Elisabeth Bleyleben-Koren (born 9 October 1948) is an
Austrian
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bank manager. In 2008 she was awarded the
Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria
The Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria (german: Ehrenzeichen für Verdienste um die Republik Österreich) is a state decoration of the Republic of Austria. It is divided into 15 classes and is the highest award in the A ...
.
Life
Elisabeth Bleyleben-Koren was born in
Mödling
Mödling () is the capital of the Austrian district of the same name located approximately 14 km south of Vienna.
Mödling lies in Lower Austria's industrial zone (Industrieviertel). The Mödlingbach, a brook which rises in the Vienna Woods, ...
in 1948. Her father was
Stephan Koren who was an Austrian Finance Minister and bank manager.
Bleyleben-Koren studied law at university before joining
Creditanstalt-Bankverein. She left to join Die Erste Oesterreichische Spar-Casse to do commercial banking in 1977. In 1997, she won the
Veuve Clicquot Business Woman of the Year award and she joined the Management Board of
Erste Bank
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 österr ...
rising to be Vice Chairperson from 1999 on. Since 2007, Bleyleben-Koren has been She became General Director for the Austrian part split-off of Erste
Bank.
[Elisabeth Bleyleben-Koren retires from the Management Board]
Erste Bank, 2010, retrieved 14 April 2014
Bleyleben-Koren retired in June 2010.
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Awards
* 1997 Veuve Clicquot Business Woman of the Year
* 2008 Grand Silver Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria
The Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria (german: Ehrenzeichen für Verdienste um die Republik Österreich) is a state decoration of the Republic of Austria. It is divided into 15 classes and is the highest award in the A ...
* 2010 Goldenen Ehrenzeichen für Verdienste um das Land WienArchivmeldung www.wien.at
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References
1948 births
Living people
People from Mödling
German bankers
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