Turgut Simitcioğlu

Turgut Simitcioğlu was born in Erzurum in 1961. After graduating from King Saud University, Faculty of Education in Saudi Arabia in 1989, he received his Master’s degree in Business Administration from Fatih University, Institute of Social Sciences. Mr. Simitcioğlu joined Albaraka Türk in 1990 and worked in the Fund Allocation Department from 1990 to 1995, and at the Central Branch from 1995 until 2001. He was Director of the Central Branch between 2001 and 2003, and later Director of the Corporate Banking Department, before serving as Central Branch Manager from 2003 to 2009. In December 2009, he was appointed Assistant General Manager, thereafter serving as Assistant General Manager in charge of Credit Operations, Foreign Transactions Operations, Payment Systems Operations, Banking Services Operations and Risk Monitoring. Still serving as a Member of the Board of Directors at Katılım Emeklilik ve Hayat A.Ş. Yönetim and Deputy General Manager in charge of Business Lines as of January 2017, Simitcioğlu has been serving as the Assistant General Manager in charge of Credit Risks since October 2018.