Süleyman Kalkan

Süleyman Kalkan was born in Kırşehir in 1956. He graduated from the Faculty of Political Sciences, Department of International Relations at Ankara University. Mr. Kalkan began his professional career as an assistant inspector at İşbank in 1983. He then served as Retail Loans Assistant Manager in 1993, Commercial and Corporate Loans Regional Manager in 1995 and Non-performing Loans Manager from 1997 until the end of 2003 and sat on the Disciplinary Committee for six years at the same bank. Mr. Kalkan served as a Branch Manager during 2003-2010. He also served as Board Member of İşbank affiliates, including TSKB (Industrial Development Bank of Turkey), Anadolu Hayat Emeklilik (life insurance) and İş Factoring. Mr. Kalkan was appointed as the Executive Member of the Board and the General Manager of Vakıfbank in March 2013 and served as the Chairman of the VakıfBank affiliates Güneş Sigorta (insurance) and Vakıf International AG (Vienna). He has served as Deputy Chairman of Halkbank between April 2013 - April 2016. He also chaired the Audit Committee as an Independent Board Member. Mr. Kalkan was the member of Supervisory Board of Demir-Halk Bank (Nederland) N.V., one of Halkbank affiliates between April 2013 - October 2016 and served as the member of RCC (Remuneration & Compensation Committee), NC (Nomination Committee) and SBCC (Credit Committee). Mr. Kalkan was appointed as the Board Member of Albaraka Turk as of 31 May 2018. He is a member of Audit Committee.