Mr. Recep Hakan Özyıldız was born in Bursa in 1956 and graduated from Ankara University Faculty of Political Sciences, Department of Economics and Finance. He completed his master’s degree in Economics at Northeastern University in the USA.
Mr. Özyıldız started to work at the Ministry of Treasury and Finance as an Assistant Treasury Specialist in 1978. In the following years, he served as Branch Manager at the Undersecretary of Treasury and Foreign Trade and the General Directorate of Banking and Foreign Exchange; Department Head, Deputy General Manager and General Manager at the General Directorate of Public Finance under Ministry of Treasury and Finance,; Auditor at İşbank, General Manager of the State Economic Enterprises in the Treasury, Senior Advisor of Economics in Turkish Embassy in London and Assistant Undersecretary in the Ministry of Treasury and Finance.
Mr Özyıldız, who is also a columnist and commentator, continues to serve as a part-time academic tutor in Ankara University, Faculty of Political Sciences.
Mr. Özyıldız was elected to İşbank Board of Directors on 31 March 2020.