Management Board
Abdullah Kutucu
Abdullah Kutucu is a seasoned executive with extensive experience in the banking industry and graduated from the International Relations Department of Uludağ University in 1990.
He began his banking career at Koçbank A.Ş. in 1993 as a Relationship Manager. During his Koçbank career and after the merger of Koçbank with Yapı Kredi, thereafter at Yapı Kredi, he took various senior roles in Corporate and Commercial Banking network including Team Manager, Branch Manager and Region Manager responsibilities of Corporate and Multinational clients.
In 2013, he moved to Istanbul and was promoted to Executive Vice President of Sales for Private Banking and Wealth Management. In 2021, he was appointed Executive Vice President of Private Banking and Wealth Management with responsibility for product management and marketing in addition to sales.
In May 2022, Yapı Kredi announced the acquisition of Bankhaus J. Faisst and thereafter, Mr. Kutucu is appointed as the CEO and the Member of the Management Board of Yapı Kredi Deutschland.
Mr. Kutucu has a more than 30 years of experience within Koç Group, speaks Turkish and English fluently, has an intermediate knowledge of German.
Rana Didem Öget
Rana Didem Öget has over 26 years of professional experience, including over 20 years in the EU banking sector. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration from the University of Galatasaray in Istanbul and is a Certified Public Accountant in the USA.
She started her career in public accounting at Ernst & Young in 1998 before holding key positions at (former) Yapi Kredi Bank Deutschland GmbH & Co. OHG AG and Akbank Group until November 2022. During this period she built extensive experience in the EU cross-border mergers, taxation, strategic decision making, overall steering and acquisitions.
In December 2022, she was appointed to co-lead the acquisition of Bankhaus J. Faisst by the Yapi Kredi Group and later to assume the role of Member of the Management Board of the renamed Yapi Kredi Bank Deutschland GmbH & Co. OHG.
Ms. Öget is fluent in English, French and Turkish and has an advanced knowledge of German.