MarioHenjak was named management board chairman of Croatia-based , the unit said Oct. 6.

Henjak,who was formerly responsible for the corporate clients and financial marketsdivision, will replace Andrea Kovacs-Wöhry, who will serve as a senior adviserto Sberbank Europe's management board chairman in Vienna.

Inaddition, Holger Stupar will join Sberbank dd from as managementboard member for risk management, while Csaba Soós will move fromSlovakia-based Sberbank Slovenskoa.s. to oversee the lender's retail banking business.All three management board appointments require the approval of the Croatiancentral bank, the lender noted.

Sberbankdd, Sberbank Slovensko and Sberbank Europe are controlled by .Erste Bank Novi Sad is a Serbian unit of Erste Group Bank AG.