Gottfried Haber elected as new chairman of Erste Group’s supervisory board

The 32^nd Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Erste Group Bank AG (Erste Group) took place in Vienna on 21 May 2025. Shareholders approved the proposal from the Management Board and the Supervisory Board for a dividend payout of EUR 3.00 per share for the 2024 financial year, with 100 % of the capital stock present voting in favor. The AGM granted discharge for the reports and activities of the Management Board members with a vote of 99.77 % of the capital stock present. Similarly, the reports and activities of the Supervisory Board members were also approved by a vote of 99.42 %.

Elections to the Supervisory Board

Shareholders approved the election of two new members to the Supervisory Board: Gottfried Haber and Gabriele Semmelrock-Werzer. Gottfried Haber is a well-known finance and economics expert with extensive experience in macroeconomic analysis, financial market regulation and banking supervision. A habilitated university professor of economics, Gottfried Haber was most recently the Vice-Governor of the Oesterreichische Nationalbank (OeNB), Austria’s central bank.

Gabriele Semmelrock-Werzer has extensive management and banking experience, gained over several decades in various leading positions, including at Erste Group and the Kärntner Sparkasse. She had previously held supervisory board appointments at a range of institutions, among them Erste Bank Oesterreich, Erste Asset Management, and the Vienna Insurance Group.

Shareholders also approved the re-election of the existing Supervisory Board member Alois Flatz. The newly constituted Supervisory Board (when taking into consideration only shareholder representatives) thus now consists of a total of 12 members, who are split between seven women and five men. The Works Council has delegated six members to the Supervisory Board as employee representatives.