Ömer Muzaffer Baktır graduated from Istanbul Technical University, Department of Mining Engineering in 1986. He started his professional career at Pamukbank and continued in the banking sector in managerial roles. He successively served as Assistant General Manager in charge of Credits and Marketing at Halkbank; CFO and Executive Board Member of the group's electricity distribution companies at Cengiz Holding; and Assistant General Manager in charge of Marketing and Transformation at Ziraat Bank, and also served on the supervisory and boards of directors of various foreign companies of the same institution. Between 2017 and 2018, he served as Chairman of the Board of Directors at Erdemir Group. Since February 5, 2018, he has been serving as Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Kazancı Holding; he is also Executive Board Chairman at Aksa Power Generation, Board Member at Aksa Energy, and Executive Board Member at Aksa Energy and Kazancı Holding.