Belma Özmen completed her undergraduate degree in Economics at Hacettepe University in 1978 and began her career as an economist at Türkiye İş Bankası. She joined JP Morgan Türkiye in 1987, where she assumed managerial responsibilities across critical banking functions, including credit, operations and internal systems. She most recently served as Chair of the Board of Managers at JP Morgan. For the past six years, she was serving as Board Member and Chair of the Audit Committee at Standard Chartered. With extensive experience and expertise across multiple fields of banking, Ms Özmen was appointed as a Member of the Board of Directors and Chair of the Board Audit and Compliance Committee at Alternatif Bank in November 2025.