Ömer Muzaffer Baktır graduated from Istanbul Technical University, Department of Mining Engineering in 1986. He started his professional career at Pamukbank.

He served as Executive Vice President of Credits and Marketing at Halk Bank, CFO at Cengiz Holding, Member of the Executive Board of the Group’s electricity distribution companies, and Deputy General Manager in charge of Marketing and Transformation at Ziraat Bank, respectively and he further served in the supervisory and boards of directors of various foreign companies of the same organization.