Executive Management
Coşkun Çabuk graduated from Istanbul University, Faculty of Business Administration, Department of Business Administration in English in 1997. He began his banking career as an Auditor at the Pamukbank Internal Audit. Mr. Çabuk joined Halkbank in 2004, where he held various senior management positions at the Head Office and across the branch network. During his tenure at Halkbank, he served successively as auditor at the Internal Audit, Marketing Manager at Güneşli Corporate Banking Centre, Credit Allocation Manager at the Istanbul Regional Coordination Office, Branch Manager of the Beşiktaş and Kapalıçarşı Branches, Head of the Retail Products Marketing Department, and Regional Coordinator for Istanbul Region II. Between 2017 and 2024, Mr. Çabuk served as General Manager of Halk Finansal Kiralama A.Ş. From 2021 to 2024, he also served as Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Financial Institutions Association and Chairman of its Leasing Sector Representative Board. Since 2022, he has also served as a Member of the Board of Directors of Leaseurope, undertaking various representative roles within the leasing industry both in Türkiye and internationally. Between 2025 and March 2026, Mr. Çabuk served as a Member and Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of a private investment bank. He was appointed as a Member of the Board of Directors of Turkland Bank A.Ş. in March 2026 and has been serving as General Manager since July 2026.
Serkan Çelik graduated from the Department of Management Engineering at Istanbul Technical University and completed his master’s degree at Sakarya University.
He began his career at DenizBank in 2005 and joined Turkland Bank A.Ş. in 2007. At the Bank, he served as Deputy Head of Internal Audit, Head of Internal Control and Head of Internal Audit. As of October 2022, he was appointed as Executive Vice President responsible for Internal Systems.
Serkan Çelik holds the Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS), Certified Financial Services Auditor (CFSA), Capital Market Activities Level 3 and Derivatives Licenses.
Benan Başak received his bachelor’s degree from the Department of Mining Engineering at Middle East Technical University and his master’s degree in Business Administration from Maltepe University.
He began his banking career at Bayındırbank in 1998 and subsequently continued his career at Wachovia Bank in the United States and DenizBank. Between 2006 and 2016, he held various positions in the Credit and Marketing departments at Citibank, lastly serving as Head of Commercial Credits.
Since the beginning of December 2016, he has served as Executive Vice President responsible for Credit Allocation at Turkland Bank A.Ş. Between 2019 and 2025, he served as Executive Vice President responsible for Watchlist and Legal Follow-up, and as of 2025, he continues to serve as Executive Vice President responsible for Credit Allocation.
Umut Ülbegi received his bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Dokuz Eylül University and his master’s degree in Banking and Finance from Istanbul Bilgi University.
He began his career at Pamukbank in 1999. He subsequently worked at Finansbank, Akdeniz Faktoring and Turkishbank. Prior to joining Turkland Bank A.Ş., he served as Executive Vice President responsible for Corporate, Commercial and SME Banking at Şekerbank and as General Manager of Şeker Faktoring.
As of May 2021, he has been serving as Executive Vice President responsible for Corporate and Retail Banking at Turkland Bank A.Ş.
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