Ömer KARAKUŞ
Board Member and General Manager

Karakuş graduated from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Yıldız Technical University in 1988 and completed the "Contemporary Business Management" programme at Marmara University in 1989.

Karakuş began his banking career at Kuveyt Türk Katılım Bankası in January 1990 and took part in numerous projects and infrastructure initiatives under the titles of Financial Analysis and Intelligence Manager, Corporate Marketing Group Manager and SME Loans Group Manager. After a 33-year career journey in various departments and positions under the same roof, he was appointed General Manager of Katılım Finans Kefalet A.Ş. on 29 March 2023.

Dr. N. Saygın SUNGUR
Deputy General Manager, Human Resources, Financial and Administrative Affairs

Sungur graduated from the Department of Business Administration at Yeditepe University in 2003 and, after conducting academic research on "European Union Monetary Policy" at Leiden University in the Netherlands as a European Union Jean Monnet Scholar, completed his PhD in Finance at Yeditepe University.

Between 2006 and 2012, he worked on Deposit Analytics, Investment Banking
and Capital Markets Product Management at institutions such as Eurobank Tekfen and Akbank. Sungur continued his career at Türkiye Finans Katılım Bankası between 2012 and 2021, serving as Fund Raising and Investment Products Manager between 2018 and 2021. In 2021, he was appointed Banking Services Coordinator at the Participation Banks Association of Türkiye. Saygın Sungur also continues to teach Financial Markets as a part-time lecturer at the Marmara University Institute of Islamic Economics.

In April 2023, he was appointed Deputy General Manager for Human Resources, Financial and Administrative Affairs at Katılım Finans Kefalet A.Ş.

Zekeriya Altun
Deputy General Manager, Credit Allocation, Infrastructure Development, Risk Monitoring and Product Management

Altun graduated from the Department of Political Science and International Relations at Boğaziçi University in 1994 and completed his master's degree at the Department of International Relations at Marmara University. In 1996, he joined the Projects and Investments Department at Kuveyt Türk Katılım Bankası A.Ş.

Between 1996 and 2007, he served as Assistant Specialist and Specialist in Financial Analysis and Intelligence, and as Credit Allocation Executive. With the establishment of the Credit Risk Monitoring Department in 2007, he served as Credit Risk Monitoring Manager until 2012. From 2012 until he left Kuveyt Türk Katılım Bankası A.Ş. in April 2023, he held the positions of Financial Analysis and Intelligence Manager, SME Loans and Business Development Manager, and Commercial Loans Manager.

In April 2023, he was appointed Deputy General Manager for Credit Allocation, Infrastructure Development, Risk Monitoring and Product Management at Katılım Finans Kefalet A.Ş.