UniCredit BankAustria AG appointed Gregor Hofstätter-Pobst CFO, effective Oct. 1.

He replaces Mirko Bianchi, who as CFO of parent in September.

Bank Austria COO Romeo Collina's previously announced as the lender's newdeputy CEO also became effective Oct. 1, the bank said. He replaces CarloVivaldi, who as head of the central and eastern European division now worksdirectly for the parent group after the recent transfer of the business toUniCredit from Bank Austria.

Hofstätter-Pobst joined Bank Austria in 1996 and hasoccupied various leadership positions since 2001, including his most recentrole as CFO and board member of UniCredit Bank Czech Republic and Slovakia a.s.