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Erste Bank der oesterreichischen Sparkassen AG

Management Board

Gerda Holzinger-Burgstaller

Chair of the Management Board and CFO
Appointed until 31/12/2027

Born in 1979

Gerda Holzinger-Burgstaller has been at the Erste Group since 2006. She was Head of Group Prudential Affairs from 2013 to 2015, before managing the General Secretariat of the Erste Holding. She has also been a board member of Die Zweite Wiener Vereins-Sparcasse AG since 2017. 
She became Chief Risk Officer and Chief Financial Officer in July 2019, and was appointed Chair of the Erste Bank Oesterreich Executive Board in October 2020.  In July 2024 she took on the CFO function in addition to her existing role as CEO.

Responsible for:
Human Resources; Co-operation with Sparkassen; IT & Operations; Brand Management, Marketing & Communications; Group Secretariat; Social Banking; Health Centre; Audit; Strategy; Legal; Balance Sheet Management & ALM; Planung; Controlling; Rechnungswesen; Information & Data Management; Procurement

Maximilian Clary und Aldringen

Chief Retail Officer
Appointed until 30.06.2027

Born in 1981

Maximilian Clary und Aldringen has been the management board member responsible for retail customers since July 2024. He was most recently Head of Private Banking & Wealth Management at both Erste Group and Erste Bank Oesterreich. Clary und Aldringen has been with Erste Group since 2013 and has held various strategic positions within the banking group, including as head of Group Strategy. A graduate in business administration, Clary und Aldringen also has an Executive MBA from the London Business School.

Responsible for:
Retail Sales & Distribution; George Österreich; Private Banking & Wealth Management; Retail Segment Management

Ilinka Kajgana

Chief Risk Officer and Chief Operating Officer
Appointed until 31.07.2028

Born 1972

Responsible for:

Enterprise wide Risk Management, Liquidity and Market Risk Management,Credit Risk Portfolio, Credit Risk Methods, Retail Risk Management, Corporate Risk Management, Compliance, IT & Operations

Ilinka Kajgana has taken on the responsibility for Risk and Operations at Erste Bank Oesterreich as of August 2024. Most recently, she had been an Executive Board Member as the  Risk Executive Vice President of Erste Group’s Romanian banking subsidiary Banca Comercială Română (BCR). The native Croatian was Head of Strategic Risk Management at Erste Bank Oesterreich before taking on her role at BCR. Prior to that, she held various risk management positions at Erste Group. Kajgana holds a PhD in Physics from the Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien) and launched her banking career at Erste Bank Oesterreich.

Hans Unterdorfer

Chief Corporates Officer
Appointed until 31/08/2025

Born in 1967

Hans Unterdorfer started his career as a student trainee at Tiroler Sparkasse before progressing through his career in various functions within the Raiffeisen banking group in Tirol. Before joining the management board of Tiroler Sparkasse, he served as the Raiffeisen-Landesbank Tirol board member responsible for corporate customers until 2010. A graduate in the field of law, Unterdorfer also holds a doctorate in health sciences. Unterdorfer has been the CEO of Tiroler Sparkasse since 2011 until the end of October 2022. He was appointed to the Erste Bank Oesterreich executive board as of 1 September 2022.

Responsible for:
Product & Business Management; Corporate Customers Austria; Property and Housing; Large Corporates and the Public Sector

Supervisory Board

Prof. Dipl.Ing. Mag. Friedrich Rödler, Chairman
Mag. Jan Homan, Vice President

Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Christine Antlanger-Winter
Mag. Ingo Bleier
Dr. Christine Catasta
Willibald Cernko
Dr. Rainer Hauser

Vom Betriebsrat entsandt:
Mag. Karin Baumegger
BSc. BA Julia Böhm
Christian Tschabitscher
Kurt Zangerle

Česká spořitelna a.s.

