Graduated from Ankara University, Faculty of Political Sciences, and Department of Public Administration. In 1996, Çakar started to work as an Assistant Auditor in T.C. Ziraat Bankası A.Ş., served as Auditor and Branch Manager and was appointed as Regional Director-in-chief in 2005.
Mr. Çakar, became the Head of Department in August 2007, served as Executive Vice President for Retail Banking, Executive Vice President for Operations, Executive Vice President for Consumer Banking and Executive Vice President for Retail Banking, he served as Executive Vice President for Distribution Channels Management between January 2016-July 2017, Executive Vice President for Payment Systems between July 2017-June 2018, Executive Vice President for Retail Banking-2 between June 2018-March 2021. He served as member of the Board of Directors/member of the Audit Board of Ziraat Finansal Kiralama (Ziraat Leasing), Bileşim Alternatif Dağıtım Kanalları Ödeme Sistemi A.Ş., Ziraat Hayat ve Emeklilik A.Ş. (Ziraat Life & Pension), Ziraat Sigorta A.Ş. (Ziraat Insurance), Kredi Kayıt Bürosu A.Ş. (Credit Registry Bureau), Ziraat Bank (Moscow) JSC, Turkmen Turkish Joint Stock Commercial Bank, Ziraat Teknoloji A.Ş. (Ziraat Technology), Bankalararası Kart Merkezi A.Ş. (Interbank Card Center), Ziraat Gayrimenkul Yatırım Ortaklığı A.Ş. (Ziraat REIT), Ziraat Bank (Moscow) JSC, respectively, between the years of 2003-2019. Çakar has been working as member of the Board of Ziraat Bank (Moscow) JSC since 16.07.2019, and he has been serving as the CEO and member of Board of Ziraat Bank since March 2021. Since April 22, 2021, he has been serving as the President of the Turkish Banks Association. He has been carrying out the duty as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Ziraat Katılım since 01.02.2022.
He graduated from Eskişehir Academy of Economic and Commercial Sciences, Kütahya School of Management, Department of Business Administration in 1979. After working in various institutions between 1980 and 1984, he started working at T.C. Ziraat Bankası A.Ş. in 1984. Aksu worked as General Manager of Ziraat Hayat Emeklilik A.Ş. and Ziraat Sigorta A.Ş. and as General Manager of Ziraat Yatırım Menkul Değerler A.Ş. after working in various positions at the Bank between 1984 and 2014, and he served as the Head of Human Resources Group between October 2018-December 2019.
He served as the Head of the Internal Operations Group between December 2019 and August 2020. He has been serving as the Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Ziraat Katılım, Audit Committee and as the member of the Corporate Governance Committee of our Bank since 19.06.2020.
He graduated from İstanbul University, Faculty of Business Administration in 1990. Metin Özdemir started his professional life at Kuveyt-Türk Finans Kurumu A.Ş. in 1992 and continued his career as a manager in the retail sector since 1996.
Özdemir was on duty as a Member of İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality Council between 2004-2014. From April 2012 to May 27, 2019, he served as the Member of the Board of Directors, Member of Remuneration Committee and alternate associate member of Credit Committee at Ziraat Bankası. Özdemir, who has been a member of Ziraat Katılım Bankası Board of Directors since February 18th, 2015, was appointed as the General Manager of Ziraat Katılım Bankası A.Ş. on June 12th, 2017. Özdemir, who was on duty in Board of Directors and the Remuneration Committee of our Bank, has also been serving as the Chairman of the Credit Committee since July 25th, 2017.
He was born in 1965 in Erzurum. He graduated from Atatürk University, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Department of Business Administration in 1985. He started to work as an Assistant Inspector at Imar Bank in 1988. He served as an Inspector, Head of the Board of Inspection, Unit Manager, Senior Unit Manager, Deputy General Manager for Operations and Credits at Albaraka Türk Katılım Bankası between 1990 and 2017.
He worked as a Board Member and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) in a private company. He served as the General Manager of the United Fund Bank between 2017-2019. Emek, who has been a member of Ziraat Participation Bank's Board of Directors since 31.03.2021. He also continues his duties as Audit Committee Member, Remuneration Committee Member and Credit Committee Substitute Member.
He was born in Kayseri in 1955. He graduated from Ankara University, Faculty of Political Science, Department of Economy and Finance in 1980. He started working at T.C. Ziraat Bankası A.Ş. in 1982. From 1982 to 2014, he served as Assistant Inspector, Inspector, Deputy Manager for Agricultural Credits, Head of Intelligence Department, Branch Manager and Regional Manager.
Between 2014 -2018, he served as the General Manager and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Development Bank of Turkey. Buçukoğlu, who has been serving as a Board Member of Ziraat Katılım as of 19.06.2020, is also a a Member of Credit Committee.
He was born in 1966 in Artvin. Earned his bachelor’s degree in Public Administration from the Faculty of Political Sciences at Istanbul University in 1988. After working in various organizations and corporations between 1988-1991, he started his career at the Funding Directorate in Albaraka Türk Katılım Bankası A.Ş.
After serving in various positions in the units of General Directorate of Albaraka Türk Katılım Bank between 1995-2004, he worked as the Branch Manager between 2008-2019. Serving as Board Member Ziraat Katılım Bank as of 25.03.2022, Mr. Başıbüyük is also a Member of Credit Committee and Corporate Governance Committee.
Born in 1974 in Balıkesir, he graduated from Ankara University Faculty of Law in 1996. He completed his master's degree at Gazi University, Department of Labor Economics and Industrial Relations and his doctorate at Selçuk University, Department of Private Law - Commercial Law.
He started his professional career in 1997 as a research and collective bargaining specialist at Belediye İş Trade Union affiliated to Türk-İş Confederation. For many years, he has worked as a freelance lawyer and expert witness in Commercial Courts and Intellectual and Industrial Rights Law Courts and as a manager in various non-governmental associations, and is a trademark attorney before the Turkish Patent and Trademark Office. Between 2016-2019, he served as a member of the Board of Directors of Halk Portfolio Management at Halk Bank of Turkey, between 2018-2020 as a member of the Board of Directors of the Social Security Institution, between 2019-2020 as a consultant at Halk Life and Pension. Until August 2022-2023, he served as Secretary General of TESK and Board Member of the Ministry of Trade-Turkish Tradesmen and Craftsmen Registry Gazette. Since September 2022, he has been teaching as a lecturer at Ankara Medipol University Faculty of Law. As of 03.08.2023, Mr. Cangül has been serving as a member of Ziraat Participation Board of Directors and is also a member of our Bank's Remuneration Committee.
