Board Of Directors
Ziya AKKURT Chairman of the Board of Directors
Ziya Akkurt graduated from METU Department of Public Administration and started his professional career at Interbank in 1983. He worked in the Credit and Marketing Department of BNP-AK-Dresdner Bank and in the International Banking Department of Ottoman Bank / Banque Paribas / Paris. After joining Akbank Corporate Banking Department in 1996, Mr. Akkurt worked in different departments in Akbank over the years and then served as CEO between 2009 and 2012. Between 1996 and 2012, he served as a Board Member as Managing Director in charge of loans at BNP-AK-Dresdner Bank, Akbank A.G, BNP-AK-Dresdner Leasing, and Ak Yatırım A.Ş. Ziya Akkurt has been serving as the Chair of the Board of Directors of Nurol Investment Bank since February 2016.
Mehmet Oğuz ÇARMIKLI Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors
M. Oğuz Çarmıklı graduated from Istanbul State Engineering and Architecture Academy, Yıldız Engineering High School, Department of Civil Engineering. M. Oğuz Çarmıklı served as a senior executive at Nurol İnşaat Şirketi (Construction Company), the first company of the Nurol Group of Companies, which was later transformed to Nurol İnşaat ve Ticaret A.Ş. He has been serving as the Vice Chair of the Board of Directors of Nurol Yatırım Bankası since 1999, and as a member of the Remuneration Committee of the Bank since December 13, 2011.
Eyüp Sabri ÇARMIKLI, PhD Board Member
He graduated from the Department of Political Science, University of Essex, London in 1997. He continued his academic career with an MA in International Relations and Political Theory at Westminster University of London in 2001. In 2002, he completed his MA in Contemporary History and Politics at Birbeck College, University of London. He completed his PhD in Political Science at the University of Westminster, London in 2011. Mr. Çarmıklı started his professional career as a manager in the Riyadh representative office of Nurol İnşaat Ticaret A.Ş. between 1991-1992. He worked as Manager of the Land Development Department at Nurol İnşaat Ticaret A.Ş. between 1992 and 1993, and as CEO at Nurol Pazarlama ve Dış Ticaret A.Ş. between 1993 and 1994. He has been a member of the Board of Directors of Nurol Holding A.Ş. since 1994. He also started to serve as a Board Member of NurolBank in September 2016.
Gürol ÇARMIKLI Board Member
In 2001, Mr. Çarmıklı received his bachelor's degree in business administration from Golden Gate University, USA, where he subsequenTRYy received his master's degree in human resources administration. Following his graduation, he served as the head of Universal Materials in the USA. He is a member of the Board of Directors at Nurol Holding A.Ş., where he also serves as Corporate Development and Human Resources Coordinator. Furthermore, he serves as the Chair of the Board of Directors at Nurol Sigorta Aracılık Hizmetleri A.Ş. and as a Board Member at Nurol Makina ve Sanayi A.Ş., Turser Turizm Servis ve Ticaret A.Ş., Nurol Teknoloji Sanayi ve Madencilik Ticaret A.Ş., Nurol Enerji Üretim ve Pazarlama A.Ş., FNSS Savunma Sistemleri A.Ş., Tümad Madencilik Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş., Bosfor Turizm, Nurol İnşaat ve Ticaret A.Ş., Nurol Göksu Enerji A.Ş. and Nurol Havacılık A.Ş, which are Nurol Group companies.
Ahmet Kerim KEMAHLI Board Member
He graduated from St. Edward's School, Oxford and completed the Business Organization Program at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh. Starting his professional career at West LB in 1990, Mr. Kemahlı worked at Finansbank, Abalıoğlu Holding and Çelebi Holding, respectively. He has been the Finance Coordinator of Nurol Holding since 2010, and a member of the Board of Directors of Nurol Yatırım Bankası since 2011.
Mehmet Mete BAŞOL Board Member
He graduated from the University of Arizona, Department of Economics with a BS degree. Starting his professional career in 1984, Mr. Başol served as Managing Director of the Board of Directors of Interbank, Bankers Trust, Deutsche Bank and Public Banks, respectively. He currently serves as a Board Member and Consultant in various companies. He continues to serve as a member of the Board and Corporate Governance Committee of Nurol Investment Bank since 2014.
