HASAN BASRİ KURT

General Manager

Hasan Basri Kurt was born on April 20, 1978, in Samsun. Political Scientist; He holds a bachelor's and master's degrees in International Relations. He worked as an executive at various levels at Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (İMM). Within IMM subsidiary, Health Inc. (Sağlık A.Ş.), he served consecutively as Business Development Manager, Social Services Projects Manager, and Project Coordination Manager. During this period, he managed various projects under the titles of Home Care, Women's Health, and Disabilities. He led the Social Assistance Coupon project, which enabled those in need to shop directly at markets.

He has been a co-founder and board member in various companies in the fields of information technology, food, and construction as a freelance entrepreneur. He served as a Member of Parliament representing Samsun for the 25th and 26th terms under the Justice and Development Party (AK Party). In the Grand National Assembly of Turkiye (TBMM), in addition to serving as the Secretary Member of the Foreign Affairs Committee, he was also a Member of the AK Party Group Management Board. During his tenure as a Member of Parliament, he worked extensively on initiatives related to the fishing and medical sectors.

He was appointed as the President of KOSGEB (Small and Medium Enterprises Development Organization) while he was the General Manager of the Management Services at the Ministry of Industry and Technology.

On May 14, 2024, he was appointed as the General Manager of the Credit Guarantee Fund (KGF).

Fluent in English, Kurt is married and the father of two children.

ŞEYDA YAVUZ

Deputy General Manager

Seyda Yavuz was born in Diyarbakır in 1976. After completing her secondary and high school education at Ankara Gazi Anadolu High School, she graduated from Ankara Gazi University, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Department of Business Administration. She started her professional career at Halkbank in 1995 and worked as a Manager at the General Directorate Foreign Transactions Department between 1995-2011, and in the SME and Individual Marketing departments of the Regional Coordinator between 2011-2016, respectively. As of April 2016, she started to work as a Division Manager of the Corporate Communications and Product Management Division at Kredi Garanti Fonu (Credit Guarantee Fund). As of 16 September, 2019, she has been appointed Deputy General Manager of Kredi Garanti Fonu. She is married and has a daughter.