CEO Today Business Women Awards 2023 TURKEY ABOUT BURCU Burcu Civelek Yüce joined Akbank in 2006 and was appointed as Senior Vice President of Strategic Management in 2009, Executive Vice President in charge of Human Resources and Strategy in 2014. She served as Executive Vice President in charge of Strategy, Digital Banking and Payment Systems between 2019 and 2021. She has been charge of Consumer Banking and Digital Solutions. Prior to joining Akbank, she worked in international consulting and technology companies. Burcu Civelek Yüce has a B.Sc. degree in Industrial Engineering and an MBA degree from Boğaziçi University, both first in rank. She also participated in courses at Harvard Business School and Koç University. Yüce acts as the Chairperson of AkÖde, Board Member of Akbank AG, Ak Investment, Aksigorta, Agesa, Sabancı Ageas Health Insurance, MMA EMEA and SabancıDX. She is a mentee in Women on Boards Program, Mastercard European Advisory Board Member and Boğaziçi University Foundation Trustee. She served at the boards of BKM and Woman in Technology Association in the past. AKBANK T.A.Ş. Akbank T.A.Ş. was established in Adana on January 30, 1948 as a privately-owned commercial bank to provide resources and support to the local cotton producers, with the purpose of carrying out all kinds of banking transactions and performing any kind of economic, financial and commercial attempts and activities that are not prohibited by the Laws of the Republic of Turkey, in accordance with the permission granted by the Council of Ministers’ decision no. 3/6710 dated 12.12.1947. We opened our first Istanbul branch on July 14, 1950 in Sirkeci. After our Head Office was relocated to Istanbul in 1954, we rapidly increased the number of our branches, and we automated all banking transactions in 1963. Executive Vice President Akbank T.A.Ş. BURCU CIVELEK YÜCE
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