Born in Ankara in 1963, Yayla graduated from the Economics Department of the Faculty of Political Science of the Ankara University in 1985. He did his MBA at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign from 1992-1994. He worked for the Ministry of Finance as an Assistant Auditor and Auditor from 1985-1995; for the Privatization Administration as. a Project Valuation Division Chief from 1995-1996; for Price Waterhouse Coopers as a Manager, a Senior Manager, and a Partner in their Istanbul and London offices from 1996-2000; and for the Türk Dış Ticaret Bankası (Fortis) as the Executive Vice President in charge of the Financial Comptrolling Group and Risk Management from 2000-2008. He joined Finansbank on 20 May 2008 as an Executive Vice President and the Group CFO. He has been a Member of Management Committee of Finansbank and the Group CFO since August 2008. As of October 2013, he holds the title of Vice General Manager for Financial Control and Planning, as well as Group CFO.
