MURAT ZAMAN

Chairman of the Board of Directors

Mr. Zaman started his career as an Investment Consultant at EVG Menkul Değerler. He worked in research and investment consultancy units at Riva Menkul Değerler and Karon Menkul Değerler, respectively.

He joined Ak Portföy Yönetimi in 2002, where he worked as Group Manager responsible for managing pension and investment funds and determining investment strategies until 2010.

He joined EVG Menkul Değerler in 2011 as Assistant General Manager responsible for individual portfolios and mutual funds. Between 2012 and 2019, he worked at Halk Portföy Yönetimi AŞ as Assistant General Manager responsible for determining general investment strategies and managing mutual/pension funds. At the beginning of 2019, he joined Halk Investment Menkul Değerler AŞ as Assistant General Manager responsible for treasury, research, human resources, administrative and legal affairs, financial affairs, operations, and information technologies units.

He served as General Manager of Financial Markets and Foreign Exchange, responsible for reinforcing the institutional framework for monitoring and managing systemic risks between 2019 and 2021 at the Ministry of Treasury and Finance. During this period, he carried out studies on the development of financial instruments and markets, the development of policies and instruments that will facilitate enterprises' access to finance, and the determination of the principles of the foreign exchange legislation and foreign exchange policies.

In addition, he became a member of the Board of Directors of the TÜBİTAK Risk Venture Capital Support Program, which carries out activities to contribute to the commercialization of early-stage inventions with development potential and products and/or technologies generated as a result of R&D and innovation activities, and of the Turkish Investment Initiative, which was established in partnership with the European Investment Fund and the Ministry of Treasury and Finance to ensure the healthy development of the venture capital sector in our country.

He received a bachelor’s degree from İstanbul University, Faculty of Political Sciences, Department of Public Administration in 1997, and a master's degree from Marmara University in 2006. He currently pursues his doctoral studies (PhD).

Appointed as the Vice-Minister of Treasury and Finance on 21 December 2021, Mr. Zaman has been serving as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Türk Eximbank since February 2022.

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 Türk 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 Türk Eximbank since 17 October 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 (YOİKK) 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 Türkiye Executive Committee Member, Istanbul Chamber of Commerce Assembly Member Istanbul World Trade Center (İDTM) Board of Directors Member, Huzur Hospital Foundation Board of Directors Member Energy Efficiency Association Board of Directors Member, Architects and Engineers Group Board of Directors Member and High Advisory Committee 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 Türk Eximbank Board of Directors since 26 April 2018, and a member of the Audit Committee since 13 May 2019.

MUSTAFA GÜLTEPE

Member of the Board / Member of the Audit Committee

Mustafa Gültepe was born in 1968 in Tonya-Trabzon. He graduated from Dokuz Eylül University Industrial Engineering Department in 1990. Gültepe completed his MBA master’s degree at Istanbul University in 1997 and got into the sector at Taha Tekstil in 1992 after graduation. He is the founding partner and chairman of the board of Talu Tekstil, which was incorporated in 1994 as a subsidiary of Taha Group. Gültepe has been in the ready-made garment industry for 30 years. He owns production facilities in Istanbul, Sakarya and Malatya, and employs approximately 4,000 people.

Between 2017-2021, he served as the Chairman of the Board of Sakarya 1st Organized Industrial Zone.

Gültepe has been on the Board of Directors of Istanbul Ready Made Garment And Apparel Exporters’ Association (IHKIB) since 2010; he served as the Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors between 2014-2018, and in the elections held in April 2018, he became the Chairman of the Board of Directors of İHKİB and still continues this duty. Gültepe was elected as the Chairman of the Turkish Exporters Assembly on 13 June 2022.

Mustafa Gültepe, who also serves as the Vice Chairman of DEİK and İhracatı Geliştirme A.Ş., is married, has three children, and speaks English.

Gültepe has been a Member of the Türk Eximbank’s Board of Directors since 17.10.2022 and a Member of the Supervisory Committee since 24.10.2022.

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 Türk Eximbank. She has assumed positions as Specialist, Manager, Legal Advisor, and Department Head at Türk 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 Türk Eximbank Board Member since 10 May 2019.

MEHMET ESAT MERT

Member of the Board

Mehmet Esat Mert graduated from Middle East Technical University, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Industrial Engineering, and completed his master's degree in Industrial Engineering at Middle East Technical University. He completed his second master's degree in Finance at London Business School. He continues his doctoral studies (Ph.D.) at Middle East Technical University. Mert started his career in the private sector and worked at the Ministry of Treasury and Finance Project Finance Department, International Capital Markets Department, and Deputy Minister's Office between 2014 and 2021. In London, he worked at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the private equity fund Everest Capital.

Currently working as a Consultant at the Ministry of Treasury and Finance, Mert has been a Member of the Board of Directors of Türk Eximbank since 14 March 2022.