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MANAGEMENT AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE PRACTICES
FİKRET UTKU ÖZDEMİR
Member of the Board
Fikret Utku Özdemir graduated from
Middle East Technical University,
Department of Business Administration
in 1995. He received a master’s degree
in Finance from the EDHEC Business
School in France in 2004. Mr. Özdemir
served in the Inspection Council at
Türkiye İş Bankası A.Ş. between 1996
and 2006. He worked as Assistant
Manager of the Corporate Loans
Department from 2006 to 2009 and
Unit Manager of the Corporate Loans
Department between 2009 and 2013.
Fikret Utku Özdemir has been the
Division Head – International Financial
Institutions at Türkiye İş Bankası A.Ş.
since July 2013. He also served as
Member of the Board of Directors
at Nemtaş A.Ş., İşbank Gmbh, and
İş Leasing A.Ş. He was appointed as
Member of the Board of Directors
at A&T Bank on May 7, 2015. In
addition, he serves as Member of the
Board of Directors at A&T Leasing. Mr.
Özdemir has 19 years of professional
experience.
ASLI HATİCE AKSAKAL
Secretary of the Board
Aslı Hatice Aksakal graduated from
Bilkent University, Department of
International Relations and completed
her master’s degree in Human
Resources Management and Career
Counseling at Ankara University.
Beginning her professional career as a
Consultant at Stratejik İletişim
Tasarım A.Ş., Mrs. Aksakal has been
employed by the A&T Bank Board of
Directors Secretariat Unit since 2012.
She has five years of professional
experience and has been serving as
Secretary of the Board of Directors
since October 21, 2015.
Changes during the Year:
Abdulhakim Ali Emhemed KHAMAG
vacated his position as Member of the
Board of Directors as of January 29,
2015. Ahmed Mohamed BENBARKA
was appointed to replace him in this
post as of the same date.
Bahattin ÖZARSLANTÜRK vacated his
position as Member of the Board of
Directors as of May 7, 2015. Fikret
Utku ÖZDEMİR was appointed to
replace him in this post as of the same
date.
Abdulhakim Ali Emhemed KHAMAG
was appointed as General Manager
as of July 9, 2015 to replace Sadek
K. S. ABUHALLALA and assumed this
position on September 1, 2015. Sadek
K. S. ABUHALLALA was appointed as
Advisor to the Board of Directors as
of September 1, 2015 for a period of
three months.
Gönül ÇULHA ÖZSOY vacated her
position as Secretary of the Board of
Directors as of October 21, 2015. Aslı
Hatice AKSAKAL was appointed to
replace her in this post as of the same
date.