BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Mr. Can Yücel earned his bachelor's degree in Economics from Middle East Technical University, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Department of Economics in 1999 and started his professional career as a Trainee Assistant Inspector at the Board of Inspection of Türkiye İş Bankası A.Ş. in the same year. Mr. Yücel served as Assistant Manager in the SME Loans Allocation Department in 2008, as Assistant Manager in the Corporate Loans Allocation Department in 2009, as Division Manager in the same department in 2011, as Corporate Loans Allocation Department Manager in 2016, and as Başkent Corporate/Ankara Branch Manager in 2020. Having completed the Harvard Business School – Advanced Management Program, Mr. Yücel was appointed as Assistant General Manager on August 26, 2021. Since March 21, 2023, he has been serving on the Board of Directors of İş Real Estate Investment Company (İş REIC). In addition to his position as Chairman of the Board of Directors at İş GYO, he also serves as a Board Member at Türkiye Şişe ve Cam Fabrikaları A.Ş. and as Chairman of the Board of Directors at Joint Stock Company İşbank.

Having graduated from Middle East Technical University, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Department of Business Administration, Mr. Aykol embarked upon his professional career as an Assistant Inspector at Türkiye İş Bankası A.Ş. in 1997. Mr. Aykol took office within Türkiye İş Bankası as the Manager of Merter Branch in 2006, as Assistant Manager of Retail Banking Marketing Department in 2007, as Unit Manager of Retail Banking Marketing Department in 2009, as Department Manager of Retail Banking Product Department in 2011, and as Department Manager of Retail Loans Department between June 2018 and August 2022, and worked at Trakya Yatırım Holding A.Ş. as the Head of Real Estate Business between 2022 and July 2023. Mr. Aykol also served as a member of the Board of Directors at Anadolu Anonim Türk Sigorta Şirketi between 2010 and 2018, as a member of the Board of Directors at Millî Reasürans Türk A.Ş. between March 2018 and 2019, as the Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors between 2019 and 2021 and as a member of the Board of Directors at Birleşik İpotek Finansmanı A.Ş. (Türkiye Menkul Kıymetleştirme Şirketi) between 2020 and March 2022.Mr. Aykol has been a member of the Board of Directors at İş GYO since October 1, 2021 and is also a member of the Corporate Governance Committee and the Early Risk Detection Committee. In addition to his Board Membership at İş GYO, Mr. Aykol acts as the General Manager and a member of the Board of Directors at İş Girişim Sermayesi Yatırım Ortaklığı A.Ş. as an in-group position.

Having graduated from the Middle East Technical University, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering in 1995, Ömer Barlas Ülkü received a graduate (MBA) degree from the METU Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Department of Business Administration. Ülkü started his career as a research assistant at METU, Department of Civil Engineering between 1995 and 1997, where he also pursued his graduate studies. He worked as an Auditor at the Audit Board of Türkiye İş Bankası A.Ş. between 2000 and 2008 and as a Manager at the Internal Audit and Control Department of İş Gayrimenkul Yatırım Ortaklığı A.Ş. between 2008 and 2012. In 2012, he took part in the establishment of the Financial Management Department. From 2012 to 2021, he served as the Assistant General Manager responsible for the Business Development Department, Financial Operations and Support Activities Department, Accounting and Finance Department, and Information Technologies Department and was appointed as the General Manager and Board Member of İş Gayrimenkul Yatırım Ortaklığı A.Ş. on August 1, 2023. Ülkü is also a Board Member at Kanyon Yönetim İşletim ve Pazarlama A.Ş.

Mr. Özcal Korkmaz graduated from Istanbul University Faculty of Economics and started his career at Milli Prodüktivite Merkezi in 1970. Mr. Korkmaz served at the Ministry of Finance as Assistant Account Specialist between 1972 and 1975, Account Specialist between 1975 and 1980, and Chief Account Specialist between 1980 and 1985, at Ankara Treasurer's Office as Deputy Assistant Treasurer between 1985 and 1987, and Treasurer for Ankara between 1987 and 1989. Mr. Korkmaz served as the General Manager and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Republic of Turkey State Pension Fund between 1989 and 1994, retired in 1994 and served as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Bağımsız Denetim ve Danışmanlık A.Ş. between 2009 and 2015. On March 31, 2017, Mr. Korkmaz was elected as a member of the Board of Directors of Türkiye İş Bankası A.Ş. He served as a member of the Board of Directors until March 31, 2020 and served as a member of the Corporate Governance Committee during his term of office. Since 2016, Mr. Korkmaz has been the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Korkmaz Yeminli Mali Müşavirlik A.Ş. and has been serving as a Board Member at İş REIC since April 29, 2020. He holds no other in-group title at İş REIC other than being a Board Member.

