Top Management

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.

Mehmet Emin Çonkar

Assistant General Manager, Credit Monitoring and Legal Follow-up

He completed his undergraduate education at Ankara University, Department of Theology in 1997. He started his professional career in 1998 at Albaraka Türk Head Office Branch with the title of Supervisor. Until 2019, he worked as Assistant Manager at the Central Branch and as Manager at Sefaköy and İncirli branches. Çonkar, who served as Collection Manager between 2019 and 2022, continues to work as Assistant General Manager in charge of Funded Credit Monitoring and Legal Proceedings as of December 2022.

Muzaffer Çölmek

Assistant General Manager, Information Technologies and Operation

He completed his undergraduate education at Bilkent University School of Applied Accounting Information Systems Department in 2004. He started his professional career at Albaraka Türk in 2006 at Konya Industrial Branch. After working actively in the branch until May 2010, he was assigned to the Financial Institutions Service within the Foreign Transactions Operations Department. Between January and August 2012, he worked in the External Letters of Guarantee Service under the Foreign Transactions Operations Department. Between 2012 and 2014, he served at the Europe & Far East desk within the Fund Management and Financial Institutions Department, between 2014 and 2019, he served at Africa and America desk within the Financial Institutions Department and between 2019 and 2022, he served as Manager in the same department. Çölmek, who was appointed as the Assistant General Manager in charge of Operations in December 2022, currently serves as the Assistant General Manager in charge of IT and Operations as of March 2026.

Serhan Akyıldız

Assistant General Manager, Corporate Banking

He completed his undergraduate degree in the Department of English Business Administration at Istanbul University in 1998. In 2002, he started to work as a Specialist at Albaraka Türk Head Office Branch. He worked as Assistant Manager at Osmanbey Branch between 2008-2011, and as Manager at Osmanbey, Topkapı, and Central branches respectively from 2011 to 2022. Akyıldız, who served as Corporate Sales Manager between 2020 and 2022, continues to serve as the Assistant General Manager in charge of Corporate Banking as of December 2022.

Serhan Yıldırım

Assistant General Manager

Treasury and International Banking

He completed his undergraduate education at Istanbul University, Department of Business Administration in 2006. After working in the precious metals sector for a while, he joined Albaraka Türk Participation Bank in 2009 in the Treasury Unit of the Foreign Affairs Department. Until 2018, Mr. Yıldırım worked in the Foreign Exchange and Precious Metals, Money Market and Sukuk Transactions services, respectively, and assumed managerial responsibility in the Investment Banking Department until 2019 and in 2016, he received her MA degree in the field of Islamic Economics and Finance at Istanbul University. Between 2019 and 2022, he worked as an Asset Liability and Capital Markets Unit Manager and then Treasury Unit Manager at Türkiye Emlak Katılım Bankası. Mr. Yıldırım joined Albaraka Türk in September 2022 as the Assistant General Manager and currently serves as Assistant General Manager in charge of Treasury and International Banking.

Önder Çınar

Assistant General Manager, Credits

He completed his bachelors degree in 1996 at Istanbul Technical University, Department of Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering, and his master's degree in 1999 at Bilkent University in Business Administration (MBA). He began his banking career in 2002 at Albaraka Türk as an Assistant Specialist in the Project Marketing Department as part of a management training programme. Until 2019, he served as Assistant Manager in the Corporate Credits Department. Between 2019 and 2023, he served as Credit Risk Monitoring Manager, and between 2023 and 2025, he served as Corporate Credits Manager. As of July 2025, Çınar continues to serve as the Assistant General Manager in charge of Credits at our Bank.

Yasemin Aydın

Assistant General Manager, Digital and Retail Banking

She received her bachelor’s degree from Istanbul University, Faculty of Political Sciences, Department of Finance and her master’s degree in Marketing Communications from Istanbul Bilgi University. She started her professional career in the banking sector in 1996. Between 1996 and 2011, she worked in marketing, operations, and information technologies in the fields of digital banking, card payment systems, retail banking, product development, organization, process, and quality. Between 2012 and 2017, she managed consultancy projects on issues such as restructuring, process development, digitalization in various sectors and selection and evaluation activities in the field of human resources. In 2017, she joined Albaraka Turk as Digital Channels and Payment Systems Development Manager. Respectively, she served as a Director, and the Assistant General Manager in charge of IT and Digital Channesl Development at our Bank. As of March 2026, she continues to serve the Assistant General Manager in charge of Digital and Retail Banking at the Bank. She also serves as Board Member at Insha Ventures, Albaraka Tech Global and Valenspara.