Robert Zadrazil Country Manager Austria The Unicredit, takes his hat. As the bank reports on Good Friday, Zadrazil will “accept new challenges outside the Unicredit and leave the group in August 2025”.
“After 24 years in the Unicredit Group, I decided to break new ground,” Zadrazil is quoted in a broadcast. “I am grateful for the people with whom I was able to work with and proud of our common success. UniCredit Bank Austria is excellently positioned to continue growing and a strong financial service provider for all of our: to be inside,” said Zadrazil.
Ivan Vlaho takes over
His function as a country manager is born Ivan Vlaho adopted, who last year as the new CEO of the UNICREDIT ZAGREBACKA BAGA moved to Vienna and Zadrazil was provided. The order was officially justified with the numerous tasks, since Austria is increasingly developing a key player in the CEE markets of the UniCredit. Vlaho worked in Vienna from 2016 to 2019 as Head of CEE Retail.
Disempowering
Unofficially, it was a disempowerment of Zadracil. Vlaho already worked in Vienna from 2016 to 2019 and was responsible for the retail business for the markets in the Central and Eastern Europe region. While Zadracil’s areas were circumcised and he most recently fulfilled representation tasks and maintained customer relationships, Vlaho quickly took over the rudder at the Viennese headquarters.
In return to the trained engineer Zadrazil, Vlaho is considered a seasoned banker who has been the unicredit veteran-he has been in the bank for 20 years-enjoy the full trust of the Italians.
Zadrazil, who is also president of the banking association, is said to have fallen out of favor at the Milan Center. Above all, the commitment of the bank at the René Benko bankruptcy impersonation is said to have not fit the top of the group. As the trend reported, the insolvent Lamarr department store was financed by Bank Austria with a three -digit million loan. Zadracil’s official role at the Austria Vienna football club, which also has high debts with the bank, was not well received.
Trimmed for efficiency
The union fears that the new boss could now close further branches and pour through personnel cuts. The major Italian bank, which reaches for the German Commerzbank, is currently being trimmed for efficiency. In any case, Zadrazil leaves a solid record. In the previous year, the bottom line was a profit of EUR 1.29 billion, which was 14.2 percent more than in the previous year. The interest surplus rose by 1.9 percent to EUR 1.60 billion, and the commission surplus increased by 7.7 percent to EUR 798 million.