Mr. Murat Karluk Çetinkaya graduated from Middle East Technical University, Department of Civil Engineering and holds a Master of Engineering degree from the same university. Mr. Çetinkaya worked as a Civil Engineer for various private companies between 1994 and 2000. Mr. Çetinkaya joined Türkiye İş Bankası A.Ş. Construction and Real Estate Management Department as a Civil Engineer in 2000; he was appointed as Assistant Manager of the Construction and Real Estate Management Department in 2011, Unit Manager in the same Department in 2017 and was appointed as Construction and Real Estate Management Manager on June 30, 2020. Mr. Çetinkaya has been serving as a Board Member at İş REIC since July 10, 2020. In addition to his Board membership at İş REIC, Mr. Çetinkaya has been serving as a Board Member at İş Portföy A.Ş. since 2017.

After graduating from Istanbul Technical University, Department of Industrial Engineering in 2000, Mr. Doğan joined Türkiye İş Bankası A.Ş. in the same year as an Assistant Specialist in the Subsidiaries Department and has been serving as the Department Manager in the same Department. Mr. Doğan, who served as a member of the Supervisory Board of İş REIC between 2010 and 2012 and has been a member of the Board of Directors since December 8, 2014, is also a member of the Corporate Governance Committee and the Committee on Early Risk Detection. In addition to his Board membership at İş REIC, Mr. Doğan is also a Board Member at Türkiye Sınai Kalkınma Bankası A.Ş., Trakya Yatırım Holding A.Ş., İş Enerji Yatırımları A.Ş. and T. İş Bankası Research Institute of Banking and Commercial Law, Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors at Maxis Girişim Sermayesi Portföy Yönetimi A.Ş., Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors at Kasaba Gayrimenkul İnşaat Taahhüt ve Ticaret A.Ş. and Enaş Enerji Yatırımları A.Ş., Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors at İş Yenilenebilir Enerji Proje Yönetimi Danışmanlık A.Ş., Kasaba Gayrimenkul İnşaat Taahhüt ve Ticaret A.Ş. and Enaş Enerji Yatırımları A.Ş., İş Yenilenebilir Enerji Proje Yönetimi Danışmanlık A.Ş., Batı Karadeniz Elektrik Dağıtım ve Ticaret A.Ş. and Casaba Yönetim İşletim İm. İth. İhr. Paz. Tem. Güv. Ulaş. Tic. ve San. A.Ş. as the Chairman of the Board of Directors.

Having graduated in 1983 from Istanbul Technical University, Faculty of Architecture as an architect, Prof. Dr. Arzu Erdem received her Master's degree from the Institute of Social Sciences in 1985 and her PhD degree from the Institute of Natural and Applied Sciences in 1995. Ms. Erdem started her career as Projects Coordinator at STFA Yapı Yatırımları A.Ş. in 1986 and worked as a Visiting Researcher at the University of California, Los Angeles Graduate School of Architecture and Urban Planning in 1991-1992. Having worked as a Research Assistant, Assistant Professor, Associate Professor and Professor at Istanbul Technical University, Faculty of Architecture between 1988-2009, Ms. Erdem served as the Head of the Department of Architecture at the same university between 2012-2013. Ms. Erdem, later served as the Dean of the Faculty of Architecture at Abdullah Gül University between 2015-2017, and retired from Istanbul Technical University, Faculty of Architecture in 2017. Ms. Erdem served as the Dean of the Faculty of Art and Design and the Vice Chancellor in charge of education at Kadir Has University between 2017-2023. She is currently teaching as a Lecturer at Istinye University Faculty of Fine Arts, Design and Architecture, Department of Architecture. Ms. Erdem has academic and professional research, assignments, competition jury memberships, competition projects, professional architectural projects, applications, studies, numerous scientific articles, papers and presentations at the national and international level. Between 2013-2018, she was a member of the Turkish Scientific Committee for the International Architecture Exhibition in Venice. Ms. Erdem is a member of the Board of Trustees of ITU Development Foundation and serves on the board of directors of the Rubicon Foundation (Netherlands) and SEV Foundation, which conduct studies and research on natural life and biodiversity. Ms. Erdem has been serving as a Board Member at İş REIC since March 21, 2018 and is also the Chairman of the Committee on Early Risk Detection and a member of the Supervisory Committee. Apart from her duties at İş REIC, Ms. Erdem has no other duties within the Group.

