About

Established in 1953 with the aim of supporting rural development and the sugar industry, today Şekerbank provides a plethora of services to businesses across agricultural, commercial and SME, corporate and retail banking. Istanbul-based Dr Sefer Oguz oversees a flexible legal team that provides support to the full scope of the bank’s activities across its network of 302 branches, spread around 71 Turkish cities and 101 off-centre district. With nearly 66% of the bank’s branches located outside of Turkey’s three largest cities, Oguz has supported Şekerbank‘s “community banking” mission, which has seen it bring financial services to segments that had not previously had access to banking. A lawyer with distinct managerial talent, over the last 13 years at the bank Oguz has established a well-organised legal department capable of routinely supporting projects across the its wide geographical span. Prior to joining Şekerbank in 2004 Oguz served as a chief prosecutor for nearly a decade.