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She graduated from Ankara University Faculty of Medicine and completed her medical specialty training at Ankara Training and Research Hospital. From 2003 to 2010, she served as Chief Assistant at Ankara Training and Research Hospital. She received the title of Associate Professor in 2008 and was appointed Deputy Clinical Chief at Ankara Numune Training and Research Hospital in 2010. In 2011, she was appointed Associate Professor in the Department of Biochemistry at Yıldırım Beyazıt University Faculty of Medicine, where she received the title of Professor in 2014.

From 2012 to 2015, she served as the Educational and Administrative Supervisor of the Biochemistry Laboratory and as Laboratory Coordinator at Ankara Numune Training and Research Hospital. She subsequently served as Secretary General of the Ankara 1st Regional Public Hospitals Union from 2015 to 2016 and as Deputy Undersecretary at the Ministry of Health from 2016 to 2017.

Yılmaz has published numerous articles in national and international journals. She currently serves as a faculty member in the Department of Medical Biochemistry at Yıldırım Beyazıt University and as a Training Officer at the Medical Biochemistry Clinic of Ankara City Hospital.

She also serves as a member of the TÜBİTAK BİDEP Advisory Board and the Ministry of Health’s Medical Laboratory Scientific Board, as well as a full member of the IFCC C-NPU Committee.

Having served as a Member of the Board of Directors of the Turkish Red Crescent from 2015 to 2023, Prof. Dr. Fatma Meriç Yılmaz was elected President of the Turkish Red Crescent at its Extraordinary General Assembly held on 9 July 2023.

In 2023, she was included in Stanford University’s list of the world’s most influential scientists. In April 2025, she was appointed by the President of the Republic of Türkiye as Deputy Chair of the Presidential Council on Local Government and Disaster Policies.

She was re-elected President of the Turkish Red Crescent at the General Assembly held on 5 May 2025 and continues to serve in this position.

He was born in Zile in 1970. He completed his elementary and middle school education in Zile and his high school education at Istanbul Kabataş Boys High School. He graduated from the Department of Public Administration at Ankara University’s Faculty of Political Sciences in 1990. After working at the Ministry of Finance from 1993 to 2000, he left the public sector to join the private sector. He served as an auditor in the Audit Group at Yıldız Holding for three years. He then worked continuously for 17 years at Natura Gıda, another company within the Yıldız Holding Group, where he was responsible for financial affairs. Erdal Dursun joined Kızılay Yatırım as CFO in February 2019. As of 2026, he serves as CEO at Kızılay Yatırım.

He was born in Düsseldorf, Germany, in 1970. He graduated from the Department of Economics at Istanbul University in 1992. In 1996, he completed his master’s degree in Banking and Finance at Marmara University. Since 1992, he has held various positions in the retail sector. He has served as director of product, export, and business development; as a member of the board of directors; as executive director; and as an advisor to the board of directors. Esselte Leitz, Panda, Danet, and Ülker Golf are among the companies where he has served as a senior executive. Between 2007 and 2010, he served as a Turkey advisor at the Dubai-based Eastgate Capital Group Ltd. (https://www.difc.ae/public-register/ncb-capital-difc/). He currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors at Coldstone Creamery Turkey and also as a member of the Board of Directors at Kızılay Yatırım Holding A.Ş.

He was born in Bolu in 1960. He graduated from Boğaziçi University with a degree in Business Administration in 1982. In 1992, he earned a master’s degree in business administration from Cardiff Business School.

He began his career in investment banking. Between 1984 and 2001, he worked at major global financial institutions, including Islamic Investment Co. of Gulf in Jeddah, National Commercial Bank in Jeddah, UBS in London, and Swiss Bank in London. He joined the Ülker Yıldız family in 2001 as CEO of Family Finans, the group’s banking investment. She played a pivotal role in the institution’s transformation into Türkiye Finans Participation Bank following a merger and, ultimately, in its sale to the Saudi Arabian National Commercial Bank in 2007.

He served as General Manager, CFO, and Executive Board Member at Yıldız Holding, one of Turkey’s largest private companies. During his tenure, he played a key role in the group’s transformation from a regional player into one of the world’s largest food producers, taking on major responsibilities in restructuring, investments, and—in particular—acquisitions of companies such as Godiva and Şok, which played a significant role in the group’s growth. Until 2014, he served as the founding CEO of Gözde Venture Capital Investment Partnership, Turkey’s largest publicly traded venture capital firm, which was owned by Yıldız Holding. Gözde Venture Capital Investment Partnership gained prominence particularly through acquisitions such as those of Kümaş A.Ş. and Makina Takım A.Ş. in 2012, as well as its role in the sale of bridges and highways—which was Turkey’s second-largest privatization initiative at the time. Between 2012 and 2018, he served on the boards of Mondi Tire Kutsan Istanbul, MENA Infrastructure Fund Dubai, and Medyasoft A.Ş. He was elected to the Board of Directors of the Turkish Basketball Federation for three terms.

