Erste Group Bank AG
is one of the largest European providers of financial services and is the leading retail bank in Central Europe. It is the clear leader in Central European financial services, measured by number of customers and in the top 2 by total assets. Since 1997, the number of Erste Group clients has grown from 600,000 to almost 17,2 millions as a result of expansion of the bank in Austria, the purchase of Česká spořitelna, Slovenská spořitelna, the Croatian Riječka Bank, the Hungarian Postabank in the autumn of 2003, the purchase of the Novosadska Banka in Serbia (August 2005) and Banca Commerciala Romana in Romania, in 2006 Erste Bank announced the extension into the Ukraine market - in Bank Prestige and in 2008 extension into the Russian market via Bank Central-Invest.
By the number of clients, Erste Group Bank holds in the Slovak Republic above 40%, in Czech Republic above 32%. In Austria, Erste Group Bank, together with its savings bank partners, has a retail market share of around 20%. In Hungary, Erste Bank's total market share increased from 4 to 8% after the purchase of Postabank and Erste Bank became the second largest retail bank in the country. Erste Bank is the third largest bank in Croatia, with a total market share around 10%.
Erste Group Bank and its partners have a strong market position in the areas of retail banking products, property financing, business with private clients and services for small and medium enterprises.

| Andreas Treichl | CEO Chairman’s Office, Group Audit, Group Communications, Group Human Resources, Group Investor Relations, Group Marketing, Group Identity, Group Secretariat, good.bee – banking for the unbanked, Health Center |
| Manfred Wimmer | Group Accounting, Group Performance Management, Management of Subsidiaries and Investments |
| Franz Hochstrasser | Group Research, Group Balance Sheet Management, Group Capital Markets |
| Bernhard Spalt | Group Strategic Risk Management, Group Corporate Risk Management, Group Retail Risk Management, Group Legal, Group Corporate Workout, Group Compliance, Group Security Management |
| Herbert Juranek | Group Organisation/IT, Group Operations/Processing, Group Property Management |
| Martin Škopek | Group Retail Business Development, Wealth Creation, Group Card Management |
| Gernot Mittendorfer | Group Real Estate & Leasing, Group Investment Banking, Group Large Corporates Banking, Local Corporate Banking, Corporate Support and Operations, GCIB Portfolio Management |
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For more information:
Erste Group - Fact Sheet
Erste Group - Investor Relations
Erste Group - Press Releases
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