Ahmet ŞİRİN Board Member
He graduated from Ankara University, Faculty of Political Sciences and received his master's degree from Leeds University. Having started his professional career in 1980 at the Inspection Board of the Ministry of Finance, Mr. Şirin served as Head of Department at the General Directorate of Revenues, Deputy Undersecretary at the Ministry of Finance, Head of Finance at the Ministry of Public Works and Settlement, Second President of the BRSA and Presidential Advisor of the BRSA, respectively. He is currently a member of the Board of Directors and Chair of the Corporate Governance Committee at Nurol Investment Bank
Yusuf SERBEST Board Member
He graduated from Istanbul University, Department of Business Administration. Starting his professional career in 1989 in the Treasury Department of Töbank T.A.Ş., Mr. Serbest worked at Nurol Menkul Kıymetler A.Ş., served as Vice Chair of the Board of Directors of the Istanbul Stock Exchange and as a member of the Executive Board of Aydın Örme San. ve Tic. A.Ş. respectively. He has been serving as a Board Member of Nurol Yatırım Bankası Bank since 2001.
Özgür ALTUNTAŞ Board Member and CEO
Mr. Altuntaş graduated from Istanbul Technical University, Department of Management Engineering. He started his professional career in 1993 at Bankers Trust in Istanbul and served as Emerging Markets Director and Head of Türkiye Region at Garanti Bank, AMEX Bank, Credit Suisse and Morgan Stanley in Amsterdam, Bucharest and London, respectively. Having returned to Istanbul in August 2011, Mr. Altuntaş served as Chief Executive Vice President at the Royal Bank of Scotland for two years until June 2013. He has been a member of the Board of Directors and the CEO of Nurol Investment Bank since 2013.
İzzet ŞAHİN Board Member
A graduate of Marmara University, Department of Mathematics and Gazi University, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, İzzet Şahin started his banking career in 1986 as an Assistant Inspector at Akbank Inspection Board. Subsequently, he was promoted to Inspector and then to Vice Chair of the Inspection Board in 1994. In 1996, he was appointed as the aforementioned bank’s Samsun Regional Manager and subsequently served as the Thrace, Istanbul I, Istanbul III, Ankara and Taksim Regional Managers. In 2013, he was appointed as the Head of Department of B.B. Branches at the General Directorate and transferred to Anadolubank Board of Directors as a member in the same year. In 2018, Mr. Şahin assumed the position of Deputy Chair of Anadolubank's Board of Directors, which he continued until 2022. He also served as a member of the Disciplinary Committee of the Turkish Capital Markets Association between 2016 and 2022. He has been a member of Board of Directors and Chair of the Audit Committee at NurolBank since May 2024.
Senior Management
Yiğit FEKE Executive Vice President
Graduated from Saint-Benoit French High School in 1988 and from the International Relations and Political Science Department at Boğaziçi University, Yiğit Feke began his career in 1992 with the Management Trainee Program at Koç-American Bank. He held various positions in the Financial Institutions Department at Koçbank A.Ş. between 1993 and 1998. He served as Head of the Financial Institutions and Forfaiting Department at Koçbank Nederland NV Amsterdam between 1998 and 2007. He served as Executive Vice President responsible for Financial Institutions & Debt Capital Markets at Credit Europe Bank Ltd. Moscow between 2007 and 2021. He served as Senior Financial Services Consultant at SERAP LLC's London Office between 2021 and 2025.
He speaks French, English, Dutch, and Turkish. Yiğit Feke joined Nurol Yatırım Bankası A.Ş. on September 1, 2025. He currently serves as Executive Vice President responsible for the Financial Institutions Department.
Ömer Ali ÖZDİL Executive Vice President
A graduate of Middle East Technical University with a degree in Political Science and Public Administration, Ömer Ali Özdil began his career in 1995 at Demirbank, working in audit and corporate marketing. He held managerial positions at HSBC, Akbank International N.V. Rotterdam, and ING Bank. In 2012, he provided strategic leadership to teams as Director of Corporate and Commercial Banking at Odeabank. Since 2025, he has been serving as Executive Vice President responsible for Corporate Banking at Nurol Investment Bank.
Şezai TEZCAN Executive Vice President
He graduated from İstanbul University, Faculty of Economics, Department of Economics. He started his professional life at Koçbank in 1995. He served as the Group Manager, Regional Manager and Director in the Private Banking business unit of Yapı Kredi Bank and Akbank. He started working as the Deputy General Manager responsible for Private Banking at Nurol Yatırım Bankası A.Ş. on 11.10.2023.