He is currently the founder and Chairman of the Board of Directors of BRK Investment Company, based in Istanbul. He also serves on the boards of Fajr Capital Ltd. (Dubai), Fajr Capital Advisors Ltd. (Dubai), and Cravia Group Holdings (Dubai).

Born in Ankara in 1977, he graduated from Ankara University, Faculty of Political Sciences, Department of Economics in 2000. In 2006-2008, he successfully completed the University of Illinois MBA (Finance) program in the United States. He successfully completed his PhD in Business Administration at Ankara University Social Sciences Institute with his doctoral thesis in the field of venture capital in 2018.

He started his career at the CBRT in September 2000, and soon passed the Undersecretariat of Treasury by passing the Trainee Treasury Controller exam in December 2000. He served as Trainee - Treasury Controller between 2000-2006, and as Internal Auditor between 2009-2011. In 2011, he was appointed to the Undersecretariat of Treasury Financial Instruments and Markets Development Department. In 2016, he was appointed as the Deputy General Manager of Financial Markets and Foreign Exchange. From August 2019 until August 2021, he was the Head of the Central Finance and Contracts Unit responsible for the execution of European Union Programs. As of August 2021, he was reassigned to the position of the General Manager of Financial Markets and Foreign Exchange as acting. As of June 1, 2022, he started to work as the General Manager of Kızılay Social Consulting Inc., a part of Kızılay Investment Holding, to operate in the field of impact investing. In addition to these duties, he served as a Member of the Board of Directors at the Credit Guarantee Fund, Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors at the Investment and Development Bank of Turkey, investment committee member and board member of the European Investment Fund Turkey Growth and Innovation Fund.

During his tenure at the Ministry of Treasury and Finance, he played an important role in bringing many new financial instruments to our country in terms of access to finance. Individual participation capital system (angel investing), fund programs to support Venture Capital Funds (venture capital and funds of funds), Treasury-backed loan guarantee Portfolio Guarantee System, Collateralized Transactions and Central Registry System and Turkey Investment and Development Bank. He actually carried out the establishment of the legal infrastructure of the Development Fund and provided the basic framework for these programs. He made significant efforts to bring the Crowdingfund regulation to our country. Within the scope of the duties under the responsibility of the General Directorate, he carried out the preparation and execution of foreign exchange regime regulations and the work of the financial stability committee. During his tenure, he actively contributed to many regulations related to financial markets. During his duty as the Head of the Central Finance and Contracts Unit, he provided the restructuring of the unit in order to ensure that the unit's non-EU funds are also brought to Turkey.

In June 2022,he was appointed as a Member of the Board of Directors of Kızılay Real Estate and Private Equity Portfolio Management Company.

Hakan Ertürk is married, has 3 children and has a good command of English.

Fevzi Öztürk holds a degree in Public Finance from Anadolu University’s Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, a degree in Sociology from Istanbul University, and a thesis-based master’s degree in International Banking and Finance from Istanbul Commerce University’s Institute of Finance. He also completed Istanbul University’s “Capital Markets and Stock Exchange” program and Marmara University’s “Alternative Investment Instruments in Financial Markets and Portfolio Management” program.

Öztürk began his professional career in 1998 in Fund and Treasury Management at Türkiye İş Bankası Group. He subsequently played an active role in establishing and managing the treasury and fund management departments of various capital market institutions. As a fund and portfolio manager, he was actively involved in launching Türkiye’s first investment funds and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) structured in accordance with interest-free principles, as well as numerous conventional investment funds and ETFs. He was responsible for the establishment, design, management, and operations of these funds.

In 2009, he received the Scientific Evaluation Board Award for his study entitled “Participation Banking in Türkiye and Opportunities” in a scientific research competition organized by the Participation Banks Association of Türkiye (TKBB). He also provided independent consultancy services to businesses on finance and capital markets. For many years, he worked as an economics columnist and television commentator.

That same year, he joined the project team responsible for the pricing and technical aspects of Revenue-Indexed Securities, which were issued for the first time in Türkiye by the Undersecretariat of Treasury. He also helped establish sound price formation in the secondary market. He later served as a manager in the Markets Directorate of Istanbul Settlement and Custody Bank Inc. (Takasbank), where he was involved in market operations, regulatory arrangements, market development initiatives, and operational processes. Since May 2021, he has served as General Manager of Kızılay Real Estate and Venture Capital Portfolio Management Inc. and as a member of its Board of Directors.

From 2021 to 2024, Öztürk served as Vice Chair of the Impact Investing Advisory Board (EYDK). From 2023 to 2025, he served as a member of the Audit Board of the Turkish Institutional Investment Managers’ Association (TKYD). He currently serves as a member of the Türkiye Venture Capital Council of the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Türkiye (TOBB).

Öztürk holds the following capital markets licenses: the Advanced-Level Capital Market Activities License, the Derivative Instruments License, the Corporate Governance and Rating License, and the Credit Rating License.