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Özgür

ALTUNTAŞ

Nurol (Left to Right)
Zafer Babür Hakarar - Senior Executive Vice President /
Murat Çimen - Senior Executive Vice President /
investment Bank Inc. Serhat Kutlu - Deputy General Manager / Özgür Altuntaş - General Manager /
Ahmet Murat Kavurga - Executive Vice President /
General Manager Semih Subutay Nezir - Executive Vice President / Tamer Diri - Executive Vice President

Can we have information about your
education and experiences?
After graduating from Samsun Anadolu High School in When you became the General Manager
If you wish we can start our 1990, I have enrolled to ITU Management Engineering. of NurolBank, what was your goal for the
bank? In short and long term ...
interview by talking about In 1993, I started working at Bankers Trust’ before my
your previous work life graduation. In the final year was pretty tired due to the To make the bank effective in long term and to
before joining to Nurol. school, the graduation thesis and the work. I generally
worked in the Treasury department of the Banks. convert it into a structure that makes real money,
Unfortunately, I took part in the heart of 1994 - 2001 that contributes added value to the Group and that
I started working in Bankers Trust economic crises in Turkey and in 2008 global financial takes an active role in the market.
Istanbul in 1993, Later I worked crisis. If the assumption “If it does not kill you, it will In short term; to eliminate the bank’s role of being the
in Garanti Istanbul, Garanti make you stronger” is somewhat true, I believe that “Finance Department” of the group and to reach to an
Amsterdam, Garanti Bucharest, these financial and economic crises have contributed important place among the assets of the group as a
Amex London, Credit Suisse me a lot. If you spend those days especially at real market player that can stand on its own feet.
London, Morgan Stanley London the Treasury / Trade floor where you can hear the
and RBS Istanbul. I started my heartbeat of the bank, you catch the opportunity (!)
present job in NurolBank on 1 to understand the size of the picture or the wave more Are there any changes in the physical layout
October 2013. closely. Moreover, I never forget that I went home of the bank? Why was it needed?
in one of the evenings and cried sobbingly during
2001 crises. I believe that During 2008 global financial The office was untouched since 1998 and gradually
crises, living in the heart of the event to see how reached to a structure consisting of small rooms
Why Nurol? How did you meet and join our Group? huge banks were dissolved within one or two weeks, like in the old Russian banks. I believe that the best
how working friends left the buildings by filling their motivating factor for the white collar employees
Nurol is an important and rare group of our country, which is not involved in politics and which has the personal belongings into small boxes and how the is to participate in the decisions taken within the
courage of its own convictions only. I have cooperated with the group through the organizations where I was value of the banks worth billions of dollars decreased company. We have shifted to completely open office
previously employed. Our CFO Kerim Kemahlı has played an active role in my participation in the bank. to one fourth of their value in one day really adds some layout in order to renew this shabbiness and to
experience to the human being. increase the motivation of my colleagues.

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