With an undergraduate degree from Bilkent University in Industrial Engineering and graduate degree in Business Administration from Harvard University, Ceren Acer Kezik started her career in 2005 in a global management consultancy firm. She mainly worked in banking, telecommunications, retail and private equity sectors along marketing, strategy and new business development functions. She joined Garanti BBVA on October 2012 as the Manager of Retail Mass Segment. As of April 2016, she was appointed as the head of new business unit SME Micro segment. Since 2018 she was also held responsible for Retail Mass Banking under Retail Banking business line. On June 1 2022, she was appointed Executive Vice President responsible for Retail Banking, leading Retail Banking Marketing, Mass Banking Marketing and Affluent Banking Marketing. In addition, Mrs. Kezik serves as a Member of the Board of Directors of Garanti BBVA Mortgage, Garanti BBVA Securities, Garanti BBVA Payment Systems, and Garanti BBVA Pension and Life. She has 15 years of experience in banking and business administration.