Management Board

Tomáš Salomon

Chairman of the Management Board, CEO

Responsible for:
Staff Appointments, Operations and IT Management

Ivan Vondra

Vice Chairman of the Management Board, CFO

Responsible for:
Financial Management

Martin Kobza 

Member of the Management Board

Responsible for:
IT and Banking Operations

Pavel Kráčmar 

Member of the Management Board

Responsible for:
Corporate Banking and Financial Markets

Karel Mourek

Member of the Management Board, CRO

Responsible for:
Risk Management, CTO deputy - IT systems+architecture 

Daniela Pešková 

Member of the Management Board

Responsible for:
Retail Banking, CTO deputy - IT operations 


 


 

Slovenská sporiteľňa, a. s.

Management Board

Peter Krutil

Chairman of the Management Board, CEO

Responsible for:
Bank's Strategy, Brand Development, Human Ressources

 

 

Juraj Barta

Member of the Management Board

Responsible for:
Retail Banking

 

 

Pavel Cetkovský 

Member of the Management Board, CFO, CRO

Responsible for:
Finance and Risk Management

Milan Hain

Member of the Management Board

Responsible for:
IT and Banking Operations

Norbert Hovančák

Member of the Management Board

Responsible for:
Corporate Banking and Financial Markets

Banca Comercială Română S.A.

Management Board

Sergiu Manea

Chairman of the Management Board, CEO

Responsible for:
Corporates & Markets, Marketing, Communication, Human Resources, Internal Audit, Legal, Compliance and Financial Crime, Customer Experience

Dana Dima (Demetrian)

Member of the Management Board

Responsible for:
Retail, Private Banking

 

Ilinka Kajgana

Member of the Management Board, CRO

Responsible for:
Risk Management

Thomas Kolarik

Member of the Management Board, COO

Responsible for:
Operations

Elke Meier

Member of the Management Board, CFO

Responsible for:
Accounting, Controlling, Balance Sheet Management, Strategy and Performance Management, Rating Agencies and Investor Relations, Subsidiaries and Investment Management, Real Estate Management



Erste Bank Hungary Zrt.

Management Board

Radovan Jelasity

Chairman of the Management Board, CEO

Responsible for:
HR, Marketing, PR, Strategic Management, Legal Services and Corporate Secretariat

Róbert Cselovszki

Member of the Management Board

Responsible for:
Corporates and Markets

Tamás Foltányi

Member of the Management Board

Responsible for:
IT, Operations, Security Management

László Harmati

Member of the Management Board

Responsible for:
Retail, Digital Channels and Contact Center, Micro

 

Manfred Schmid

Member of the Management Board, CFO

Responsible for:
Controlling, Finance & Accounting, ALM, Facility and Property Management, Procurement

Krisztina Zsiga

Member of the Management Board, CRO

Responsible for:
Risk Management, Compliance

Erste & Steiermärkische Bank d.d.

Management Board

Christoph Schöfböck

Chairman of the Management Board, CEO

Responsible for:
Property and Cash Management Division, Economic Research Department, Internal Audit Department, Human Resources, Communication Department, Collection and Work-out Department, Compliance Department, Corporate Security Department, Corporates and Markets

Martin Hornig

Member of the Management Board, COO

Responsible for:
IT Division, Organization Department, Processing Division

Krešimir Barić

Member of the Management Board, CFO

Responsible for:
Accounting & Controlling Division, Assets and Liabilities Management Department

Hannes Frotzbacher

Member of the Management Board, CRO

Responsible for:
Risk Management Division, Legal Department

Zdenko Matak

Retail Board Member of the Management Board

Responsible for:
Retail Division, Multi Channel Management Department, Marketing Department

Erste Bank a.d. Novi Sad

Management Board

Jasna Terzić

Chairman of the Management Board, CEO

Responsible for:
Retail Banking, Human Resources, Marketing & Communication, Property, Secretariat

 

 

 

Andras Kaliszky

Member of the Management Board, COO

Responsible for:
IT, Operations, Security, Digital, PMO

Nikola Stamenković

Member of the Management Board

Responsible for:
Corporates, Financial Markets, Real Estate & Special Finance

Suzan Tanriyar

Member of the Management Board, CRO, CFO

Responsible for:
Risk Management, Accounting & Controlling, ALM, Compliance/AML, Legal

Other countries

Erste Bank AD Podgorica - Montenegro