Graduate from University of Vienna – Economics, 1976

Professional Training at Citibank, Morgan Stanley, Brown Brothers Harriman
New York, 1976/77

Professional Career:

Chase Manhattan Bank, New York               1977-1979

Credit Analyst

Chase Manhattan Bank, Brussels                1979-1981

Manager Multinational Banking

Chase Manhattan Bank, Athens                    1981-1983

Manager Corporate Banking

DIE ERSTE österr. Spar-Casse, Vienna<      1983-1985

Director Corporate Banking

Chase Manhattan Bank, Vienna                    1986-1994

Chief Executive Officer

Erste Bank, Vienna                                        1994-1997

Member of the Management Board

Erste Bank, Wien                                          from 1 July 1997

Chief Executive Officer

1997 Acquisition of Girocredit, Austria

1997 IPO of Erste Bank

1998 Acquisition of Meszöbank Hungary

1999 Acquisition of three banks in Croatia

2000 Acquisition of Česká spořitelna, Czech Republic

2001 Acquisition of Slovenská sporitel´ňa, Slovak Republic

2002 Acquisition of Rijecka Banka, Croatia

2003 Acquisition of Postabank, Hungary

2005 Acquisition of Novosadska banka, Serbia

2006 Acquisition of Banca Comercialǎ Românǎ, Romania

2007 Acquisition of Bank Prestige, Ukraine

With a network of more than 3.000 branches and over 55.000 employees Erste Bank is the second biggest banking group in Central and Eastern Europe after UniCredit.

Chief Executive Officer of DIE ERSTE Foundation

Chairman of the supervisory board of Banca Comercialǎ Românǎ

Chairman of the supervisory board of Česká spořitelna

Andreas Treichl chairs the board of trustees of the Museum für Angewandte Kunst (Museum of Applied Arts Vienna) and holds the position of a Senator of the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration.

He is married to Desiree Treichl-Stürgkh and has three sons.