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Board of Directors and Audit Committee

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RIZA TUNA TURAGAY

Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors

Vienna, 1964. Mr. Turagay graduated from the Ankara University Faculty of Political Sciences, Department of Business Administration and completed his master’s degree in international Banking and Finance at the University of Birmingham. He began his career in 1987 at the Undersecretariat of the Treasury and Foreign Trade, where he served until 1997 in the positions of Specialist, Branch Manager, Undersecretarial Advisor, and Ministerial Advisor. Mr. Turagay also assumed roles as the Trade Advisor at the T.R. Washington D.C. Embassy from 1997-2000, the Undersecretariat of Foreign Trade Deputy General Manager of Exports, President of the Housing Development Administration, the Vice Chairman of Real Estate Investment Trust Board, Deputy Undersecretary of Customs, Member of the Turkish Export Promotion Center Board, and the Vice Undersecretary of Customs from 2000-2006. He also served in the same period as Member of the TED Board and Member of the Equestrian Federation Board as well as working as Director and Member of the Board at BAT Türkiye, Member of the Exporters’ Associations Board, and Member of the Turkish Exporters Assembly (TİM) from 2006 until January 2019. Mr. Turagay was appointed Deputy Minister of Trade on 18 January 2019 and since 5 February 2019 he has been serving as both Member and Deputy Chairman of Turk Eximbank Board of Directors.

ALİ GÜNEY

Member of the Board and General Manager

Rize, 1964. Mr. Güney graduated from Marmara University, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences. He worked in the Fund Management Department of Faisal Finance between 1990 and 1993. He assumed the duty of Assistant Manager in the Fund Management and Treasury Department of İhlas Finance from 1995 until 1999, when he joined Anadolu Finance as Fund Management and Treasury Manager, which position he held until 2005. Mr. Güney functioned as Treasury Manager at Türkiye Finans Participation Bank between 2006 and 2009 and as Deputy General Manager responsible for Treasury and Financial Institutions between 2009 and 2015. He was Deputy General Manager responsible for Treasury and Strategy at Vakıf Participation Bank from 2015 until 2019.

Mr. Güney has been serving as Member of the Board and General Manager of Turk Eximbank since 17 October 2019.

OSMAN ÇELİK

Member of the Board and Member of the Audit Committee

Erzincan, 1964. Mr. Çelik holds a BA in Economics from the Middle East Technical University’s Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences. He worked as an economist with the State Statistical Institute in 1986 and 1987. He then joined Faisal Finance where he worked as a specialist and chief specialist in the Project Evaluation and Preparation Department from 1988 until 1995. He was Project and Marketing Manager at İhlas Finance from 1995 through 1999, and Deputy General Manager of Anadolu Finance from 2000 through 2005. After functioning as Deputy General Manager of Credits at Türkiye Finans Participation Bank from 2006 to 2013, he then served as Deputy General Manager of Commercial Banking from October 2013 and as General Manager from June 2015. Mr. Çelik was appointed as the former Undersecretary of Treasury as of 29 July 2016. As of 17 October 2018, he has been a member of the Board of Directors of Vakıf Participation Bank.

Having been a Member of the Board since 12 January 2017, and having served as the Chairman of the Board of Turk Eximbank between 21 January 2017 and 13 May 2019, Mr. Çelik has been a member of the Audit Committee since 13 May 2019.