Having graduated in 1987 from Istanbul Technical University, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering, Prof. Dr. Oğuz Cem Çelik received his MSc degree in 1990 and PhD degree in 1996 from the same university. Between 2001-2003, he was a postdoctoral researcher at the State University of New York (SUNY) at Buffalo, NY on structural earthquake engineering. Having worked as a Research Assistant between 1989-1996, Assistant Professor between 1997-2001, and Associate Professor between 2001-2010 at Istanbul Technical University, Mr. Çelik also worked as a Visiting Professor at Istanbul Bilgi University between 2010-2017 and at Beijing University of Technology between 2019-2021 Mr. Çelik continues teaching full-time as a Lecturer at Istanbul Technical University, Faculty of Architecture, Structural & Earthquake Engineering, and has been serving as a member of the “New Structural Technologies Board” within the scope of the Turkish National Risk Shield Model since March 2023. Mr. Çelik has been serving as a Board Member at İş REIC since March 23, 2022 and is also the Chairman of the Corporate Governance Committee. Mr. Çelik has no other duties within the Group other than his Board Membership at İş REIC.

Mr. Arıkan graduated from Hacettepe University, Department of Public Administration in 1987 and received his Executive MBA degree from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania in 1998. Between 1989 and 2001, he worked in the Supervisory Department of the Capital Markets Board of Turkey and was appointed as a Supervisor in 1992 with a thesis on the establishment of futures exchanges in Turkey. During his tenure, Mr. Arıkan was mainly involved in the supervision and regulation of financial institutions. Between 2001 and 2021, Mr. Arıkan worked at the Turkish Capital Markets Association (TSPB), where he served as the Manager of the Investigation and Legal Affairs Department between 2001 and 2002, as the Assistant Secretary General responsible for the Investigation and Legal Affairs and Administrative and Financial Affairs Departments between 2002 and 2004, and as the Secretary General of TSPB between 2004 and 2021. In 2004, he coordinated the establishment of Vadeli İşlemler ve Opsiyon Borsası A.Ş. in 2004, Gelişen İşletmeler Piyasaları A.Ş. in 2005, Birleşik İpotek Finansmanı A.Ş. in 2019, the establishment of the National Rating Company (Ulusal Derecelendirme Şirketi) in 2019. Mr. Arıkan coordinated the transformation of ISE into Borsa Istanbul A.Ş. in 2013, and the transformation process of TSPAKB into TSPB in 2014. He also took part in the reform of the tax regime of capital market instruments in the Income Tax Law in 2005 and the Istanbul Finance Center since the first preparatory meetings in 2007. Mr. Arıkan was a member of the Board of Directors and Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Merkezi Kayıt Kuruluşu A.Ş. between 2004-2006 and Sermaye Piyasası Lisanslama Sicil ve Eğitim Kuruluşu A.Ş. between 2011-2021, and served as a member of the TOBB Capital Markets Sector Council between 2006-2021 and as a member of the Tax Council between 2004-2021. The General Assembly meetings of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO), the International Council of Securities Associations (ICSA), and the Asia Securities Forum (ASF), of which TSPB has been a member, were held in Istanbul under the coordination of Mr. Arıkan in 2012, 2010, and 2019, respectively. Mr. Arıkan has still works at Aktio Danışmanlık, where he is a Founding Partner. Mr. Arıkan has been serving as a Board Member at İş REIC since March 23, 2022 and is also the Chairman of the Supervisory Committee and a member of the Corporate Governance Committee. On 27.04.2022, Mr. Arıkan was elected as an Independent Board Member at Global Menkul Değerler A.Ş. and he holds no other titles within the group other than his Board Membership at İş REIC.