Çiğdem GÜVEN, PhD Executive Vice President
She graduated from Ankara University Faculty of Law. She completed her master's degree and doctorate in law at Ankara University Institute of Social Sciences, and her master's degree (LLM) in banking law and financial regulation at the London School of Economics (LSE) in England. Güven, who started her career as Assistant Banking Specialist/Lawyer at the Banking Supervision and Regulatory Authority in 2001, served as Senior Chief Banking Specialist in the same institution until June 2023. Güven, who started working as Group Manager responsible for Internal Systems at Nurol Yatırım Bankası A.Ş. in June 2023, is now Executive Vice President of Compliance and Internal Audit units.
Gülbin ÇAKIR ÖZKAPTAN Executive Vice President
She graduated from Ankara University, Faculty of Political Sciences, Department of Economics. Gülbin Çakır, who started her banking career as an assistant specialist with Emlak Bank Executive Training Program in 1998, worked in various units of Ziraat Bank Treasury Management between 2001-2018; In June 2018, she was appointed as the Head of Financial Institutions and Investor Relations Department at the same institution. Çakır, who also served as a board member at KZI Bank and Arap Türk Bank, started working as Deputy General Manager responsible for Treasury at Nurol Yatırım Bankası A.Ş. on January 26, 2024.Executive Vice President
Recep GÜL Executive Vice President
After graduating from Boğaziçi University Department of Computer Engineering, he received his master's degree in Banking and Insurance from Marmara University. He started his career at Standard Chartered Bank Türkiye Headquarter in 1990, then served as a director in the Information Technologies and Finance departments of WestLB AG and Portigon AG. Recep Gül, who started working for Nurol Yatırım Bankası A.Ş. on 25 May 2015, has been working as the Deputy General Manager responsible for Financial Control, Operations and Information Technologies since then.
Ebru ERSOY Executive Vice President
After her graduation from Notre Dame de Sion High School in 1993, she studied at University of İstanbul Law School and graduated in 1998. Her career started at Pekin&Bayar Law Firm as Senior Legal Advisor in Banking&Finance unit. Later she was transferred to former ABN AMRO NV later The Royal Bank of Scotland İstanbul branch. She served there as Legal Affairs Country Director, member of Senior Management and Auditing Committee Chairperson until 2017. She worked at Odeabank as Chief Legal Officer and Sustainability Officer between 2017 and 2024. After working at Doğan Group Companies for a short period, she joined in our Bank as EVP for Legal Affairs. She speaks fluently French and English, she is certified as Anti Money Laundering Expert.
Murat ÇİMEN, PhD Chief Executive Vice President
He graduated from İTU, Department of Civil Engineering. He received a Master's Degree and PhD from Boğaziçi University. Çimen, who started his career at Interbank in 1996, thereafter served as a Senior Associate in the Project Finance and Financial Leasing Department and Deputy General Manager Responsible for Investment Banking at Nurol Yatırım Bankası in 1999. He has been serving as Deputy General Manager Responsible for Credits since 2017.
Zafer Babür HAKARAR Chief Executive Vice President
He is a graduate of Boğaziçi University, Department of Mechanical Engineering. Hakarar started his professional life as an associate at Finansbank in 1995 and thereafter worked as the Director of Finance and Business Development at Credit Europe in Amsterdam and Tosyalı Holding, respectively. Z. Babür Hakarar has been serving as a Chief Deputy General Manager in Charge of the Treasury at Nurol Yatırım Bankası A.Ş. since 2013.
Özgür ALTUNTAŞ Board Member and CEO
He graduated from İstanbul Technical University, Department of Management Engineering. Altuntaş, who started his professional life at İstanbul Bankers Trust in 1993, thereafter served as the Director of Emerging Markets and Head of Türkiye Region at Garanti Bank, AMEX Bank, Credit Suisse and Morgan Stanley in Amsterdam, Bucharest and London, respectively. Altuntaş returned to İstanbul in August 2011 and served Royal Bank of Scotland as Chief Deputy General Manager for a two-year period until June 2013. He has been serving as a Board Member and CEO at Nurol Yatırım Bankası A.Ş. since 2013.