Banker of the year 2019: Andreas Treichl, Erste Group

Erste’s chief executive built its emerging Europe empire, rescued it after the financial crisis and successfully positioned the group for a sustainable and socially responsible future.

Awards for Excellence 2019

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When Andreas Treichl steps down as chief executive of Erste Group in December, it will mark the end of an era in more ways than one. 

Not only has he been at the head of the Austrian group for an astonishing 22 years – longer than any other big European bank chief executive in recent history – he is also one of the last direct links to the heady decade after the fall of the Berlin Wall, when emerging Europe was a land of opportunity for bankers from the west.

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