Management

Mehmet Türk graduated from the Middle East Technical University, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering. He completed his master’s degree in Business Administration at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, and earned a PhD in Contemporary Business Management from Işık University’s Institute of Social Sciences. He began his career in 2000 as an Assistant Specialist in the Treasury Department of İşbank. After holding various positions within the same department, he was appointed Treasury Manager in 2017. In 2021, he became the Corporate Manager of the Capital Region. In 2024, he completed an advanced executive program at Harvard Business School. Mehmet Türk currently serves as Deputy Chief Executive Officer at İşbank and has been the Chairperson of the Board at Milli Re since 26 March 2025.

Prof. Ali Necip Ortan graduated from the Faculty of Law at Ankara University and started to work as an Assistant in the Department of Civil Law at the same faculty in 1973. Having completed his Doctorate in the department of Law at Ankara University, Prof. Dr. Ali Necip Ortan received the titles of Associate Professor and Professor at Dokuz Eylül University, the Faculty of Law. Between 1973 and 2022, he served as a Faculty Member, Dean of law faculties, Founding Dean and Board Member at a number of different universities in Türkiye and abroad. He has written many national and international academic works and published various books and articles in the field of Commercial Law and Law of Obligations. Having worked as Assistant Legal Counsellor in I. Region at İşbank between 1999 and 2002, Prof. Ali Necip Ortan then served as Legal Counsellor at the General Directorate and as a Member of the Board of Directors at İşbank GmbH in Federal Germany. Between 2010 and 2012, he served as the Chief Legal Counsellor of İşbank and worked as the Legal Counsellor of Pfizer Limited for three years. Prof. Dr. Ali Necip Ortan has been a member of the Board of Directors at Milli Re since 28 March 2023.

Şennur Konak was born in İstanbul in 1975. She graduated from Anadolu University, Faculty of Business Administration, Business Administration Department and İstanbul University, Child Development Department. Having started to work as a trainee clerk in İşbank’s Beşyüzevler Branch in İstanbul in 1993, Konak was Assistant Accountant in Topçular branch in İstanbul from 1997, and Supervisor at the same branch from 1998. Şennur Konak became the II. Manager at Bayrampaşa branch in İstanbul (2004), and then the branch manager of Kocamustafapaşa branch (2007), Firuzköy branch (2010), Bakırköy branch (2015) and Maslak branch (2020) in İstanbul. She was brought to the position of Şişli Regional Sales Manager in İstanbul in 2023. Appointed as the branch manager of İkitelli commercial branch in İstanbul in 2025, Şennur Konak has been a Member of the Board of Directors at Milli Re since 28 March 2023.

Bülent Yumuşaker graduated from the Department of Management Engineering at the Faculty of Management of Istanbul Technical University. He began his professional career in 1997 as an Assistant Credit Specialist at İşbank, İMES Sanayi/İstanbul Branch. In 1998, he joined the Board of Inspectors as an Assistant Inspector. Between 2008 and 2013, Yumuşaker served as Assistant Regional Manager for Retail Sales at the Retail Banking Sales Division / Ankara Central III Regional Directorate. Between 2013 and 2017, he served as Branch Manager at the Ataşehir and Teşvikiye branches, respectively. He subsequently served as Corporate Communications Manager from 2017 to 2021 and as Customer Relations Manager from 2021 to 2024. Bülent Yumuşaker has been serving as İstanbul Branch Manager since November 2024 and has been a Member of the Board of Directors of Milli Re since April 20, 2026.

Fikret Utku Özdemir holds an Associate Degree in Nuclear Engineering from Hacettepe University and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Management from the Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences at Middle East Technical University. He holds a master’s degree from EDHEC Business School (France). He joined İşbank as a Member of the Board of Inspectors in 1996 and held managerial positions in various units of the Bank’s departments between 2005-2017. He joined Milli Re as Assistant General Manager in 2017 and on 27 August 2019, he was appointed as a Member of the Board of Directors and General Manager. Fikret Utku Özdemir is also a Member of the Turkish Insurance Association Non-Life Management Committee and Federation of Afro Asian Insurers & Reinsurers – FAIR Steering Committee.