Our markets
Expansion in Central and Eastern Europe
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1997
"DIE ERSTE österreichische Spar-Casse - Bank AG" merged with "GiroCredit Bank Aktiengesellschaft der Sparkassen" and changed its name in "Erste Bank der oesterreichischen Sparkassen AG" operating under the name "Erste Bank". The new bank went public at the Vienna Stock Exchange in November 1997.
Customer base: 600.000
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2000
In February 2000, Erste Bank acquired a majority stake in Česká spořitelna, the biggest retail bank in the Czech Republic.
Customer base: 6.2 Million
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2001
From the start of 2001, Erste Bank became the majority shareholder of Slovenská sporitel’na, the largest Slovak bank.
Customer base: 8 Million
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2003
Erste Bank created the 3rd largest banking group in Croatia through the merger of Erste&Steiermärkische Bank d.d. and Rijecka banka d.d.
Customer base: 11.3 Million
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2004
Erste Bank and Postabank completed the merger to form Hungary's second largest retail bank.
Customer base: 11.8 Million
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2005
Erste Bank acquired a majority stake in Novosadska banka a.d., Novi Sad from the Republic of Serbia.
Customer base: 12.4 Million
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2006
Erste Bank finalised acquisition of Banca Comerciala Romana S.A. (BCR), the biggest bank in Romania.
Customer base: 15.9 Million
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2008
Legal separation of the Austrian business of “Erste Bank der oesterreichischen Sparkassen AG” from the newly founded holding company “Erste Group Bank AG”. New holding structure with the focus of improving Group governance.
Customer base: 17.2 Million
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Erste Bank der oesterreichischen Sparkassen AG
Management Board
Gerda Holzinger-Burgstaller
Chair of the Executive Board
Appointed until 31/12/2023
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.
Responsible for:
Human resources; co-operation with Sparkassen; IT & operations; brand
management, marketing & communications; Group Secretariat; social banking;
health centre; audits, balance-sheet management/asset liability management; planning, controlling, accounting; strategy and holdings; legal matters
Thomas Schaufler
Director of Private Customer Business
Appointed until 31/12/2023
Born in 1970
Began his career at GiroCredit in 1993. Has been working in various managerial
roles at the Erste Bank since 1997. These roles were always relating to sales
for the group’s and local Sparkassen’s private customer business. Along with
his responsibility for group-wide securities trading, he was also the managing
director of the ‘Erste Asset Management’ investment company. He was appointed a
member of the Erste Bank Oesterreich executive board in February 2016. In
addition to this board-member work at the Erste Bank, he has also been the
Chief Retail Officer on the board of the Erste Group Bank AG since 1/1/2021.
Responsible for:
Private customer business, branches, private banking, business development,
customer success & prosperity, housing
Alexandra Habeler-Drabek
Chief Risk Officer
Appointed until 13/12/2023
Born in 1970
Has held various managerial positions at the Erste Bank since 2010, including
head of Group Enterprise-wide Risk Management and Erste Bank Oesterreich’s
Operational Risk Management division. In 2017, she became an executive-board
member and chief risk officer of Slovenská sporiteľňa, the Erste Group’s Slovak
subsidiary bank. She has been the Erste Group’s Chief Risk Officer since July
2019, and has also been responsible for risk-related matters on the Erste Bank
Oesterreich executive board
since 1/1/2021.
Responsible for:
Strategic risk management AT; operational risk management; compliance
Willibald Cernko
Chief Corporates Officer
Appointed until 31/12/2022
Born in 1956
Willibald Cernko has held various managerial roles at Creditanstalt AG, Bank
Austria, HypoVereinsbank AG and UniCredit Bank Austria AG throughout his
professional career. He has been an Erste Group executive-board member since
2017. He was appointed to the Erste Bank Oesterreich executive board in July 2019.
Responsible for:
Product & business management; corporate customers Austria; property and housing; major customers and the public sector
Supervisory Board
Prof. Dipl.Ing. Mag. Friedrich Rödler, Chairman
Mag. Jan Homan, Vice-President
Mag. Ingo Bleier
Mag. Dr. Christine Catasta
Dr. Roman Dopler
Harald Giesinger
Gabriele Semmelrock-Werzer
Representatives of the Staff Council:
Ilse Fetik
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
Wolfgang Schopf
Vice Chairman of the Management Board CFO
Responsible for:
Financial Management
Karel Mourek
Member of the Management Board
CRO
Responsible for:
Risk Management
Daniela Pešková
Member of the Management Board
Responsible for:
Retail Banking
Pavel Kráčmar
Member of the Management Board
Responsible for:
Corporate Banking and Financial Markets
Petr Brávek
Member of the Management Board
Responsible for:
COO
Slovenská sporiteľňa, a. s.
Management Board
Peter Krutil
Chairman of the Management Board
CEO
Responsible for:
Bank's Strategy, Brand Development, Human Ressources
Norbert Hovančák
Member of the Management Board
Responsible for:
Corporate Banking and Financial Markets
Zdeněk Románek
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
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
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
Ilinka Kajgana
Member of the Management Board
CRO
Responsible for:
Risk Management
Dana Dima (Demetrian)
Member of the Management Board
Responsible for:
Retail, Private Banking
Thomas Kolarik
Member of the Management Board
COO
Responsible for:
Operations
Erste Bank Hungary Zrt.
Management Board
Radovan Jelasity
Chairman of the Management Board
CEO
Responsible for:
Corporates, HR, Marketing, PR, Information Security, Bank Security, Strategic Management, Treasury, Accounting, Finance, Work-out, Legal & Compliance, Loan Operations, Operating Control, Leasing Operations
Ivan Vondra
Member of the Management Board
CFO
Responsible for:
Controlling, Finance & Accounting, ALM, Procurement
Krisztina Zsiga
Member of the Management Board
CRO
Responsible for:
Risk Management
László Harmati
Member of the Management Board
Responsible for:
Retail, Central Accounts and Payments, Bankcard Operations
Tamás Foltányi
Member of the Management Board
Responsible for:
IT, Operations, Property Management
Erste & Steiermärkische Bank d.d.
Management Board
Christoph Schöfböck
CEO, Chairman of the Management Board
Responsible for:
Property and Cash Management Division, Economic Research Department, Internal Audit Department, Human Resources, Communication Department, Collection and Work-out Department, Legal Department, Compliance Department, Corporate Security Department
Martin Hornig
Vice Chairman of the Management Board
Responsible for:
IT Division, Organization Department, Processing Division
Zdenko Matak
Vice Chairman of the Management Board
Responsible for:
Retail Division, Multi Channel Management Department, Marketing Department
Borislav Centner
Member of the Management Board
Responsible for:
Corporate Division, Large Corporate Clients Department, Transaction Banking Department, Financial Markets Division
Krešimir Barić
CFO, Member of the Management Board
Responsible for:
Accounting & Controlling Division, Assets and Liabilities Management Department
Hannes Frotzbacher
CRO, Member of the Management Board
Responsible for:
Risk Management Division
Erste Bank a.d. Novi Sad
Management Board
Slavko Carić
Chairman of the Management Board
Responsible for:
Treasury, Corporate Banking
Jasna Terzić
Member of the Management Board
Responsible for:
Retail Banking, Human Resources, Marketing, Property
Suzan Tanriyar
Member of the Management Board CRO/CFO
Responsible for:
Risk Management, Legal, Compliance, Security Risk Management, Internal Audit
Tomislav Stena
Member of the Management Board COO
Responsible for:
Organisation, IT, Operation