BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Mustafa ÜNAL

Chairman

Having completed his bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from Boğazici University and an MBA from Bilkent University, Mr. Ünal thereafter, took on a carrier in banking and finance sector. He worked in Garanti Bank as an executive manager. He currently serves as the Chairman of the Board of Directors at Verusa Holding and various group companies.

Reha ÇIRAK

Deputy Chairman

Having graduated from Izmir American High School and Bilkent University department of Business Administration, Mr. Çırak begun his career in a finance company in New York and worked in multi international finance companies in Istanbul for 7 years. He earned his master’s degree in Accounting and Finance at Marmara University and joined various seminars and course programs at UPENN Wharton, NYU Stern ve Columbia University. Reha Çırak serves as Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors at Verusa Holding and various group companies.

Ömer ÖZBAY (CEO)

Board Member

Mr. Ömer Özbay serves as the CEO of Verusa Holding. He received his bachelor degree from Sociology Department of Middle East Technical University. He held vice president position in Borsa Istanbul Stock Exchange and worked as a consultant in Takas Bank (Istanbul Stock Exchange Clearing House) from 2003 to 2011. Prior to joining Verusa Group Mr. Özbay held position as the consultant to the Prime Minister of Turkey from 2011 to 2017. He serves as Board Member at Verusa Holding and various group companies.

Mustafa Necip ULUDAĞ, PhD

Board Member

Having graduated from Istanbul Technical University’s Mechanical Engineering Department, Mr. Necip Uludağ earned his masters degree from Harvard and Istanbul University, and earned his PhD from Milan and Istanbul University joint graduate programmes in Business Administration. He began his career at Boyner Holding, where he worked as the Coordinator of Alboy A.S. and followed by the Group Coordinator of Benetton. Between 2001 and 2003, he worked as the General Manager of NafNaf and Chevignon. Dr. Uludağ also served as the Executive Board Member of Alfa Investment Fund, based in Azerbaijan, IPF international & CANAM Investment Fund in USA Texas. He has been the Vice President of GYIAD from 2004 to 2007 and now he serves as Board Member at Verusa Holding and various group companies.

Ahmet Gültekin KARAŞİN, PhD

Independent Board Member

Born in Istanbul in 1953, Ahmet Gültekin Karaşin graduated from the Department of Business Administration at Middle East Technical University (METU) in 1977, completed his MBA program at the University of Bradford in 1980, and received his doctorate from Ankara University in 1987. He served as Associate Professor of Finance at Boğaziçi University from 1990 to 1995, Professor of Finance at Istanbul Bilgi University from 1996 to 1998, and Professor of Finance at Kadir Has University from 2006 to 2010.
Ahmet Gültekin Karaşin began his professional career in 1978 and has served as an expert at the Turkish Development Bank, an expert at the Capital Markets Board, Securities Manager at Garanti Bank, founder, partner, and Chairman of the Board of Directors at Standart Gayrimenkul Menkul Değerleme A.Ş., and Chairman of the Board of Directors at Ata Holding A.Ş. Board of Directors Chairman Advisor, and Independent Board Member of Mutlu Akü A.Ş.
Prof. Dr. Ahmet Gültekin Karaşin also serves as an independent member of Acıselsan Acıpayam Selüloz Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş. and Verusaturk GSYO A.Ş.

Yasemin Özcan KELEŞ

Independent Board Member

Yasemin Özcan Keleş graduated from Marmara University Faculty of Law in 1997. After working in various law firms for three years following her graduation, she served in the Public Receivables Collection Directorate of the TMSF Legal Department between 2003 and 2020. Since 2020, she has been providing legal consultancy services to domestic and foreign institutions. Yasemin Özcan Keleş is fluent in English.