Andreas Treichl (born 16 June 1952, in

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) is an Austrian bank manager.

Early life and education

Treichl attended the

Schottengymnasium Schottengymnasium (officially the Öffentliches Schottengymnasium der Benediktiner in Wien) is an independent Catholic gymnasium with public status in the First District of Vienna. The school was founded in 1807 by imperial decree, and is consi ...

in Vienna (Upper Secondary School) and subsequently completed studies in economics at the

University of Vienna The University of Vienna (german: Universität Wien) is a public research university located in Vienna, Austria. It was founded by Duke Rudolph IV in 1365 and is the oldest university in the German-speaking world. With its long and rich histor ...

Career

Treichl worked at several branches of Chase Manhattan Bank in a number of European and American cities from 1977 to 1983. From 1983 to 1986, he was a member of the senior management at Erste Bank der oesterreichischen Sparkassen AG. From 1986 to 1993, he served as Chairman of the Board of Chase Manhattan Bank Austria and from 1993 to 1994 as Chairman of the Board of

Crédit Lyonnais The Crédit Lyonnais (, "Lyon Credit ompany) was a major French bank, created in 1863 and absorbed by former rival Crédit Agricole in 2003. Its head office was initially in Lyon but moved to Paris in 1882. In the early years of the 20th cent ...

Austria. In 1997, Treichl became Chairman of the Board of Erste Bank, and since 2008, he has been Chief Executive Officer of

Erste Group Erste Group Bank AG (Erste Group) is an Austrian financial service provider in Central and Eastern Europe serving 15.7 million clients in over 2,700 branches in seven countries. History Erste Group was founded in October 1819 as ''Erste öster ...

Bank AG. The largest shareholder of Erste Group is ERSTE Stiftung of which Andreas Treichl has been Chairman of the Board since the end of 2012. ERSTE Stiftung is one of the largest non-profit organisations in Europe. Its activities focus on the region of Central and Eastern Europe, which is Erste Group’s home market, and include programmes for social integration, culture and Europe. Moreover, Andreas Treichl initiated the project “ Die Zweite Sparkasse” and played a key role in its implementation. In addition to his career in banking, Treichl served as finance director of the federal organization of the Austrian People's Party (Österreichische Volkspartei, ÖVP) from 1991 to 1997. In June 2010, he was an invited guest at the 58th Bilderberg Conference in

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Other activities

* European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR), Member * GLOBSEC, Member of the International Advisory Council *

Open Society Foundations Open Society Foundations (OSF), formerly the Open Society Institute, is a Grant (money), grantmaking network founded and chaired by business magnate George Soros. Open Society Foundations financially supports civil society groups around the wo ...

, Member of the European Advisory Board * International Monetary Conference (IMC), Member of the Board * Institute of International Finance (IIF), Member of the Board *

Trilateral Commission The Trilateral Commission is a nongovernmental international organization aimed at fostering closer cooperation between Japan, Western Europe and North America. It was founded in July 1973 principally by American banker and philanthropist David ...

, Member of the European Group

Recognition

Treichl was named Manager of the Year by the Vienna University of Economics on 12 November 2007. Other honors include: * 2001: Grand Decoration of Honour in Silver for Services to the Republic of Austria Aufstellung aller durch den Bundespräsidenten verliehenen Ehrenzeichen für Verdienste um die Republik Österreich ab 1952
(PDF; 6,9 MB) * 2007: Grand Decoration of Honour in Gold for Services to the Republic of Austria * 2007: Economic-Manager of the year ''boerse-express.com: Andreas Treichl WU-Manager des Jahres 2007''
Artikel vom 9. Oktober 2007, retrieved, 17 June 2015. * 2012: Grand Order of the Tyrolean Eagle

Personal life

Andreas Treichl is married to Desirée Treichl-Stürgkh and has three sons. Treichl is the son of Heinrich Treichl.

References

External links

The Economist Portrait über Andreas Treichl

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