Andreas Treichl studied Economic Science at the University of Vienna. He started his banking career in 1977 at Chase Manhattan Bank in New York. Then he worked for Chase in various management positions in Vienna, Athens and Brussels. In 1994 he became Member of the Management Board of Erste Österreichische Spar-Casse and in July 1997 Chairman of the Board. He managed the bank after the merger with GiroCredit and took it public. Under his leadership and initiative, the bank, which had been a purely local savings bank up to then, expanded into a leading financial services provider in Central and Eastern Europe with more than 16.7 million customers. Andreas Treichl acted for 22 years as CEO of Erste Group Bank AG. Andreas Treichl has launched numerous initiatives for social development and sustainability, e.g. good.bee and Zweite Sparkasse, enabling access to financial services for disadvantaged target groups. He initiated the establishment of the ERSTE Foundation, which is a major shareholder of Erste Group Bank AG. ERSTE Foundation is promoting social innovation, European cohesion and democracy as well as contemporary culture in Central and Eastern Europe. Since January 2020 Andreas Treichl acts as Chairman of the Supervisory Board of ERSTE Foundation