Published: January 9, 2009
Regina Ovesny-Straka, who has been the CEO of Slovenska sporitena since 2001, is to become the new CEO of Salzburger Sparkasse, one of the largest savings banks in Austria. On March 1, 2009, she will hand over to Jan Rollo and after 14 years as a top bank manager in Slovakia she will return to Austria.
Rollo will take over as CEO following the endorsement of his appointment by the National Bank of Slovakia. With 14 years’ banking experience, Rollo is joining from the Czech subsidiary of GE Money Bank, where, since 2003 he has been the management board member responsible for retail banking. Before that he was in charge of commercial banking at GE Money Bank and worked for Citigroup and Bank Austria, where he started his banking career.