Board of Directors
Houssem Ben Haj Amor
Chairman
Mr. Amor, who was elected as a Board Member at our Bank in March 2020, has been serving as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of our Bank since July 2022. Mr. Amor also became a Board Member and Group Chief Executive Officer of Al Baraka Group (ABG) in October 2022. He is currently a member of the Board of Directors of Al Baraka Bank’s subsidiaries in Jordan, Egypt, Algeria and Bahrain. With more than 25 years of experience in the finance industry across the Middle East, Europe and North Africa, Mr. Amor has held key leadership roles in banking and financial institutions. Before his current role, he served as ABG’s Deputy CEO and Head of Business Development and Investments. In these roles, he developed products and business initiatives across the Group, oversaw commercial banking and treasury functions, and managed the Group’s strategy department.
Dr. Bekir Pakdemirli
Deputy Chairman (Independent Board Member)
He received his bachelor’s degree from Bilkent University, Department of Business Administration, and his master’s degree from Başkent University, Department of Business Administration, which is followed by his doctorate studies in Economics at Celal Bayar University. Throughout his professional career over 20 years, he held senior management positions in significant national and international companies including Turkcell İletişim Hizmetleri A.Ş., BİM Birleşik Mağazalar A.Ş. and our Bank. In July 2018, by the Presidency of the Republic of Türkiye, he has been appointed as the Minister of Agriculture and Forestry. Dr. Pakdemirli who has served as the Minister of Agriculture and Forestry of the Republic of Türkiye until March 2022, has been elected as an independent member the board of directors of our Bank in August 2022 and to the board of directors of BİM Birleşik Mağazalar A.Ş. in June 2024.
Dr. Mohamed Ali Chatti
Board Member
In 2006, he earned his bachelor’s degree in Finance from the Institute of High Commercial Studies in Tunisia. In 2008, he received his master’s degree from Université Paris Nanterre, France. He then completed his PhD in Finance in 2010 at Université Paris Nanterre, France. He began his professional career in 2010 as a Young Professional at the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB). Between 2011 and 2017, he worked as an Investment Analyst and Senior Investment Officer at the Investments Department of the IsDB. He was also a lecturer about Islamic Finance at the ESSEC Tunisia in 2012. From 2019 to 2022, he served as the acting director of the Islamic Financial sector development department overseeing IsDB investments in Islamic financial institutions. Dr. Chatti currently serves at the IsDB as the Manager of the AWQAF Investments Division within the Investments Department. Dr. Chatti has valuable experience and has represented IsDB on the boards of many international companies.
Azhar Aziz Dogar
Board Member
In 1990, he received his bachelor’s degree on Economics and Political Science from University of Pennsylvania. He received his master’s degree in 1992, from Brown University as a result of his studies on development economics. He commenced his career with Citigroup in its investment banking division and later moved to ABN AMRO Bank taking on a variety of leadership roles including Deputy Regional Risk Manager for MENA and Head of Credit Portfolio Management. He served as Chief Risk Officer for DIB Capital, and for SAMBA Capital. At National Bank of Abu Dhabi, he served as the Chief Risk Officer and the Chief Credit Officer for Wholesale & International Banking. He has also been a board member of Dubai Islamic Bank in Pakistan. Mr. Dogar who currently serves as Senior Vice President in charge of Credit and Risk Management at Al Baraka Group and the Chairman of Al Baraka Bank Pakistan, has over 30 years of international banking experience.
