Ms. Güzide Meltem Kökden was born in Kastamonu in 1969. She graduated from Ankara University, Faculty of Political Sciences, Department of International Relations and completed her master's degree in EU Law at Ankara University Graduate School of Social Sciences. In 1991, Ms. Kökden started to work as Assistant Investment Specialist at İşbank. She was appointed as Investment Specialist in 1997, Assistant Manager in 1999, Unit Manager in 2003 and Division Head in 2006 at Capital Markets Division. Between 2013 and 2023 Ms. Kökden served as the Head of İşbank Members Supplementary Pension Fund.
In addition to İşbank, Ms. Kökden served as Board Member at Takasbank, as Deputy Chairperson of İş Yatırım Menkul Değerler A.Ş., Topkapı Danışmanlık Elektronik Hizmetler Pazarlama ve Ticaret A.Ş, and as Chairperson of İş Yatırım Ortaklığı A.Ş. and İş Portföy Yönetimi A.Ş.
Ms. Güzide Meltem Kökden, who was elected as a member of İşbank's Board of Directors on 30 March 2023 and as the Vice Chairperson of the Board on 31 March 2023, also serves as the Chairman of the Audit Committee, T.R.N.C. Internal Systems Committee and Operational Risk Committee, a member of the Risk Committee, and an alternate member of the Credit Committee.