NAİL OLPAK

Member of the Board and Member of the Audit Committee

Burdur, 1961. Mr. Olpak graduated from Istanbul Technical University Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and earned his master’s degree from Yıldız Technical University in the field of Energy. He started his career at Umar Makina A. Ş. and after working as Factory Assistant Manager at Özgün A.Ş. he started at Cankurtaran Holding A.Ş. and worked in upper-level management in various levels of the Holding and assumed the position of Vice President of Cankurtaran Holding. He established Nora Elektrik Malzemeleri A.Ş., Pak Yatırım A.Ş. and OMN A.Ş. and is currently the Chairman of the Board of the first two companies, the Board Member of the third company and the Board Member of the subsidiary companies of these companies. Mr. Olpak has served as Board of Directors Chairman for the Foreign Economic Relations Board (DEİK) since 22 September 2017 and also maintains positions as DEİK Chief Executive Officer, World Turkish Business Council President, Istanbul Development Agency Board of Directors Member, Investment Environment Improvement Coordination Council Member, Independent Industrialists and Businessmen’s Association (MÜSİAD) High Advisory Committee Member, International Technological Economic and Social Research Foundation Founders’ Committee Member, Tourism Development and Education Foundation Board of Trustees Member, Kandilli Club Founding Board of Trustees Member, Science Propagation Foundation Founders’ Committee Member, Huzur Hospital Foundation Board of Trustees Member Human Development and Societal Education Foundation Board of Trustees Member, Istanbul Medeniyet University Support Foundation Board of Trustees Member, Mimar Sinan Association of Engineers Member, Mechanical Engineers Chamber Member, ITU Faculty of Mechanical Engineering Advisory Committee Member, and as of 5 March 2020 Turkcell Board of Directors Member.

He also previously worked as the 5th Term General President of Independent Industrialists and Businessmen’s Association (MÜSİAD) and the MÜSİAD High Advisory Committee Chairman, the International Business Forum (IBF) Vice President, B20 Turkey Executive Committee Member, Istanbul Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Assembly Member Istanbul World Trade Center (İDTM) Board of Directors Member, Huzur Hospital Foundation Board of Directors Member Energy Efficiency Association (ENVERDER) Board of Directors Member, Architects and Engineers Group (MMG) Board of Directors Member and High Advisory Committee (YİH) Member, Turkish Japanese University Founding Board Member, Information Commercialization Center Board of Trustees Member, Muallimköy Teknoloji Bölgesi A.Ş. (Informatics Valley) Board Member.

Mr. Olpak has been a member of Turk Eximbank Board of Directors since 26 April 2018, and a member of the Audit Committee since 13 May 2019.

İSMAİL GÜLLE

Member of the Board

Sivas, 1960. Mr. Gülle graduated from Istanbul Technical University Faculty of Electrical Engineering and completed his specialization program at Istanbul University Institute of Business Economics. With his ongoing positions as the Chairman of the Board of Directors and Member of the Board of Trustees of the Ergene-2 Organized Industrial Free Zone, Member of the Board of Directors of the Economic Development Foundation, and Chairman of the Textiles and Raw Materials Sector Board, Mr. Gülle assumed the position of the Chairman of the TİM (Turkish Exporters Assembly) as of 30 June 2018. He established Gülle Entegre Tekstil İşletmeleri A.Ş. and executes the role of Chairman of the Board of Directors of the company. Mr. Gülle has worked as a Member of the Board of Directors between 1999 and 2003 and as the Chairman of the Board of Directors between 2003 and 2018 of the İTHİB (Istanbul Textile and Raw Materials Exporters Association), as a Member of the TİM Sectors Council, as the Vice Chairman of the Assembly of the ISO (Istanbul Chamber of Industry), and as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the SSİAG (Association of Sivas Industrialists and Businessmen).

He has been a Member of Turk Eximbank Board of Directors since 24 September 2018.

FAHRİYE ALEV ARKAN

Member of the Board

Trabzon, 1952. Ms. Arkan graduated from Ankara University Faculty of Law and completed her law internship in 1976. She started her career that same year at the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources and served as Consultant Lawyer at the SSI General Directorate. Ms. Arkan joined the State Investment Bank in 1987 and was involved in the restructuring of the State Investment Bank as Turk Eximbank. She has assumed positions as Specialist, Manager, Legal Advisor, and Department Head at Turk Eximbank and served as Deputy General Manager of Insurance and Guarantee Operations between 2 March 1998 and 19 March 2012.

Ms. Arkan has been a Turk Eximbank Board Member since 10 May 2019.