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46 A&T BANK ANNUAL REPORT 2015
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
The Board of Directors
convenes pursuant to the
provisions of the Bank’s
Articles of Association,
whenever Bank business
requires or at the invitation
of the Chairman. The Board
reviews matters related to
the Bank and makes decisions
according to the authority
granted to it by the Bank’s
Articles of Association, law
and regulations.
Throughout 2015, members
of the Board of Directors
regularly participated in
meetings and fulfilled the
quorum requirement.
OSMAN ARSLAN
Chairman of the Board
A graduate of Middle East Technical
University, Faculty of Sciences and
Literature, Department of Statistics,
Mr. Arslan completed his master’s
degree in Business Administration for
Executives at the same University. He
held executive positions at
T. Halk Bankası A.Ş. and T.C. Ziraat
Bankası A.Ş. as Department Head and
Assistant General Manager. Between
July 4, 2011 and March 5, 2012, Mr.
Arslan served as Member of the Board
of Directors and General Manager at
A&T Bank as well as Chairman at A&T
Leasing. Since February 16, 2015 he
has been serving as General Manager
at Ziraat Katılım Bankası A.Ş. and he
has been Chairman of the Board at
A&T Bank since March 5, 2012. He
has 20 years of professional experience
in the banking sector.
AHMED MOHAMED BENBARKA
Deputy Chairman of the Board, Member of
the Audit Committee
After graduating from the University of
Tripoli, Department of Chemistry in 1972,
Ahmed Mohamed Benbarka received a
master’s degree in Water Resources from
the University of Arizona. He worked as
a Hydrogeologist at the General Water
Authority between 1972 and 1975 and
as a Research Assistant at the University
of Arizona from 1980 to 1981. Mr.
Benbarka served as a Senior Project
Officer at the African Development Bank
from 1988 until 1996 after working as
a Hydrogeologist at the Libya Soil and
Water Department between 1982 and
1988. Mr. Benbarka was employed by the
African Development Bank as a Principal
Procurement Specialist from 1996 to
2004, Chief Procurement Specialist
between 2004 and 2006, and Head of the
Procurement Unit from 2006 until 2008.
Serving as the Chairman of Tayseer for
Training and Consultancy since 2009,
Mr. Benbarka also served as a consultant
to Salini and the Libyan Export Promotion
Authority. Mr. Benbarka has been working
at National Committee for the Review of
All Development Contracts since 2012.
After serving as a Member of the Board of
Directors of Libyan Foreign Bank between
2012 and 2015, Mr. Benbarka was
appointed as Chairman of Libyan Foreign
Bank’s Board of Directors in February
2015. Ahmed Mohamed Benbarka was
appointed as Member of the Board of
Directors on January 29, 2015, as Deputy
Chairman on March 26, 2015, and as
Member of the Audit Committee on
October 21, 2015 at A&T Bank. He has 43
years of professional experience.