Dkfm. Dr. Herbert STEPIC CEO, Raiffeisen International Bank-Holding AG, Vienna
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| 1965-1972 | Studies at the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration |
| 1972 | Doctorate in Economics and Commerce |
| Assistant to the managing board in a private sector company | |
| 1973 | Joined Genossenschaftliche Zentralbank AG (GZB), now Raiffeisen Zentralbank Österreich AG (RZB): Entrusted with establishing Raiffeisen s foreign-trade promotion department |
| responsible for promoting the exports, particularly to overseas regions, of Raiffeisen Group customers | |
| 1977 | Appointed Prokurist (authorized signatory), GZB, simultaneously appointed Managing Director of F.J. Elsner und Co., Vienna, a GZB subsidiary specializing in East-West trade |
| 1978 | Head, GZB's correspondent banking department: Responsible for establishing GZB s network of correspondent banks |
| 1986 | Appointed Director, Raiffeisen Zentralbank Österreich AG (RZB) |
| 1987 | Appointed Member, Board of RZB, responsible for RZB's international business |
| 1995 | Appointed Deputy Chairman, RZB |
| 2001 | CEO, Raiffeisen International Bank-Holding AG (Raiffeisen International), the holding company controlling RZB's banking subsidiaries in Central and Eastern Europe |
Mitgliedschaften
| President, Austrian-Arab Chamber of Commerce (AACC), since 1992 | |
| Vice-President, International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), since 2002 | |
| Member of the Board, Austrian Romanian Society, since 2010 |
Publikationen
| Handbook of Export Finance (this text is standard reading for students at the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration), Vienna, Ueberreuter, 1995 |
Auszeichnungen
| Gold Medal for Meritorious Service to the Province of Vienna by Mayor of Vienna Michael Häupl, 1999 | |
| Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary by order of the President of Hungary, Ference Madl, 2000 | |
| Grand Decoration of Honour in Silver for Services to the Republic of Austria by Austrian Chancellor Wolfgang Schüssel, 2001 | |
| Business Olympus Award by the Russian Academy for Business and Trade, 2002 | |
| For Friendship between Nations medal by order of the Russian President Vladimir Putin, 2003 | |
| Golden Medal of the Slovak Chamber of Commerce for Outstanding Services, 2004 | |
| Order of the Madara Horseman , awarded by the Bulgarian President Georgi Purvanov, 2004 | |
| For Merits medal of the Republic of Ukraine, awarded by President Leonid Kuchma, 2004 | |
| WU-Manager of the Year 2005, title awarded by Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration (WU) President Christoph Badelt, 2005 | |
| Manager of the Year, title from the business magazine Trend , 2005 | |
| Silver Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit for Distinguished Service for the Federal Province of Lower Austria, awarded by Governor Erwin Pröll, 2006 | |
| Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit by the Republic of Poland, awarded by Deputy Finance Minister Piotr Soroczyñski, 2006 | |
| Grosser Tiroler Adler-Orden for Distinguished Service for the Federal Province of Tirol, awarded by Governor Herwig van Staa, 2007 | |
| Silbernes Ehrenzeichen des Landes Oberösterreich, awarded by the president of the provincial government of Upper Austria, Angela Ortner, 2007 | |
| Elected European Banker of the Year 2006 by The Group 20+1 , 2007 | |
| Elected European Manager of the Year 2007 by the European Business Press , 2007 | |
| Order for Industrial and Commercial Merit by the Republic of Albania, awarded by the President of the Republic of Albania, Bamir Topi, 2009 |
