Born in Ağrı in 1966, Mustafa SAYDAM graduated from Gazi University, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Department of Business Administration in 1990. He started his career at VAKIFBANK in 1993 with the title of Assistant Inspector. After serving as an Inspector from 1996 to 1999, he served as an Assistant Manager and Manager in various branches and units. He worked at the Human Resources Department of VAKIFBANK between 2005 and 2010 and as the Chairman of the Board of Inspectors between 2010 and 2013. In October 2013, Saydam was appointed as the Executive Vice President of VakıfBank and held this position until January 2019. Served as the Deputy General Manager at Vakıf Emeklilik and Board Member at Vakıf Pazarlama, SAYDAM was elected as a Board Member on March 26, 2021, at The 67th Ordinary General Assembly of VakıfBank and as the Chairman of the Board of Directors at the Board of Directors Meeting held on the same day. Mustafa SAYDAM, who is married with two children, speaks English.

Dr. Ertem graduated from Dokuz Eylül University, Faculty of Economics. He has received his master’s degree and Ph.D. in finance and economics from Istanbul University, Faculty of Economics. He was a lecturer at Istanbul University and THK University on knowledge economy, economy-politics, alternative growth, and monetary theory. Dr. ERTEM has authored many articles in the fields of economy-politics, economic policies, and monetary policies. For many years, he has been a columnist and a TV commentator on economics in various media outlets and newspapers. He is the winner of the 2011 “MÜSİAD Best Economics Writer” award. He has authored four books: “Endings and Beginnings,” “New World Order-Wiki Leaks,” “60 Days that Shook the World,” and “The River that Found Its Bed” (Political economy of the Erdogan era). He is currently the Chief Economic Adviser to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and a member of the Presidential Economic Policy Board. He was elected as a Member of the Board of Directors of VakıfBank on August 13, 2018. He has been the Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors since June 12, 2020, when he was elected at the Board of Directors Meeting.

Mr. Üstünsalih was born in 1963 in Trabzon, and began his career in 1991 at T. VakıfBank T.A.O. After working as a Manager in various branches and units at the same bank, he, then, served as the Head of Information Technologies, Retail Banking, Banking Operations, and Core Banking Application Development units. He was assigned as Executive Vice President in July 2018 at T. VakıfBank T.A.O, and he is continuing as General Manager and managing member of the Board of Directors since May 27, 2019. He also serves as a Member of the Board of Directors of Türkiye Sınai Kalkınma Bankası A.Ş. Abdi Serdar ÜSTÜNSALİH is married with two children. He has also served in many foundations and associations.

Born in 1944 in Diyarbakır, Abdülkadir AKSU completed his primary education at Diyarbakır Republican Primary School and his secondary education at Ziya Gökalp High School. He started his higher education at Ankara University, Faculty of Political Sciences in 1962. After his graduation, he started to work as Intern District Governor in Diyarbakır and then served as Ergani District Governorship, District Director of Sinan in Bismil District and Deputy District Governor in districts such as Genç, Akçadağ and Doğanşehir. He was appointed as the District Governor of Kınık in 1970. After his military service, he served as the District Governor of Sarıkaya district of Yozgat, the Police Chief of Malatya, the Deputy Governor of Kahramanmaraş, the Central Police Chief, and the Deputy General Director of the General Directorate of Security, respectively, from 1973 to 1980. On August 29, 1980, he was appointed as the Governor of Rize and also held the offices of Governor and Mayor simultaneously for a short time. After serving as the Central Governor, he served as the Governor of Gaziantep between 1984 and 1987. Elected as the “Bureaucrat of the Year” in 1985, Aksu is also a statesman who has been awarded the “Politician of the Year” award for dozens of times.

On November 29, 1987, he was elected as 18th term Diyarbakır Deputy from the Mainland Party and became Deputy Chairman of the Parliament Group of the Mainland Party in December 1987. He was appointed as the Minister of Interior in the 46th Government of the Republic on March 31, 1989; and continued this duty until 23 June 1991 in the 47th Government of the Republic. On December 24, 1995, he was elected as Deputy Chairman of the Mainland Party Parliament Group again, shortly after he entered the Parliament as a Diyarbakır Deputy from the same party. He was appointed as the State Minister position responsible for the South East Anatolia Project in the 53rd Government of the Republic. Aksu joined the Welfare Party on August 16, 1996, served as a member of the General Administrative Board and Vice President in this party. AKSU continued politics in the Virtue Party after the Welfare Party was dissolved by the Constitutional Court. Abdülkadir Aksu has been one of the founders of the AK Party by continuing with new enthusiasm and new dreams with Recep Tayyip ERDOĞAN, with whom he has great confidence in politics. After serving as the Vice President of Local Governments in this party, he was elected as a deputy from the Istanbul 3rd Region in the elections held on 3 November 2002. He served as the Ministry of the Interior during the 58th and 59th Cabinets and as the Deputy Chairman of the AK Party, responsible for Political and Legal Affairs between 2009-2012.

Abdulkadir AKSU was elected as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of VakıfBank in May 2019 and held the position until March 2021, and he was elected as an independent member at the 67th Ordinary General Assembly of VakıfBank. He also holds the position of the Corporate Governance Committee Membership.

