K. Banu Özcan joined Akbank in September 2001 as General Manager of Akbank N.V. Before joining Akbank she served in various positions at BNPAKDresdner Bank A.Ş. and as the Chief Representative of Turkey and General Manager of Germany operations of DHB Bank Netherland N.V. A graduate of the Faculty of Business Administration from LMU, Germany, K. Banu Özcan also serves as member of the Board of Directors of Akbank AG and as Head of the Akbank AG Audit Committee.
Murat Tursun joined Akbank TAS as an internal auditor in 1998 and he was transferred to Akbank N.V. as an internal auditor in August 2004. Prior to his appointment in the Managing Board as an Executive Director and Chief Risk Officer on September 2010, he was the Director of Internal Control and Compliance Department. Murat Tursun is a graduate of Middle East Technical University, Department of Chemical Engineering. He received MBA and MSc degrees from the same university. He holds various international certifications in audit, compliance and risk management fields. He is a Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), Financial Risk Manager (FRM) and he has International Diploma in Compliance. He is currently pursuing Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) designation.