Disciplinary Committee

The Disciplinary Committee is responsible for determining situations contrary to the Human Resources Discipline Regulation and for implementing the disciplinary sanction decisions that are deemed appropriate. To determine situations contrary to the Disciplinary Regulations, the Manager of the Legal Compliance and Operations Department and other KKB Department Executives come together to evaluate the results of the inquiry on the related issue.

Audit Committee

The Audit Committee convenes to review the activities of the Internal Audit, Legal Compliance and Operations, Internal Control, Risk Management Departments. The Committee aims to share the results of these activities with KKB senior management. Information on the results of audit activities conducted within the organization is provided to the participants, which include some members of the Board of Directors.

KKB Steering Committee

The KKB Steering Committee is responsible for the current status of the institution’s finances, assessment of the compatibility with the strategic objectives, and evaluation of the new products/services planned. Besides, the Committee evaluates information from the related department executives about the activities realized within the month that are strategically important.

Weekly Product Evaluation Meeting

Weekly Product Evaluation Meetings are held to evaluate the strategic conformity of existing products/services, product usage, and improvement recommendations/requests regarding products. Additionally, decisions are taken on the types of data to be used and the manner of sharing such data within the scope of the product/service provided by KKB. Important matters regarding the suppliers of new and existing products are also evaluated during these meetings.

Information Security Committee

The Information Security Committee aims to assess KKB’s information security weaknesses, primarily the changes to the operation of the information security function, as well as the evaluation of the need for resources and coordination to eliminate these weaknesses. The Committee’s responsibilities include informing senior management about information security violations within the institution and global information security incidents.

Business and IS Continuity Committee

The Business Continuity Committee convenes to determine crisis scenarios, prepare relevant action plans, review changes in the operation of the business continuity function and evaluate resource needs, based on the mentioned scenarios. The Committee is responsible for providing information on the current status of business continuity risks, actions, and practices.

Information Technologies Steering Committee

The Information Technologies Steering Committee is responsible for ensuring alignment of IT strategies with business objectives; prioritizing resource requirements in this direction; developing strategies; monitoring and improving the developed strategies. The Committee also prepares the annual information systems budget and submits it for approval, plans IT investments, and assesses the impact of new investments on the KKB risk profile and resource requirements.

Project Steering Committee

The Project Steering Committee is responsible for informing senior management about the strategic conformity of projects, investment decisions regarding important information systems, requests to be added to the annual project plan, assessing the costs and priorities of projects, and evaluating the risks related to existing projects and potential risks.

Data Governance Committee

The Data Governance Committee is responsible for making decisions to ensure the quality and integrity of the data that KKB has provided, stored, and shared. The Committee identifies the needs related to the data and assesses data validation rules and methods. Also, the Data Governance Committee evaluates the information architecture and makes decisions on the compatibility of projects that may affect the information architecture.

Process Committee

The Process Committee convenes to assess changes to be made in the functioning of the institutional processes. The Committee is also responsible for eliminating gray areas as to which units should undertake the process activities; determining and monitoring the performance goals of the processes. In addition, the Process Committee coordinates all optimization and automation efforts of the processes in terms of design and operation with senior management support.

Technology Architecture Committee

In the context of software (application) architecture, infrastructure architecture, and data architecture that make up the technology architecture of the institution; the Technology Architecture Committee is responsible for providing supportive information to the decision-making mechanism about the goals, structure, functioning of the institution; the systems it uses, and the technologies used in these systems. It is also responsible for creating an alternative distribution channel architecture for products and services, evaluating the decisions to be taken in line with project and portfolio management in terms of their compatibility with the technology architecture, and evaluating the relevant capacities and needs.

Change Committee

The Change Committee is tasked with evaluating application and system changes’ impact on daily operations and their compliance with applicable laws. The Committee also controls the measures required to minimize the risks arising from changes.

Internal Audit Committee

The Internal Audit Committee compiles information on the audit plan, holds briefings on completed audits, gathers information on actions/findings, which are either overdue or incomplete and the action date revision requests. The Committee discusses the audit findings and results with executives and/or the staff of the audited units and departments.

Service Management Committee

The Service Management Committee is responsible for determining the scope, policy, and objectives of KKB’s service management in line with the corporate strategy, planning and monitoring the efforts related to service management, and raising awareness with respect to meeting service requirements. The Committee also ensures that activities are regularly reviewed and carried out in accordance with applicable laws, rules, and regulations; provides adequate resources to conduct service management activities; and identifies and manages risks related to service management.