Board of Directors

He began his career in 1998 as a financial analyst in the New York office of the Merger and Acquisition Group of Bear Stearns & Co., a New York-based global investment bank and transferred to the company’s London office as a Senior Analyst in 2000.

He returned to Turkey in 2003 to take an active role in the management of Fiba Group, founded by his father Hüsnü Özyeğin. He established the Strategic Planning and Business Development divisions at Finansbank (owned by Fiba Group until 2006) and Fiba Holding. 

Before assuming the role of Chairperson of Fiba Group, Murat Özyeğin served as a member of the Board of Directors between 2003-2019. He is also Vice Chairman of Credit Europe Bank, the group’s largest subsidiary in finance and Chairman of all non-financial subsidiaries. 

Murat Özyeğin also serves as Chair of Türkiye–U.S. Business Council, Chair of the Advisory Board of Women on Boards Association Turkiye, Member of Board of Directors at Endeavor Turkiye, and Trustee of Özyeğin University. He formerly served as Vice President of Turkish Industrialists and Businessmen Association (TÜSİAD), member of Harvard University Global Advisory Council and Board of Dean’s Advisory of Harvard Business School and member of Global Relations Forum Board of Directors. 

He has been serving as Honorary Consul – General of the Republic of Singapore since 2016.

He graduated Carnegie Mellon University with a double major in Industrial Management and Economics and holds an MBA from Harvard Business School.

He has four children. 

Ayşecan Özyeğin Oktay graduated in Economics from Duke University and joined Finansbank Retail Banking Department in 2003. In 2006 she joined Fiba Group, and was active in new projects in the Strategic Planning and Business Development division (2006-2007). After receiving her MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business in 2009, she returned to Fiba Group to serve on the Board of Directors of Fiba Holding and various subsidiaries for 10 years before assuming the position of Vice Chair of Fiba Group in 2019. In 2021, she became the Vice Chair of the Board of Directors of Nexent Bank and serves as the Chair of Fiba Group ESG Committee.

Ayşecan Özyeğin Oktay is active in the fields of philanthropy and social entrepreneurship and leads the groups social investments. She serves as Chair of Board of Directors of Mother Child Education Foundation, Trustee of Hüsnü Özyeğin Foundation and is a member of TUSIAD Round Table on Entrepreneurship and Youth, Ashoka Support Network, Esas Sosyal Advisory Board, UN SDSN Turkey Advisory Board and Endeavour Mentor Network. She also served on Management Board of Stanford Graduate School of Business between 2014-2018.

Born in 1962. Following his graduation from the Business Administration department of Boğaziçi University, he completed his master’s degree in the same department. He worked in Istanbul and Boston offices of Ernst&Young between 1984-1996 and got CPA license from Turkey and Massachusetts, USA. While serving as a partner, he joined Finansbank as Assistant General Manager in 1997 and he was Managing Director in the Board of Directors of Finansbank until the end of 2009. Mr. Güleşci furthermore assumes various responsibilities in the Board of Directors of Fiba Group’s financial and non-financial, domestic and international investments.

Born in 1955. Mr. Bozer holds a BA degree in Business Administration from Indiana University and an MBA degree from Roosevelt University. He started his banking career in 1984 at CitiBank. He joined Finansbank as branch manager in 1988 and then appointed as the General Manager of Finansbank (Credit Europe Bank) Suisse S.A. between 1991 and 1993. Then Mr. Bozer served as the General Manager of Finansbank A.Ş. between 1995-1999. Since 1999, he has been Board Member of Fiba Group's international Banks and Fiba Holding A.Ş. He still serves in the Board of Directors of Fibabanka.

Born in 1962. After completing his education in Boğaziçi University Industrial Engineering, he worked at İktisat Bank A.Ş. between 1985-1988. He joined Fiba Group in 1988. He worked as the General Manager of Finansbank (Credit Europe Bank) Holland between the years of 1996-1999 and of Finansbank A.Ş. between the years of 1999-2003. Since then, he has been Board Member of Fiba Group's international Banks and Fiba Holding A.Ş. He still serves in the Board of Directors of Fibabanka and Credit Europe Bank Russia.

Born in 1959 in Adana, Mr. Arat holds a BA degree in Business Administration from Istanbul University. He joined Fiba Group as a Board Member in 2010 and he had management experience in multinational companies in textile and real estate development sectors for a long time. He was the Vice-President of Besiktas Gymnastics Club (BJK) during 1998-2000. Hasan Arat is an Executive Committee member of the EOC European Olympic Committee and the Vice-President of the TOC, Turkish Olympic Committee.