NECDET KARADENİZ

Deputy General Manager

Necdet Karadeniz was born in Iğdır in 1959. Mr. Karadeniz holds a BSc. degree in metallurgical engineering from İstanbul Technical University and an MBA from İstanbul University. Having started his professional life in 1987, he held the positions of manager and head of department at Türkiye Emlak Bank, Türkiye Finans Participation Bank, Alternatif Bank and Ziraat Bank, respectively, and joined Türk Eximbank in December 2012.

Appointed as a Deputy General Manager of Türk Eximbank on 26 May 2017, Mr. Karadeniz currently serves as the Deputy General Manager in charge of Loan/Insurance Allocation.

MUSTAFA ÇAĞRI ALTINDAĞ

Deputy General Manager

Mustafa Çağrı Altındağ was born in Kocaeli in 1977. Mr. Altındağ graduated from İstanbul University, Business Administration (in English) Department and he started his career as an inspector on the Board of Inspectors at Tekstil Bank. Between 2004 and 2010, Mr. Altındağ worked as Marketing Manager, the Head of Finance and Accounting Department at Creditwest Factoring Services A.Ş. and then joined Citibank, where he served as Commercial Banking Customer Relations Manager, Head of Multinational Corporations Department and Corporate Banking Assistant President between 2010 and 2019.

Appointed as Deputy General Manager at Türk Eximbank on 20 December 2019, Mr. Altındağ currently serves as Deputy General Manager in charge of Marketing.

TANER YAVUZ

Deputy General Manager

Taner Yavuz was born in İstanbul in 1970. After graduating from Boğaziçi University, Department of Economics, Mr. Yavuz started his banking career as an Inspector at Yapı Kredi Bank in 1994. He worked as MIS Reporting and Budgeting Manager between 1998-2006, as the Senior Manager of Financial Planning, Analysis and Group Reporting at Credit Europe Bank (Romania) in 2007, and as the Senior Manager of Financial Planning and Corporate Performance Management at Türkiye Finans Katılım Bankası in 2009. He assumed different responsibilities in Strategy and Finance fields until 2017 and also served as acting Deputy General Manager for a while. In 2018, he was appointed to Vakıf Emeklilik ve Hayat A.Ş. as Group Manager responsible for Financial Management, which position he held until December 2019. Mr. Yavuz joined Türk Eximbank as Head of Financial Affairs Department in January 2020 and stood proxy as Head of Strategy Department.

Having been appointed as Deputy General Manager to Türk Eximbank on 28 June 2021, Mr. Yavuz currently serves as Strategy and Finance Deputy General Manager.

HAKAN UZUN

Deputy General Manager

Hakan Uzun was born in Kocaeli in 1968. Mr. Uzun graduated from the Mechanical Engineering Department of the Middle East Technical University and received his master’s degree from the University of Illinois, USA between 1992- 1995. He started his banking career at Körfezbank in 1996 and served as a senior manager in Treasury and Financial Markets departments in several private banks before working as Group Manager in charge of Treasury at ING Bank Türkiye from 2008 until 2011. He worked for Türkiye Finans Participation Bank between 2011 and 2019, where he held the position of Deputy General Manager in charge of Treasury. Appointed as Deputy General Manager at Türk Eximbank on 20 December 2019, Mr. Uzun currently serves as Deputy General Manager in charge of Treasury/Financing/International Credits.

ERDEM OKUR

Deputy General Manager

Erdem Okur was born in in Zonguldak in 1977. Okur graduated from the Middle East Technical University Department of Computer Engineering and received his MBA from Marmara University. He started his business life in 1998, and held positions in Information Technology departments at Aselsan, Garanti Technology, and Akbank, respectively, before joining Türk Eximbank in 2015.

Appointed as Deputy General Manager at Türk Eximbank on 19 July 2019, Mr. Okur currently serves as Deputy General Manager in charge of Information Technologies and Operation.

SADIK ÖMER YILBAŞ

Head of Internal Audit

Sadık Ömer Yılbaş was born in Elazığ in 1970. Mr. Yılbaş graduated from Gazi University, Department of Public Finance and started his business life at Halkbank in 1993. He worked as an Assistant Inspector at Toprakbank between 1995 and 1997. Having started to work as an Assistant Internal Auditor in the Internal Audit Department of Türk Eximbank on 12 May 1997, he was later promoted to the positions of Auditor, Chief Auditor, Deputy Head of Internal Audit and Acting Head of Internal Audit. Mr. Yılbaş was appointed as Head of Internal Audit on 30 May 2022, in which position he still serves.

ALPER MİLLİ*

Head of Risk Management

Alper Milli was born in Ankara in 1983. Alper Milli graduated from the Department of Economics at Dokuz Eylül University in 2005 and completed his master’s degree in money and banking at the same university in 2008. He started his career in 2010 as a teaching assistant at Ankara University, Faculty of Political Sciences. Having started to work at Türk Eximbank as an assistant specialist in 2011, Milli later worked as specialist, assistant manager and vice president.

* Since 03 May 2023, Alper Milli has been carrying on with his position as unit head at the Risk Management Department as Credit Risk Vice President.

ÖZLEM UÇAR

Head of Internal Control

Özlem Uçar was born in İstanbul in 1981. Ms. Uçar graduated from the Middle East Technical University, Department of Economics and received her master’s degree from the Manchester Business School. She started her business life in 2006 as an Internal Controller at Ziraat Bank, where she later worked as Senior Internal Controller, Internal Control Supervisor and finally as Internal Control and Compliance Department Manager. Ms. Uçar was appointed as the Head of Internal Control at Türk Eximbank on 31 January 2020, in which position she currently serves.

ALİ ÇAPAR

Head of Regulation and Compliance/Chief Compliance Officer

Ali Çapar was born in İzmir in 1985. Ali Çapar graduated from the Department of Business Administration at Marmara University and received his master’s degree in business management from Işık University. He started his banking career as an internal auditor at Türk Ekonomi Bank in 2008, where he was promoted to Authorized Assistant Internal Auditor, Internal Auditor, and Regulation Manager. He joined Türk Eximbank in 2016, where he held various positions in the Regulatory Compliance Unit and Internal Audit Group. Appointed as the Deputy Head of the Internal Audit Group in September 2022, Çapar has been brought to the position of Head of Regulation and Compliance on 05 May 2023, in which role he currently serves.