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 Vakıfbank in 1993 with the title of Assistant Auditor. After serving as an Auditor 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 Vakıfbank between 2005 and 2010 and as the Chairman of the Audit Board between 2010 and 2013. In October 2013, Saydam was appointed as the Executive Vice President of VakıfBank and held this position until January 2019. Having 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 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 the 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 was 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 Türkiye's 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 Vakıfbank. He served as the manager of various branches and departments at VakıfBank. He then officiated as the Head of IT, Retail Banking, Banking Operations, and Basic Banking Application Development departments. He was assigned as the Executive Vice President in July 2018 at VakıfBank, and he is continuing as General Manager and managing member of the Board of Directors since May 27, 2019. Üstünsalih is also a Board Member at Türkiye Sınai Kalkınma Bankası A.Ş and Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors at the Banks' Association of Türkiye. 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 in Ergani District Governorship, as District Director of Sinan in Bismil District, and as 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 the 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 granted the "Politician of the Year" award dozens of times.

On November 29, 1987, he was elected as the 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 June 23, 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 Eastern Anatolia Project in the 53rd Government of the Republic. Aksu joined the Welfare Party on August 16, 1996, and served as a member of the General Administrative Board and Vice President of 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 a new enthusiasm and new dreams with Recep Tayyip Erdogan, whom he has great confidence in politics. After serving as the Vice President in charge 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.

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 Corporate Governance Committee and 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 VakıfBank. Şahin Uğur, who has been a member of the VakıfBank Board of Directors since 9 June 2017, is also a Member of the Remuneration Committee and Credit Committee.

Mehmet Hüseyin Bilgin who was born in Siirt in 1973, graduated from the Faculty of Economics of Istanbul University and completed his MA studies in the Department of Labor Economics of the same university, followed by a Ph.D. in Abant İzzet Baysal University's Department of Economics. Mr. Bilgin worked at various universities in Türkiye and abroad and served as the head of the department. Mr. Bilgin became an assistant professor in 2000, an associate professor in macroeconomics in 2005, and a professor in the Department of International Economic Integration in 2011. He continues to work at Istanbul Medeniyet University, Faculty of Political Sciences, and also serves as the Chairman of the Board of the Istanbul Economic Research Association.

Having an executive role in various international and national professional organizations, Mr. Bilgin has many articles published in journals scanned in international scientific indices, studies presented at international conferences, professional books published, and numerous national articles and works performed at national conferences. Having been deemed worthy of some national awards for his works, Bilgin gave many seminars and speeches at foreign universities and international conferences as an invitee. He is also in the editorial management and various boards of some international journals with high-impact factor and within the scope of SSCI. Mr. Bilgin ranks 26th in Türkiye in the RePEc economists ranking as of November 2022 (7th in terms of his work in the last 10 years). Holding a certified public accountant's license, Bilgin was elected an Independent Board Member at VakıfBank's Ordinary General Assembly meeting held on March 25, 2022.

Haydar Kemal Kurt, who was born in 1963 in Isparta, graduated from Istanbul University's Faculty of Law in 1984. He worked as a freelance lawyer from 1986 to 2007. He served as an Alderman in Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality and Güngören Municipality and as the Chairman of the Law Commission of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality from 2004 to 2007. In 2007, he was elected as the 23rd Term Isparta Deputy for the Turkish Grand National Assembly and worked as a member of the Constitution Commission. Haydar Kemal Kurt was appointed as a Member of the Board of Directors at the VakıfBank Ordinary General Assembly held on March 25, 2022. Mr. Kurt is married with three children.

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 Investigative 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 Deputy and Vice President 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 Audit Committee and Corporate Governance Committee. He is married with 3 children.