Peter Bosek
Peter Bosek | |
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| Born | June 5, 1968 Vienna, Austria |
| Occupation | Banking executive |
| Years active | 1996–present |
| Known for | Management Board member of Erste Group Bank AG, Chief Retail Officer |
Peter Bosek (born 5 June 1968 in Vienna, Austria) is an Austrian banking executive who has served on the Management Board of Erste Group Bank AG since January 2015, where he oversees retail banking operations.
Education and career
Bosek completed his legal studies at the University of Vienna, obtaining his doctorate in 1993. He began his professional journey as a research assistant at the university’s Institute for Constitutional and Administrative Law.
His banking career commenced in 1996 at Erste österreichische Spar-Casse, where he took on multiple leadership positions related to housing finance, real estate, and branch network management. Alongside his banking roles, he taught law at the University of Vienna until 2005.
In 2007, Bosek was appointed to the management board of Austria’s Erste Bank der österreichischen Sparkassen AG with responsibility for retail banking. His portfolio broadened in 2010 to include Corporates and Key Accounts. Effective 1 January 2015, he assumed the position of Chief Retail Officer on the management board of Erste Group Bank AG. This position entails managing retail banking across Erste Group’s subsidiaries and leading the group’s fintech initiatives, including Erste Hub and the digital innovation unit BeeOne, which developed “George,” Erste Group’s digital banking platform.
Bosek is regularly invited to speak at prominent financial conferences such as Money 20/20 Europe, mobey forum, 4GameChangers, and various Handelsblatt banking events. His talks primarily address the influence of digital transformation on banking and the start-up ecosystem.
Furthermore, Peter Bosek serves on the supervisory board of Wiener Städtische Versicherung AG, part of the Vienna Insurance Group.