Dr. Ertem (born in 1965) completed his secondary education in Erzurum. He graduated from Istanbul University, Faculty of Political Sciences and Department of Public Administration in 1987 and got his Ph.D. in the field of sociology in 1997. Beginning his career as an Assistant Auditor at the General Directorate of Foundations in 1988, Dr. Ertem was appointed as Auditor in 1991 and Chief Auditor in 2002. Between 2002 and 2007, he served as the Regional Director at the Istanbul Regional Directorate of Foundations. Between 2007 and 2010, he held the position of Deputy Undersecretary of the Turkish Prime Ministry, following this position, he served as the General Manager of the General Directorate of Foundations between October 14, 2010, and December 26, 2019. Dr. Ertem was appointed as the Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Family, Labor, and Social Services in December 2019. On April 21, 2021, since the Ministry in question was divided into the Ministry of Family and Social Services and the Ministry of Labor and Social Security, Dr. Adnan ERTEM continues to serve as the Deputy Minister of Labor and Social Security. Since October 27, 2010, he has been a Board member of VakıfBank. Dr. Ertem is also a member of the Remuneration Committee and a substitute member of the Credit Committee. He is married with two children.

Şahin Uğur completed his primary and secondary education in Malatya and Erzurum and graduated from Atatürk University Faculty of Business Administration Department of Business Management in 1979. He started his career at VakıfBank in 1984 and served as Deputy Manager, Manager, and Head until 2004, and then served as Executive Vice President between 2004 and 2013. Following that, Mr. Uğur served as a Board Member at VakıfBank International AG Vienna, Güneş Sigorta A.Ş., Taksim Otelcilik, Atakule GYO A.Ş., Vakıf Menkul Kıymetler A.Ş., Vakıf GYO A.Ş. which are subsidiaries of the VakıfBank. Şahin Uğur, who has been a member of the VakıfBank Board of Directors since 9 June 2017, is also a Member of the Credit Committee.

Mrs. Yüksel was born in Niksar, Tokat in 1977. She graduated from Gazi University, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Department of Economics. Mrs. Yüksel had an education on banking and economy from Banking Law and Research Institute at Ankara University. She worked as the Manager of Press and Public Relations Department in Samsun Atakum Municipality and the Chief of Mamak Municipality’s Culture Branch.

She was elected as a Member of Parliament for the 23rd and 24th legislative terms from Tokat province. In the 23rd legislative term of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (GNAT), she was a member of the Committee on State Economic Enterprises. She chaired the Subcommittee on Increased Women’s Employment and Proposals for Solutions. In addition, he served as a Secretary Member of the Presidential Council of the Grand National Assembly during the 24th term. She was elected as a Board member of VakıfBank in the Ordinary General Assembly on March 29, 2016, and she is also a member of the Bank’s Audit Committee and Corporate Governance Committee; and a substitute member of the Credit Committee. Mrs. Yüksel is fluent in English. She is married with two children.

Mr. Tunçbilek graduated from Ankara University, Faculty of Political Sciences. He began his working life as an Assistant Auditor in Emlak Bankası A.Ş. in 1985. Following his position as an auditor for 4 years, he served as the Manager of Loan Marketing, Loan Monitoring and Securities, and Branch Manager of Dusseldorf Financial Services for 11 years. He held the position of Secretary-General in Egebank between 2000-2001. He was Vice Head of Department in BRSA between 2001-2005 and Group Coordinator and Acting Head of Department at SDIF between 2006- 2007. Mr. Tunçbilek also held the positions of Board member, Supervisory Board member, and Chairman in the companies under the body of SDIF between 2001-2007.

Mr. Tunçbilek was elected as a Board member of VakıfBank in 2007, he was a member of Credit Committee and Audit Committee for 5 years. He was also a Board member and Chairman of Vakıf Sistem Pazarlama, Vakıf Yatırım Menkul Değerler, Vakıf Menkul Kıymetler ve Vakıf Portföy A.Ş. between 2008-2014. Served as a Board member at Güneş Sigorta A.Ş. between 2014 and 2017, Serdar TUNÇBİLEK held the position of the Deputy Chairman at VakıfBank between June 2017 and August 2018. At the General Assembly meeting, held on August 13, 2018, Mr. Tunçbilek was elected as a Board Member of VakıfBank. He is also a member of Credit Committee and Audit Committee.

Mr. Yakut was born in Kayseri/Büyükkaramanlı in February 3, 1956. He was graduated from Istanbul University, Faculty of Law. He served as a public prosecutor in Halfeti, Çamardı, Savaştepe and Giresun. He served as Investigating Judge and Head of Department within the Ministry of Justice General Directorate of Prisons and Detention Houses. He resigned and became a deputy candidate while he was working as the Ankara Public Prosecutor. He entered the parliament in the 1999 elections as Kayseri Deputy from the Nationalist Movement Party. He served as Group Board Member for his party and Constitutional Committee Member. He served as a Board Member of Gençlerbirliği Sports Club as well. Sadık Yakut, a Founding Member of the Justice and Development Party, served as the Vice President of this party. In the 22nd, 23rd, and 24th terms, he served as the Justice and Development Party Kayseri District Deputy and Vice Chairman of the Turkish Grand National Assembly. Mr. Yakut was elected as a Board Member of VakıfBank on May 27, 2019. He is also a member of the Corporate Governance Committee. He is married with 3 children.