New CRO of Kathrein Privatbank: Gregor Höpler joins the board on January 1, 2026

• The experienced banker Gregor Höpler takes on the role of Chief Risk Officer
• Harald Holzer retires after more than 25 years at Kathrein

Vienna, October 13, 2025 – The supervisory board of Kathrein Privatbank has appointed Gregor Höpler (53) as CRO on the board. Höpler brings over 20 years of experience in the financial industry. Additionally, he has held senior positions at Raiffeisen Bank International, where he gained extensive knowledge in corporate governance, compliance, and stakeholder management. Harald Holzer, who has been with Kathrein since 1999, will retire at the end of 2025. The new CEO of Kathrein Privatbank, Stefan Neubauer, will also take on responsibility for asset management, overseeing all client-related departments.

Gregor Höpler was most recently the head of the Group Executive Office at Raiffeisen Bank International. "I am looking forward to serving as CRO at Kathrein Privatbank, one of Austria's leading private banks. My goal is to sustainably strengthen and support the bank on its growth path in a dynamically changing environment." The experienced banker brings not only extensive knowledge in with a focus on asset management, risk management, and financial and capital market regulation but also expertise in the digitization of banking processes.

Harald Holzer, who has built an award-winning team in asset management, thanks his colleagues: "I thank my team for the excellent collaboration and our shared successes. The years at Kathrein have been an incredibly exciting time for me, during which I was able to implement and further develop modern portfolio theories. Numerous awards for the entire portfolio management team as well as for individual investment strategies attest to our success."

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KATHREIN PRIVATBANK

Kathrein Privatbank AG, based in Vienna, was founded in 1924 by Carl Kathrein and is one of the leading private banks in the German-speaking world. Its core competence lies in the management of private, corporate and institutional assets as well as the assets of private foundations. As a subsidiary of Raiffeisen Bank International AG, the private bank offers the advantages of a flexible, independent and service-oriented institution and the security of a stable, international banking group.