Erste Group Bank AG
Erste Group Bank AG was founded in 1819 as the first Austrian savings bank. 45,717 employees are serving 16.6 million clients in 1,871 branches in 7 countries. Erste Group is one of the largest financial services providers in Central and Eastern Europe.

Founded in 1819 as the first Austrian savings bank, Erste Group went public in 1997 with a strategy to expand its retail business into Central and Eastern Europe. Since then Erste Group has grown to become one of the largest financial services providers in the Eastern part of Europe in terms of clients and total assets.
Today we shift our focus from being a financial services provider to building Financial Health throughout our regions.
Since 2003 Erste Group Bank AG has been committed to applying the rules of the Austrian Code of Corporate Governance and hence to a responsible and transparent corporate governance. In addition, the Management Board adopted a Statement of Purpose in 2015. This statement concretises and reaffirms the purpose of Erste Group Bank AG to spread and secure prosperity throughout the region in which it operates.
Board members of Erste Group Bank AG
Peter Bosek, CEO and Chief Retail Officer
Ingo Bleier, Chief Corporates and Markets Officer
Stefan Dörfler, CFO
Alexandra Habeler-Drabek, CRO
Maurizio Poletto, Chief Platform Officer and COO
Address: Am Belvedere 1, A-1100 Vienna, Austria
Phone: +43(0)5 0100 - 10100
FAX: +43(0)5 0100 9 - 10100
Email: contact@erstegroup.com