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Section II Management and Corporate Governance<br />
Board of Directors<br />
Dirk Bruneel<br />
Chairman of the Board of Directors<br />
Born in 1950, Bruneel graduated from Ghent<br />
University, Department of General Economics.<br />
He began his career at Caisse Générale<br />
d’Epargne et de Retraite (CGER) in 1973. He<br />
served as the Board Member responsible<br />
for Commercial <strong>Banking</strong> and Commercial<br />
Network. He served as the Board Member<br />
of Bacop Bank between 1993 and 1995 and<br />
as Chairman of Artesia from 1995 to 2001.<br />
After Artesia’s acquisition by the Dexia Group<br />
in 2001, he became the Member responsible<br />
for Treasury and Markets on the Dexia Board<br />
of Directors. He has been the Chairman of<br />
Dexia Bank Netherlands since 2002 and was<br />
elected as Chairman of the <strong>DenizBank</strong> Board<br />
of Directors in October 2006. He is also<br />
serving as a member of the <strong>DenizBank</strong> Audit<br />
Committee and the Corporate Governance and<br />
Nomination Committee.<br />
Tenure on the Board of Directors: 3 years<br />
M. Tınas Titiz<br />
Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors<br />
(Independent Member)<br />
Born in 1942, Titiz graduated from Istanbul<br />
Technical University, Faculty of Engineering<br />
and Architecture, Department of the Electrical<br />
Engineering. He worked as the Chief Engineer<br />
and Manager in the Ereğli Coal Plants,<br />
Zonguldak, until the end of 1980. Between<br />
1981 and 1983 he was General Manager of<br />
Elektro-Akustik A.Ş. before being elected to<br />
the Turkish Parliament in 1983. He served<br />
as member of the Parliament between 1983<br />
and 1995, and as State Minister, Minister of<br />
Culture and Tourism between 1985 and 1989.<br />
He is a member of the Turkish Informatics<br />
Foundation, Association of Entrepreneurs,<br />
Istanbul Science and Technology Centers<br />
Foundation, World Productivity Academy,<br />
Chairman of Beyaz Nokta Development<br />
Foundation and Executive Director of Private<br />
Izmir College, and a recipient of Melvin<br />
Jones Award. Since 1990, Titiz has had<br />
several books published and taught several<br />
courses at Middle East Technical University.<br />
He has been a Board Member of <strong>DenizBank</strong><br />
since 1997. He currently serves as the Vice<br />
Chairman of the Board of Directors and also<br />
as a Member of <strong>DenizBank</strong>’s Audit Committee<br />
and the Corporate Governance and Nomination<br />
Committee.<br />
Tenure on the Board of Directors: 12 years<br />
Hakan Ateş<br />
Member of the Board of Directors,<br />
President and CEO<br />
Born in 1959, Ateş graduated from<br />
Middle East Technical University, Faculty<br />
of Administrative Sciences, Department<br />
of Business Administration. He began his<br />
banking career in 1981 as an Internal Auditor<br />
at İşbank. After serving as manager in<br />
the head office and branches at Interbank<br />
from 1986 to 1994, he was appointed as<br />
Executive Vice President responsible for<br />
Centralized Operations. Between 1994 and<br />
1996, he worked as Executive Vice President<br />
responsible for Financial Affairs, Technology<br />
and Operations at Bank Ekspres, leading the<br />
Bank’s restructuring project. He served as the<br />
Founding General Manager at Garanti Bank<br />
Moscow. He continues to serve as Board<br />
Member, President and CEO at <strong>DenizBank</strong>,<br />
since joining the Bank in June 1997 as the<br />
Founding President and CEO. Additionally,<br />
Ateş is the Chairman of the Board of Directors<br />
at <strong>DenizBank</strong> subsidiaries DenizLeasing,<br />
DenizFactoring, DenizYatırım Securities,<br />
EkspresInvest Securities, DenizPortfolio<br />
Management, DenizTürev Securities,<br />
DenizInvestment Trust, CJSC Dexia Bank and<br />
<strong>DenizBank</strong> AG as well as a Member of the<br />
<strong>DenizBank</strong> Credit Committee.<br />
Tenure on the Board of Directors: 12 years<br />
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