Executive Management

İbrahim Halil ÖztopCEO and Board Member

September 2021
Chairman of Board of Directors, Turkish Capital Markets Association
April 2021
Vice Chairman of Merkezi Kayıt İstanbul A.Ş. (MKK), representing Turkish Capital Markets Association
June 2020
Member of The Board of Directors, Banks Association of Türkiye
December 2018
Board Member and CEO, Development and Investment Bank of Türkiye
October 2018
Chairman and CEO, Development and Investment Bank of Türkiye
2011 – 2018
Executive Vice President, Corporate Finance, Garanti Securities
2006 – 2010
Managing Director, The Ottoman Fund, (Real Estate Fund)
2002 – 2006
Head of Investment Banking, Industrial Development Bank of Türkiye
1999 – 2001
Head of Project Finance and Investment Banking, KORFEZBANK
1995 – 1999
Vice President, Corporate Finance, Industrial Development Bank of Türkiye
1996
Bilkent University, Master of Business Administration
1991
M.E.T.U, Faculty of Engineering, Industrial Engineer

Satı BalcıExecutive Vice President | Loan / Treasury Operation, Affiliates and Investor Relations, Türkiye Development Fund and Loan Monitoring

2017- Present
Executive Vice President, Development and Investment Bank of Türkiye
2011-2017
Director, Development Bank of Türkiye
2006-2011
Manager, Development Bank of Türkiye
1998-2006
Financial Analyst Specialist/Senior Specialist, Development Bank of Türkiye
1993-1998
Financial Analyst Specialist, Development Bank of  Türkiye
1988-1993
Financial Analyst Assistant Specialist, Development Bank of  Türkiye
1988
Yapı ve Kredi Bankası
1988
Ankara University, Faculty of Political Sciences - Department of Business Administration

Seçil Kızılkaya YıldızExecutive Vice President | Investment Banking, Project Evaluation, Sustainability and Corporate Communications

March 2019
Executive Vice President, Development and Investment Bank of Türkiye
2017 - 2019
Deputy General Manager, Kuzu Toplu Konut İnşaat A.Ş
2016 – 2017
Founder-Managing Partner, FSM Advisory Consulting Partnership
2014 - 2016
Corporate Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Finance Advisory
2012 - 2014
Senior Vice President, Head of Mid-Corporate Structured Finance, ING Bank Türkiye
2008 - 2012
Director, Equity, Debt& Structured Capital Markets, UniCredit Menkul Değerler A.Ş
2007 – 2008
Senior Credit Analyst, İstanbul Liaison Office Bayerische Hypo-und Vereinsbank AG (“HVB”)
2006 - 2007
Manager, Corporate Finance, Oyak Investment
1998 - 2006
Manager, Corporate Finance, Industrial Development Bank of Türkiye
1998
Boğaziçi University, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Business Administration

Özlem CinemreExecutive Vice President | Treasury and Financial Institutions

2019 -
Executive Vice President, Development and Investment Bank of Türkiye
2018 – 2019
Board Member, ONB Finans Leasing,Finans Faktoring, Hemenal
1997 – 2018
Deputy General Director,Finansbank
1993 – 1997
Head of Internatinal Division Group, Finansbank
1991 - 1992
International Division Unit Manager,Finansbank
1989 - 1991
Assistant Manager, International Division,Finansbank
1988 - 1889
Management Trainee,Finansbank
1988
Boğaziçi University,Faculty of Economy Administrative Sciences,Business Administration

Nuri Yasin KülahçıExecutive Vice President | Strategy, Organization, Finance, Budget and Cost Management, Support Services

October 2022
Executive Vice President, Strategy, Organization, Finance, Budget and Cost Management, Support Services, Development and Investment Bank of Türkiye
2019
Director, Strategy, Organization and Process Management, Development and Investment Bank of Türkiye
2016 – 2019
Senior Manager, PwC
2014 – 2016
Senior Director, Aktif Investment Bank
2008 - 2014
Senior Manager, PwC
2006 - 2008
Senior Consultant, DELOITTE
2003 - 2006
Auditor, Finansbank A.Ş.
2005
Yeditepe University, Master of Business Administration (Finance&Accounting, General Management double major)
2003
Istanbul University, Faculty of Engineering, Industrial Engineer

Muzaffer Gökhan SongülExecutive Vice President | Loan Allocation

September 2022 -
Executive Vice President, Development and Investment Bank of Türkiye
2014-2022
Board Member, Alternatif Lease
2014-2022
Board Member, Alternatif Investment
2014-2022
Executive Vice President, Alternatif Bank
2010-2014
Executive Vice President, Royal Bank of Scotland
2007-2010
ABN AMRO Bank
2004
Garanti BBVA
2005
Marmara University, Institude of Social Sciences, International Economics - Master Degree
2002
Istanbul University, Faculty of Political Sciences, Business Administration

Yeşim ŞimşekExecutive Vice President | Corporate & Project Finance

June 2022 -
Executive Vice President, Development and Investment Bank of Türkiye
2018-2022
Corporate Banking Executive Vice President, Alternatif Bank
2017-2018
Executive of BBVA Client Solutions Team Executive, BBVA
2013-2018
Coordinator, Garanti BBVA
2011-2013
Regional Manager, Europe2, Garanti BBVA
2005-2011
Regional Manager, Europe1, Garanti BBVA
2003-2005
Regional Manager, Garanti BBVA
2003-2004
Branch Manager of Levent Commercial, Garanti BBVA
2001-2003
Branch Manager of Gebze Commercial, Garanti BBVA
1999-2001
Osmanlı Bankası, Branch Manager
1997-1999
Bank Ekspress, Branch Manager
1993-1995
Koçbank
1986
Ankara University, Communication Faculty
 

Ali YunuslarExecutive Vice President | Information Technologies

February 2022 -
Executive Vice President, Information Technologies, Development and Investment Bank of Türkiye
2019
Director, IT Application Development, Development and Investment Bank of Türkiye
2017
Founder, Mentavision IT Technology
2013
Application Development Director, Mastercard Payment Systems
2004
Senior Software Associate, Industrial Development Bank of Türkiye
2004
Software Specialist, Bizitek
2002
Software Specialist, Veripark
1999
Software Engineer, VestelNet
2012
Istanbul Technical University, MBA
1999
Middle East Technical University, Computer Engineering