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VAKIFBANK
2011
ANNUAL REPORT
90
Şahin Uğur
Executive Vice President
(Supporting Services)
Şahin Uğur graduated from Erzurum Atatürk
University, Faculty of Business, Department
of Business Administration. He began
his career at VakıfBank as Probationary
Exchange Official in 1984. After serving in
various capacities at the Bank, Mr. Uğur was
appointed Deputy General Manager in 2004.
He is fluent in English and Arabic.
Süleyman Kalkan
General Manager
Süleyman Kalkan was born in 1956 in Kırşehir
and he graduated from Ankara University,
Faculty of Political Sciences, Department of
International Relations in 1981. Mr. Kalkan
started his career as Assistant Auditor at
İşbank in 1983. Subsequently, he became
Deputy Manager for Personal Loans in 1993
and Regional Director for Commercial and
Corporate Loans in 1995; he also served as
Manager for Non-Performing Loans from 1997
to 2003. During this period, Mr. Kalkan served
as Member of the Bank’s Disciplinary Board
and Manager of the Levent and Balmumcu
branches. Additionally, he served as Member
of the Board of Directors of Türkiye Sınai
Kalkınma Bankası A.Ş., Anadolu Hayat Emeklilik
A.Ş. and İş Factoring A.Ş. Mr. Kalkan served as
Chairman at Güneş Sigorta A.Ş., a VakıfBank
affiliate, and as Chairman of the Auditing
Committee at Vakıf International AG (Vienna).
Mr. Kalkan was appointed Executive Director
and General Manager at Türkiye Vakıflar
Bankası T.A.O. in March 2010.
Illinois. He joined VakıfBank in December
2007 as Deputy General Manager and
he later held positions at various banks
and public institutions. Most recently, Mr.
Cantekin served as Department Head at the
Banking Regulation and Supervision Board.
He is fluent in English and French.
Mehmet Cantekin
Chief Executive Vice President
(Loan Monitoring, Regional Directorates)
Mehmet Cantekin graduated from Ankara
University, Faculty of Political Sciences,
Department of Finance and completed his
post graduate degree at the University of
Metin Recep Zafer
Executive Vice President (General Accounting
and Financial Affairs-Treasury and Overseas
Operations-Alternative Distribution Channels-
Banking Operations)
Metin Recep Zafer graduated from Marmara
University, Faculty of Economics and
Administrative Sciences, Department of
Economics; he also completed post graduate
and PhD degrees there. Mr. Zafer worked
at different banks from 1992 and joined
VakıfBank in June 2006 as Deputy General
Manager. He is fluent in English.
Feyzi Özcan
Executive Vice President
(Retail Loans-Retail Banking-Corporate
Payroll-Credit Cards-Card and Member
Company Operations)
Feyzi Özcan graduated from Gazi University,
Faculty of Economic, Administrative
Sciences. He joined VakıfBank in 1989 as
Assistant Auditor and subsequently served
as Manager, Deputy Director and Director
at various branches and units of the Bank
prior to his appointment as Deputy General
Manager in 2005. Mr. Özcan is fluent in
English.
Birgül Denli
Executive Vice President
(International and Investor Relations)
Birgül Denli graduated from Middle East
Technical University, Department of Statistics
and completed her post graduate degree in
Financial Markets and Derivatives at London
Metropolitan University. In November 2003,
Ms. Denli joined VakıfBank as Head of the
Correspondent Banking and International
Finance Department at VakıfBank International
AG in Vienna; she was appointed Deputy
General Manager on June 15, 2006. She
served in various capacities at many banks
and companies both in Turkey and abroad,
and most recently served as Board Member at
VakıfBank International AG in Vienna. She is
fluent in English, German and French.
Executive Management