Mehmet Sırrı ERKAN

After graduating from Ankara University, Faculty of Political Sciences, Mehmet Sırrı Erkan started his banking career at Central Bank of Turkey in 1979. He then joined Türkiye İş Bankası A.Ş. in 1981 as an internal auditor and worked there until his retirement in different positions; financial control and risk manager, CFO and deputy chief executive officer responsible for human resources, talent management, corporate architecture, branch operations, central operations, alternative channels, budgeting and strategic planning, investor relations, change management and restructuring the Bank.

He was appointed as a member of the Board of Directors in 2012 at ING Bank Turkey and he served there as Audit Committee Member, Audit Committee Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors for a total of 7 years.

Between 1994-2020, he had been Chairman of the Board of Directors at Anadolu Hayat Emeklilik A.Ş. and Yatırım Finansman Menkul Değerler A.Ş., and Member of the Board of Directors at Türkiye Şişe ve Cam Fabrikaları A.Ş., Destek Reasürans T.A.Ş., İş Merkezleri Yönetim ve İşletim A.Ş., İş Gayrimenkul Yatırım Ortaklığı A.Ş., ING Portfolio Management A.Ş., ING Factoring A.Ş., ING Financial Leasing A.Ş. and ING Menkul Değerler A.Ş.