Board Members

İkram Göktaş graduated from Ankara University, Faculty of Political Sciences, Department of Business Administration. He began his career as an Assistant Auditor at Garanti Bank and held various positions there during his tenure. Between 2001 and 2005, Göktaş served in managerial roles at Anadolu Finans Institution, and from 2006 to 2015, he held several executive positions, including Deputy General Manager, at Türkiye Finans Participation Bank. From 2015 to 2023, he served as the founding General Manager and Board Member of Vakıf Katılım Bankası AŞ. As of November 2023, Göktaş continues his role as the founding General Manager and Board Member at Dünya Katılım Bankası.

Ahmet Parlak graduated from Marmara University, Department of Economics, in 2003 and completed his master’s degree in Business Administration at Bilgi University. He began his professional career in 2004 at Kuveyt Türk Participation Bank AŞ, where he held various positions, including Branch Manager. Between 2016 and 2023, Parlak served as Branch Manager and Regional Manager at Vakıf Katılım Bankası AŞ. As of October 2023, he continues his role as Deputy General Manager responsible for Sales and Marketing at Dünya Katılım Bankası.

Alpaslan Özen completed his undergraduate education at Istanbul University Faculty of Law. He began his professional career as a lawyer at Turkey Tobacco Bank Yaşarbank AŞ between 1997 and 1998. From 1998 to 2015, he served as a lawyer at Türkiye Finans Participation Bank AŞ, and between 2015 and 2023, he held senior management positions at Vakıf Katılım Bankası AŞ. As of November 2023, Özen continues his role as Deputy General Manager responsible for Legal Affairs and Loans at Dünya Katılım Bankası.

Eyyüp Yılmaz graduated from Istanbul University, Department of Public Administration in 1990. Yılmaz completed his master's degree in Personnel Management at Istanbul University Institute of Business Economics and graduated from Marmara University Institute of Social Sciences Department of International Economics in 1999 and received his doctorate. Yilmaz started his professional career as an Assistant Inspector at ESBANK TAŞ in 1991 and has held senior positions at the same institution. He worked as the Chairman of the Inspection Board at Family Finans Kurumu AŞ, Financial Affairs Coordinator and Deputy General Manager positions at Ülker Group companies. Yilmaz, who also held the positions of Financial Affairs Director and General Secretary at various universities, last worked at Favori Çukurova Airport Management INC. As of November 2023, he is continuing his duty as Assistant General Manager Responsible for Internal Systems at the Dünya Katılım Bankası.

Having graduated from the Department of Political Science and Public Administration of Middle East Technical University in 1995, Irfan Gültaş started his professional career as an MT (Management Trainee) at Garanti Bank AŞ in the same year. Gültaş completed his master's degree in Behavioral Sciences at Istanbul University Faculty of Business Administration, graduated from Istanbul University Faculty of Business Administration Department of Human Resources and received his doctorate in 2012. Gültaş has experience in various national & international companies in the banking, retail, fast consumer and service sectors in the field of human resources; He has held senior management positions in Interbank, Türkiye Finans and Foundation Participation in the field of finance. Finally, he worked as the Assistant General Manager Responsible for Human Resources and Support Services at Eminevim. As of September 2023, he continues his working life as the Assistant General Manager Responsible for Talent and Culture at the Dünya Katılım Bankası.

Kadir Doğueri graduated from Istanbul University, Faculty of Business Administration, Department of Business Administration in 2002 and completed his master's degree in Business Management. Doğueri started his career at Türkiye Finans Participation Bankası AŞ in 2003 and has worked in different positions, including as a manager, at the same institution for 12 years. between 2015-2023, he worked as a Unit Manager at Vakıf Katılım Bankası A Dec. As of September 2023, he is continuing his career as Assistant General Manager Responsible for Operations at the Dünya Katılım Bankası.

Kibar graduated from the Department of Political Science and Public Administration of Middle East Tenik University in 1996 and started his professional working life at ESBANK AŞ. after working at ES Securities for a year in 2000, he continued his career at Kuveyt Türk Katılım Bankası AŞ. Kibar, who has been performing senior positions in various positions of the treasury group in his Kuveyt Türk career for 23 years, continues his career as Assistant General Manager Responsible for Treasury at the Dünya Katılım Bankası as of December 2023.