Dr. Vural Akışık received his B.Sc. in Economics, M.Sc in Mathematics at the METU in Ankara and Ph.D. in Mathematical Statistics from the University of California at Berkeley. Earlier in his career, Dr. Akışık founded Turkey’s first investment bank together as partners with Bankers Trust Company and Türkiye İş Bankası. As CEO, managed the change of Disbank into a dynamic and profitable financial institution.

During the 2001 economic crisis served as the Chairman of the Turkish State Banks, with the specific mandate of restructuring them. He was Chairman of Petrol Ofisi, and Vice Chairman of Doğan Holding prior to his retirement He is a former Chairman of the Turkish-American Business Council and currently serves on the High Advisory Council of Turkish Industrialists and Businessmen’s Association (TÜSİAD) and the Board of Trustees of Malatya Educational Fund.

Çağlar Göğüş earned his B.Sc. degree in Business Administration at Bilkent University in Turkey, and his MBA from the University of Florida. He began his professional career in 1996 as a Senior Analyst at Coopers & Lybrand (current PwC). In 2000, Following his tenure as Senior Analyst and consultant at Arthur Andersen and AT Kearney, he joined the Peppers & Rogers Group. Later becoming an international partner at Peppers & Rogers, he initially served as the General Manager overseeing after- sales services in all regions. Göğüş played an important role in Peppers & Rogers’ growth in the EMEA region and beyond. Through his consultancy work for over fifty major companies and regulatory authorities across a range of geographic areas, he has gained special expertise in strategic growth and transformation. He has attained vast experience over the years in the new economic order as well as in classic economics.

Göğüş joined the Doğan Group in 2015 as an independent board member for Hürriyet Gazetecilik. After holding this position for one year, he served for over two years as Hürriyet Gazetecilik’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO). During his tenure, he oversaw important projects, including those involving digital transformation, efficiency, profitability, redefining of business processes and the designing of a corporate character for Hürriyet Emlak (Hürriyet Real Estate and Properties).

Göğüş is married and has a daughter and a son.

He graduated from Ankara University, Economics-Public Finance Department. He assumed the roles of Inspector, Branch Manager, Loans Manager, Head of the Loans Department, and Commercial Loans Coordinator at the Türkiye Emlak Kredi Bankası. During this period, he was a Member of the Board of Supervisors at Ataköy Otelcilik A.Ş. and Ataköy Turizm A.Ş., and a Member of the Board of Directors at Ataköy Otelcilik A.Ş., Emlak Pazarlama A.Ş., and Arap Türk Bankası, all in representation of Türkiye Emlak Kredi Bankası.

Following his resignation from T. Emlak Kredi Bankası, he started working in the private sector. He worked as General Manager and Vice President of the Board of Directors at Atlas Faktöring Hizmetleri A.Ş. and as a Member of the Board of Directors at HMB Finansal Kiralama A.Ş., Güney Turizm A.Ş., HMB İnşaat A.Ş., and Atlas Döviz A.Ş. He has been General Manager and a Member of the Board of Directors at Doruk Faktoring since 2001.

During this period, he served as a Member of the Board of Directors at important institutions such as Hürriyet Gazetecilik, Doruk Finansman, Beşiktaş Jimnastik Kulübü Association, and Beşiktaş Futbol Yatırımları A.Ş.

Aydın Doğan Yalçındağ graduated from the Koç High School in 2009 and received his bachelor’s degree in economy and history from Brown University in the United States. He started his career as an Analyst in the Capital Markets and IPO Department at Goldman Sachs, where he focused on emerging markets. Subsequently, he returned to Turkey and held various positions at Doğan TV. Mr. Yalçındağ established Blu TV, the largest local streaming platform of Türkiye in 2016 and served as the CEO for 7 years.

Mr. Yalçındağ has formed a Strategic Partnership with Warner Bross Discovery for Blu TV in 2021. In 2022, he established “Ortak”, a new generation investment platform.

Mr. Yalçındağ has been a member of TÜSİAD (Turkish Industry and Business Association) since 2016. He is also Executive Committee Member at Doğan Holding and Board Member at Kolektif House. Furthermore, he is the author of the book titled “Gençlik ve Uyum (Youth and Harmony)”.

Born in 1970, Vedat Mungan has graduated from the Industrial Engineering Department, Faculty of Business Management, of Istanbul Technical University in 1992, upon which he completed his Executive MBA Program with the Manchester Business School and IBU Joint Programme.

Having started his banking career in 1993 at the Garanti Bank System and Organization Department, Mungan went on to work with İktisat Bankası T.A.Ş. in 1994 as Corporate & Commercial Banking Officer, and he was appointed as the Corporate & Commercial Banking Manager in 1996. After working as the Head of the Corporate – Commercial Banking at Sümerbank A.Ş. Head Office in 1998, he started working with Finansbank A.Ş. in 1999 where he served at various levels of senior management, and has implemented significant successful projects as the Head of Corporate, Commercial, Investment Banking and Project Finance Business Lines. After having continued his career as the Assistant General Manager in charge of those business lines, his career changed its course in 2010, and he joined the Alfa International Construction & Contracting Group as the CEO and also performed as advisor to the Board of Directors of a Hospital Chain. Vedat Mungan joined the Doğan Şirketler Grubu Holding A.Ş. as the Vice President in charge of Strategic Planning and Business Management on May 5, 2017 and later became Member of Executive Committee (in charge of Strategy, Business Development & Management) of Doğan Holding on October 3, 2017. Mungan is married and has two children.

He was born in 1969. He graduated from Istanbul University, Faculty of Law following his graduation from Eskişehir Atatürk High School. He started his career as a lawyer in the fields of Commercial Law and Capital Market Law.

Between 2000 and 2004, he worked at GSD Holding A.Ş., which included GSD Yatırım Bankası A.Ş., GSD Faktöring A.Ş., and Tekstil Finansal Kiralama A.Ş. in its group.

He has been Head of the Legal Department at Doruk Faktoring A.Ş., an affiliate of Doğan Holding A.Ş., since September 2004, and has been a Board Member of the Bank since June 2020.

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.

After graduating from the Department of Economics of Boğaziçi University in 2000, Hulusi Horozoğlu started his career in the same year at Citibank’s Management Associate Program in Turkey. He worked as Relationship Manager at the Financial Institutions Division of Citibank A.Ş. from 2001 to 2004, and thereafter joined HSBC in 2004. He took office at the Corporate Banking Department of HSBC Turkey as Relationship Manager, before moving on to his role as Senior Banker at the Financial Institutions and Public Sector of Citibank Turkey in 2005. Between 2006 and 2012, he served as Director of Global Islamic Banking, Syndications and Debt Capital Markets as well as Head of Non- Presence Countries, Saudi Arabia and Oman at Citigroup Dubai. He joined HSBC Turkey in 2012 and worked as Head of Global Capital Financing and Debt Finance until 2014. Between 2014 and 2016, he held Assistant General Manager, Managing Director, Head of Corporate and Investment Banking role at HSBC Turkey. During 2016 - 2018, on top of his roles as Assistant General Manager, Managing Director, Head of Wholesale Banking and Investment Banking, Horozoğlu served as Interim Regional Head of Corporate and Commercial Banking Client Coverage for Middle East, North Africa and Turkey. During 2018 - 2020, Horozoğlu worked at HSBC Dubai as Regional Head of Business Development for Middle East, North Africa and Turkey. He was appointed as the CEO and Board Member of Doğan Investment Bank in September 2020.