HÜSNÜ EREL
BOARD MEMBER

Hüsnü Erel, who graduated from Istanbul Technical University Electronics and Communications Engineering Department, served as CIO at Interbank after having worked as a system engineer at Wilcox Avionics Company and IBM. As the first General Manager of Intertech, one of the first private software houses in Turkey, he led the development of the first local real-time online banking solution. He joined Garanti Bilişim Teknolojisi ve Ticaret A.Ş. in 1994 as General Manager. In 1997, he was appointed as the EVP of Garanti Bank. Erel, who worked in banking and business administration throughout his career, most recently served at Garanti Bank Technology Center in the areas of Organization and Process Development, Secure Operations, Customer Analytics, Innovation and Product Development and Operations Center. He designed and carried out technology and transformation projects ranging from bank mergers, alternative distribution channel applications, process digitization, mobilization, analytics-based decision-making projects and development of business models that give Garanti Bank a competitive edge. He retired from Garanti Bank in May 2018. Hüsnü Erel is a Member of the Board of Directors of Beymen Group.