Board of Directors

Ökkeş Emin Balçiçek was born in Kahramanmaraş in 1983 and graduated from Yıldız Technical University Computer Engineering in 2005. In 2012, he gained his master's degree in Business Administration (MBA) from Istanbul Bilgi University. Currently, he is a PhD candidate in Computer Engineering at Konya Technical (Selçuk) University. Ökkeş Emin Balçiçek started his professional life as a Software Engineer in 2003 and worked as a Software Specialist in LC Waikiki in 2007. He joined in 2009 Kuveyt Turk Information Technologies as a Enterprise Architect and played an important role in BOA Banking Transformation Program. Between 2012 and 2014, he took the lead of the establishment of Kuveyt Turk Information Technologies R&D Center in Konya. Between 2014 and 2019, he worked as head of the R&D and Enterprise Architecture department responsible for FinTech, User Experience, Enterprise Architecture, Data Management, Infrastructure Applications, Enterprise Solutions. He had been Assistant General Manager for Technology since 2019, and he was promoted to Chief Executive Officer of Architecht in May 2022

Dr. Hadi Rubacı, was born in Bursa in 1974, graduated from Istanbul University Faculty of Engineering in 1996. He obtained his master's degree in Computer and Information Systems from Brooklyn College, CUNY, in 2004, and he earned his Ph.D. in Business Administration from Haliç University in 2018. Having worked in various departments of Kuveyt Türk Information Technologies Group for 17 years, Rubacı served as the Group Manager for Kuveyt Türk Information Technologies from 2019 to 2022. As of October 1, 2022, he has been serving as the Deputy General Manager responsible for Core Banking and Artificial Intelligence at Architecht

Zeynep Yasemin Tekşen Altaş was born in Denmark in 1980 and graduated from Bilkent University Computer and Informatics Engineering Department in 2002. Altaş received a master's degree in International Finance and Participation Banking from Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University in 2019 and continues her Ph.D. studies in Business Administration at Gebze Technical University. After working in different business units of Kuveyt Türk Information Technologies Group for more than 17 years, Altaş has served as the IT-Governance and R&D Manager since 2018. On October 1, 2022, she was appointed Deputy General Manager of Digital Banking and Payment Systems in Architecht's new organization.

Yakup Çiçek was born in Konya in 1986 and graduated from Boğaziçi University Department of Business Administration. He has held various positions in the field of information technologies in the Kuveyt Türk family for about 11 years and at Architecht since 2018. He served as the Architecht Professional Services Manager since the first quarter of 2021. On October 1, 2022, he was appointed Deputy General Manager of Sector, Product and Delivery Systems in Architecht's new organization.

Şule Hatun Avşaroğlu was born in İstanbul in 1981 and graduated from Istanbul Bilgi University, Department of Economics and International Relations in 2004. After completing her MBA at the same university, Avşaroğlu held various positions in Kuveyt Türk's Human Resources Group for more than 17 years and served as the group's human resources manager since 2018. On October 1, 2022, she was appointed Deputy General Manager of HR, Governance and Sales in Architecht's new organization.