Akram “Mark” Yassin
Independent Board Member
Mark is a seasoned banking professional with over 30 years of international banking experience. He holds a Master’s degree in Engineering from the University of Surrey in the UK, and an MBA from Southern Methodist University (SMU) in Dallas, Texas. Mark began his banking career in 1990 at the Bank of Montreal in Toronto. He has since worked with several prominent financial institutions, most recently serving as Executive Chairman for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) at Nomura International Plc, in Dubai, London, and Tokyo. He also held the position of Senior Managing Director and Global Head of Corporate and Investment Banking at the National Bank of Abu Dhabi (NBAD), overseeing the bank’s business in 22 countries from Hong Kong to Washington, DC. Mark’s strategic vision has profoundly influenced banking in the Middle East. He has held senior roles at various institutions, including Arab Bank Plc, ABC Bank, and Gulf International Bank, with expertise in investment banking, corporate finance, project finance, and wholesale banking. Recognized for cultivating key client relationships and driving growth, Mark’s contributions have shaped regional banking strategies and elevated standards within the MENA banking industry.
Ghassan Ahmed M. Amodi
Independent Board Member
He received his bachelor’s degree from “The American University” (California - USA) on Business Administration. He commenced his professional career in 1994, at SABB (Saudi British Bank) as a management trainee. Then, he promoted to Assistant Relationship Manager in Corporate Banking Division. Between 2007 and 2017, he served as the Head of Corporate Banking at SABB, responsible for all aspects of regional business in corporate banking. He served as the General Manager of Corporate Banking of SABB between 2017 and 2019. Between 2020 and 2022, he served as the General Manager of the company named Dar Altamleek. He still works as the Chief Executive Officer of Asyad Group Holding.
Dr. Khaled Abdulla Mohamed Ateeq
Board Member
Dr. Ateeq holds a PhD in Accounting from the University of Hull in the United Kingdom and has over 38 years of experience in banking, finance, auditing, and accounting. He currently serves as a board member at Al Baraka Group. Prior to this position, Dr. Ateeq served as the Executive Director of Banking Supervision at the Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB). Before his role at the Central Bank of Bahrain, he was an Assistant Professor at the University of Bahrain. Dr. Ateeq also served as a board member at Albaraka Türk between 2017 and 2020.
Ahmet Akça
Board Member
Received his bachelor's degree in Economics from Bursa Academy of Economics and Commercial Sciences in 1980. Having assumed various roles in the glass, food and foreign trade sectors in his early professional career, over the course of over 40 years, Mr. Akça has served in numerous roles such as a board member, chairman of the board and audit committee member in companies including Turkcell İletişim Hizmetleri A.Ş., Türkiye'nin Otomobili Girişim Grubu San. ve Tic. A.Ş., BİM Birleşik Mağazalar A.Ş. Mr. Akça took part in the establishment of Bezmialem Vakıf University as a founding member of the Board of Trustees and served as the Chairman of the Board of Trustees at the same university. He is currently a Board Member at Sur Tatil Evleri Gayrimenkul Yatırım Ortaklığı A.Ş. and Chairman of the Board at Akca Lojistik Hizmetleri ve Ticaret A.Ş. and Tedarik Lojistik Hizmetleri A.Ş. Mr. Akça was elected as a Member of the Board of Directors of our Bank in May 2025. Mr. Akça is also the Chairman of the Audit Committee of our Bank.
Malek Khodr Temsah
General Manager and Board Member
In 2003, he received his Bachelor of Business Administration from The George Washington University and in 2006 he completed his Master’s Degree in Business Administration from Thunderbird, the Garvin School of International Management. Temsah began his professional career in 2003 at Bank of America and continued at the London-based European Islamic Investment Bank from 2007 to 2009. He joined Al Baraka Group in 2010, where he was responsible for the global sukuk portfolio in the sukuk desk he founded until 2014. Between 2017 and 2020, he served as a member of the Board of Directors and Audit Committee at BTI Bank (Morocco). Temsah joined Albaraka Türk in 2014 and served as Deputy General Manager in charge of Treasury, Financial Institutions, and Investment Banking from 2017 to 2022. From October 2021 to August 2022, he has served as the Acting General Manager in addition to his above-mentioned duty. On 07.08.2022, Mr. Temsah was appointed as the General Manager of our Bank by the Board of Directors of Albaraka Turk.