate Governance Committee and Early Detection of Risk Committee at İş REIC.

Appointed as Chief Executive Officer of İş REIC on 11 June 2018, Hasan Kimya Bolat holds a bachelor’s degree in international relations from the Faculty of Political Sciences at Ankara University. He started his career as an auditor at İşbank in 1988, where he subsequently served in various branches as Branch Manager, Regional Director of Commercial Loans Department,Director of SME Loans Allocation Department, and additionally held seats as a board of directors member at various subsidiaries of the İşbank Group. Mr. Bolat functioned as General Manager of İş Leasing between 2013-2017, in tandem with which he was the Chairperson of the Financial Leasing Sector Representatives Board and Deputy Chairman of FKB (Association of Financial Institutions). Mr. Bolat is a Member of the Board of Directors of GYODER, one of the important non-governmental organizations of the real estate sector, and Vice Chairman of KONUTDER, as non-group positions. Mr. Bolat, who has been serving as the General Manager of İş REIT, has been serving as a Member of the Board of Directors of İş REIT since 23 March 2022. As in-group positions, Mr. Bolat serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Kanyon Yönetim İşl. ve Paz. A.Ş. and Kasaba Gayrimenkul İnşaat Taahhüt ve Ticaret A.Ş.

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. 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.

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 Division 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 also serves in-group positions as a member of the Board of Directors at Maxis Girişim Sermayesi Portföy Yönetimi A.Ş., Trakya Yatırım Holding A.Ş., Kasaba Gayrimenkul İnşaat Taahhüt ve Ticaret A.Ş., Bayek Tedavi Sağlık Hizmetleri ve İşletmeciliği A.Ş. and Batı Karadeniz Elektrik Dağıtım ve Ticaret A.Ş. in addition to his position on the Board of Directors of İş REIC. He is also the Member of the Corporate Governance Committee in İş REIC.

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 Construction Investments Inc. 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 still working as a faculty member at the Faculty of Art and Design, 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 March 21, 2018, Ms. Erdem does not hold any in-group position. She is also the Head of Early Detection of Risk Committee, as well as the Member of the Committee for Audit in İş REIC.

Graduated from Istanbul Technical University, Structural Engineering in 1987, Prof. Dr. Oğuz Cem Çelik completed his "Master's Program" in 1990 and his "PhD Program" in 1996 at the same university. He worked as a Research Assistant at Istanbul Technical University Faculty of Architecture between 1989-1996. He worked as Assistant Professor between 1997-2001 and Associate Professor between 2001-2010 at Istanbul Technical University, Faculty of Architecture. Mr. Çelik served as Visiting Professor at Bilgi University between 2010-2017 and at Beijing University of Technology between 2019-2021. Mr. Çelik still works as a lecturer at Istanbul Technical University, Faculty of Architecture, and is a Visiting Professor at Sichuan Universty. Mr. Çelik has been serving as a member of the board of directors at the Istanbul Technical University Disaster Management Institute since 2020. Mr. Çelik has been serving as a Member of the Board of Directors of İş REIC since March 23, 2022 and does not hold any in-group positions. He is also the the Head of Corporate Governance Committee in İş REIC.

Mr. Arıkan graduated from Hacettepe University, Department of Public Administration in 1987 and completed his Executive MBA program at The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania in 1998. Mr. Arıkan, who worked in the Audit Department of the Capital Markets Board between 1989 and 2001, was appointed as an Auditor in 1992 with his dissertation on the establishment of futures exchanges in Turkey, mainly took part in the auditing and regulations of financial institutions. Mr. Arıkan, who worked at the Turkish Capital Markets Association between 2001 and 2021, was the Director of the Investigation and Legal Affairs Department between 2001-2002 and the Deputy Secretary General for the Investigation and Legal Affairs and Administrative and Financial Affairs Departments between 2002-2004 and served as the General Secretary of the TSPB between 2004-2021. Mr. Arıkan, who worked at the Turkish Capital Markets Association between 2001 and 2021, was the Director of the Investigation and Legal Affairs Department between 2001-2002 and the Deputy Secretary General for the Investigation and Legal Affairs and Administrative and Financial Affairs Departments between 2002-2004 and served as the General Secretary of the TSPB between 2004-2021. Mr. Arıkan carried out the establishment processes of Turkish Derivatives Exchange (TURKDEX) in 2004, Gelişen İşletmeler Pazarı A.Ş. in 2005, Birleşik İpotek Finansmanı A.Ş. in 2019, Ulusal Derecelendirme Şirketi in 2019 and IMKB’s transition process to Borsa Istanbul A.S. in 2013 and TSPAKB’s transtion process to TSPB in 2014. Since the first preparatory meetings in 2007, Mr. Arıkan took part in the studies of the Istanbul Financial Center and studies related tax regime reform of capital market instruments in the Income Tax Law in 2005. Mr. Arıkan was a Member of the Board of Directors at Merkezi Kayıt Kuruluşu A.Ş. between 2004-2006 and was the Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors at Capital Markets Licensing Registry and Training Agency Inc. between 2011-2021. He also served as an Industry Council Member at TOBB between 2006-2021 and Tax Council Member between 2004-2021. General Assembly meetings of the foreign institutions, which TSPB is a member, such as the International Organization of Securities Commissions – IOSCO, the International Council of Securities Associations (ICSA) and the Asia Securities Forum-ASF were held in Istanbul under the coordination of Mr. Arıkan in 2012, 2010 and 2019 respectively.  Mr. Arıkan continues his professional career at Aktio Danışmanlık, where he is the Founding Partner. Mr. Arıkan has been serving as a Member of the Board of Directors at İş REIC since March 23, 2022 and does not hold any in-group positions other than being a Member of the Board of Directors at İş REIC. He is also the Head of Committee for Audit, as well as the member of Corporate Governance Committee in İş REIC.