SULEYMAN YALCİN
CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD DIRECTORS
He graduated from the Ankara University Faculty of Political Sciences with
a degree in Business in 1995 and from the International Vision University
Faculty of Law in 2022.
After starting his career as an assistant of Inspector in 1996 within our
parent bank, T.C. Ziraat Bankkasi A.S., Suleyman Yalcin held various positions
within the organization, including Inspector, Assistant of the President of
Inspection Board, Branch Manager, Erzurum Regional Director, Denizli Regional
Manager, Izmir 1st Regional Manager, Izmir 2nd Regional Manager, and Izmir –
Karsiyaka Regional Manager. Since September 2023, Mr. Yalcin has been
continuing his role as the Deputy General Manager for Financial Coordination at
T.C. Ziraat Bankasi A.S.
Mr. Suleyman Yalcin also served as a Board Member of the Audit Committee of
T.C. Ziraat Bankasi A.S. Uskup Branch in North Macedonia from September 29,
2003, to January 1, 2006. He was a Board Member of Ziraat Bank Uzbekistan A.S.
in Uzbekistan from September 20, 2010, to June 19, 2012. From October 27, 2020,
to April 14, 2023, he held the position of Chairman of the Board of Dircetos at
Keskinoglu Tavuk ve Damizlik Isl.San.Tic. A.S. From April 15, 2023, to May 7,
2023, he served as a Member of the Advisory Board. As of October 16, 2023, he
was appointed as the Chairman of the Board of Directors for KZI Bank.
EROL BERKTASH
MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF
DIRECTORS OF «AB «KZI BANK» JSC – INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR
Mr. Erol Berktash was born in 1959 in Malatya, Republic of Turkey.
Graduated from the Faculty of Engineering "Mining and Petroleum
Engineering" of the Middle East Technical University. Subsequently, he
graduated from the Magistracy of the Institute of Banking and Insurance of the
Marmara University of the Republic of Turkey, Faculty of Banking. In 2018 he
graduated in jurisprudence at the Marmara University of the Republic of Turkey.
In 1986 he began his career at JSC Turkiye Garanti Bankasy in the
Department of International Relations. In Turkiye Garanti Bankasi JSC, he held
positions such as Head of the Medzhidiyekoy Branch, Head of the Fund Management
and Planning Department, Head of the Planning and Budgeting Department, Deputy
Director for Customer Productivity Project of the Commercial Marketing
Department and the position of Deputy Director of the Budgeting and Planning
Department.
In 1999, he was appointed Director of the Department of Accounting,
Financial Control and Risk Management of Volkswagen Doğuş Consumer Finance JSC,
Republic of Turkey.
From 2003 to 2017, he was a member of the Board of Directors of various
financial organizations, such as Ziraat Bankasi Branch in Skopje (Republic of
North Macedonia), Portfolio Management Ziraat JSC (Republic of Turkey), JSC
Ziraat Bank (Republic of Turkey), JSC "Financial Leasing Ziraat"
(Republic of Turkey), JSC SB "Ziraat Bank (Moscow)" (Russian
Federation), JSC "Turkmen Turk Commercial Bank" (Republic of
Turkmenistan), JSC SB "Ziraat Bank International AG" (Germany), JSC
"Ziraat Bank Bosnia DD" (Bosnia and Herzegovina), JSC Bashak
Insurance (Republic of Turkey), JSC Ziraat Investment Securities (Republic of
Turkey), JSC Bileşim (Republic of Turkey), Liquidated JSC T.Emlak Bankasi
(Republic of Turkey), JSC "Demir -Halk Bank" (Holland), JSC
"Turkiye Halk Bankası" (Republic of Turkey), Banking Regulation and
Supervision Agency of the Republic of Turkey. He held the position of the
Chairman of the Board of Directors at the Skopje Branch Ziraat Banka and
Portfolio Management Ziraat JSC.
Member of the Board of Directors - Independent Director of «AB «KZI BANK»
JSC (from 04.06.2021)
ERHAN GULER
MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS JSC "SB" KZI BANK "
Mr. Erhan Güler
was born in 1974 in Orhaneli (Turkey). Mr. Erhan Güler graduated from Ankara
University Faculty of Political Science with a degree in Labor Economics and
Industrial Relations. Subsequently, he completed a Master's degree in
Technology Policy and Innovation Management at the Ankara University of Social
Sciences.
He worked as an
assistant specialist in the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Turkey. In
2000, Mr. Erhan Guler started working at the T.S. Ziraat Bankasy A.S., as an
Assistant Inspector in the Department of Inspectors, then continued his career
in various departments of the head office as the Chief Inspector, as the Head
of Department, as the Head of Service.
Having
worked as the Director of the branch, Commercial Branch and Head of the
Financial Management Department at the Head Office of T.S. Ziraat Bankasy A.S.,
he has been serving as the Director of
Credit Operations Department since October 2018.
Member of the
Board of Directors of JSC "SB" KZI BANK" (
from January 11, 2024).