Akkurt named as new chief at Akbank
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Hürriyet Daily News
Oluşturulma Tarihi: Haziran 09, 2009 00:00
ISTANBUL - One of Turkey's largest private lenders, Akbank, changed its chief executive on Monday.
Ziya Akkurt, deputy chief executive in charge of corporate and commercial banking, has been named the new chief executive, replacing Zafer Kurtul, who will remain vice chairman and a board member.
"I am proud to have been nominated to the chief executive position in Akbank, Turkey’s highest ranking and one of Europe’s top ranking banks, where I have been serving for the last 13 years," said Akkurt. "In the upcoming period, our priorities will be to strengthen Akbank’s position as Turkey’s highest-ranking bank, to add value to our clients, employees, partners and all shareholders and to support the dynamic growth of our economy."
Born in 1961 in the southeastern city of Diyarbakır, Akkurt went to Diyarbakır Anatolian High School and Ankara Anatolian High School.
In 1983, he graduated from the Middle East Technical University. He started his business career in 1983 at Interbank, where he served until 1989.
He worked as marketing manager at BNP-AK-Dresdner Bank between 1989 and 1991, and also in marketing and loan positions at Osmanlı Bankası and Banque Paribas. Akkurt joined Akbank in 1996 as the manager of the corporate banking department and was nominated as deputy chief executive in 1997. He participated in the bank’s "New Horizons Project," which was launched in 2001.
Akkurt was also a board member at BNP-Ak-Dresdner Bank and BNP-Ak-Dresdner Leasing between 1996 and 2008. He served as an Akbank A.G./Germany board member between 2006 and 2008.
"I am proud to have been nominated to the chief executive position in Akbank, Turkey’s highest ranking and one of Europe’s top ranking banks, where I have been serving for the last 13 years," said Akkurt. "In the upcoming period, our priorities will be to strengthen Akbank’s position as Turkey’s highest-ranking bank, to add value to our clients, employees, partners and all shareholders and to support the dynamic growth of our economy."
Born in 1961 in the southeastern city of Diyarbakır, Akkurt went to Diyarbakır Anatolian High School and Ankara Anatolian High School.
In 1983, he graduated from the Middle East Technical University. He started his business career in 1983 at Interbank, where he served until 1989.
He worked as marketing manager at BNP-AK-Dresdner Bank between 1989 and 1991, and also in marketing and loan positions at Osmanlı Bankası and Banque Paribas. Akkurt joined Akbank in 1996 as the manager of the corporate banking department and was nominated as deputy chief executive in 1997. He participated in the bank’s "New Horizons Project," which was launched in 2001.
Akkurt was also a board member at BNP-Ak-Dresdner Bank and BNP-Ak-Dresdner Leasing between 1996 and 2008. He served as an Akbank A.G./Germany board member between 2006 and 2008.