Osman Reha Yolalan, Ph.D. / Board Member

Born in Istanbul in 1961, Osman Reha Yolalan graduated from Lycée de Galatasaray in 1980 and Istanbul Technical University in 1984 with an undergraduate degree in industrial engineering. He then received his MS in the same field from Boğaziçi University in 1987 and a PhD degree in management science from Université Laval, Canada, in 1990. In 2000, Yolalan became an associate professor in operations research.

Yolalan started his professional career as a Strategic Planning Group Specialist at Yapı ve Kredi Bankası A.Ş. in 1991. Between 2000 and 2004, he served as Executive Vice President in charge of financial analysis and credit risk management, and was appointed CEO between 2004 and 2005. He has also served as Board Member of the bank's financial affiliates in Turkey and abroad. Since 1993, he has been a part-time faculty member at Bosphorus, Marmara and Sabancı Universities teaching courses in economics and finance.

Osman Reha Yolalan joined Tekfen Group of Companies first as a member of the Board of Directors at Tekfenbank in 2006, and Tekfen Holding within the same year, in order to assume a key role in the Company's IPO in 2007. Serving as Tekfen Holding's Vice President of Corporate Affairs between 2006 and 2019, and as Vice President of Financial Affairs between 2019-2023. As of March 2023, Yolalan assumed the position of Vice President for Corporate Affairs again. Yolalan also serves as Chairman, Deputy Chairman and Member of the Board of Directors at various Tekfen Group companies. Reha Yolalan has been an Independent Member of the Board of Directors at QNB Finansbank between the years 2016-2021. He is still an Independent Member of the Board of Directors at QNB Finans Faktoring.