Mustafa Gökhan Yıldırım was born in Ankara in 1988. He graduated from İhsan Doğramacı Bilkent University, Faculty of Economics, Administrative and Social Sciences, Department of Political Science in 2012. He completed his master's degree in Sociology at Başkent University. He served as an Advisor at the Grand National Assembly of Türkiye and then as a Corporate Branch Portfolio Manager at Denizbank A.Ş. Having joined Halkbank in 2020, Yıldırım served as Department Manager, Department Head, and Advisor. Yıldırım has now been serving as Head of Private Banking and Digital Transformation Group since February 11, 2016.