PRESIDENT

Fatih Karaca has his Bachelor’s Degree in Textile Engineering and later obtained Master’s Degree in Business Administration. After a brief private sector experience, he studied at Ziraat Bankası Banking School for a year. Following graduation, he began his banking career in Ziraat Bankası Alsancak Branch, as Specialist. Mr. Karaca worked in different departments and positions in Ziraat Bankası; such as Specialist – Agricultural Marketing in Head Office, Assistant Manager – Commercial and Agricultural Loans in branch and Assistant Manager – Retail Marketing and Cash Management in Regional Office. In 2010, after 10 years of banking in Turkey, he was appointed as Head of Marketing and Loans in Ziraat Bank a.d. in Skopje, North Macedonia, one of many international subsidiaries of Ziraat Bank.

In 2012, Ziraat Bank in Skopje is merged under Halkbank in Skopje. Mr. Karaca has been deeply involved in the smooth merger and afterwards began working as representative of Halk Bank in Belgrade, Serbia.

Mr. Karaca has moved to Belgrade in 2012, established and operated the Representative Office of Halkbank in Serbia which eventually led successful acquisition of Cacanska Banka in Serbia 2015. This marked the end of mission for the representative office, and Mr. Karaca continued his banking career in Serbia as Director of Marketing in Halkbank a.d. Beograd until 2022 and he is Advisor to the CEO of Halkbank since July 2022.