Consensus message from İş Bankası CEO Hakan Aran
İş Bankası CEO Hakan Aran delivered a message of "consensus" during his meeting with 20,000 employees. Announcing that they will enter the pension fund elections with a joint list alongside BASİSEN, Aran put an end to the management crisis by stating, "We are one body; the loser of any division would be the bank." All eyes are now on the General Assembly in June.
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Türkiye İş Bankası CEO Hakan Aran addressed employees during a digital meeting held in two sessions yesterday, putting an end to the most speculated "management crisis" claims ahead of the Supplementary Pension Fund (Munzam Sandık) elections. Aran emphasized that they are in full consensus with BASİSEN President Cüneyt Akarsu.
"THE LOSER WOULD BE OUR BANK"
Giving a message of "no division" at the meeting, Aran announced that the bank management and the union have decided to enter the Supplementary Pension Fund elections with a joint list.
Hakan Aran used the following striking expressions in his speech to the employees:
"We are in agreement with the union president; we have discussed everything. We will enter with a joint list in the process of determining the new board of directors for the Supplementary Pension Fund. İş Bankası is our bank. We are one body. In an environment where there is a winner and a loser, the only loser would be our bank."
THE "DEMOCRATIC" BALANCE BEHIND THE TENSION
It has become clear today that the background to the call for "direct participation instead of proxy" mentioned in our news yesterday lies in the debates over authority and representation between the bank management and the union. Hakan Aran's move yesterday is considered a "unity" maneuver made to prevent a potential division from harming the bank's corporate structure.
The 'joint list' announced by Aran aims to maintain internal peace by having the management and the union act as a single block in the fund's administration, which has been shaped by the proxy collection method for many years.
Aran's warning that "the only loser would be the bank" was evaluated as a strategy to prevent internal competition from overshadowing the bank's market power and digital transformation goals.
All eyes at İş Bankası are now turned to the General Assembly to be held in June. It is awaited with curiosity how this achieved consensus will reflect on the election results and employee satisfaction.