Krunoslav Zupan and Ante Odak new Board members of Erste&Steiermärkische S-Leasing

Zagreb, 9th March 2015 – The new Management Board of Erste&Steiermärkische S-Leasing (S-Leasing) is composed of Krunoslav Zupan, as Board member in charge of sales, and Ante Odak, as Board member in charge of back office. They are both professionals with remarkable careers whose experience will contribute to further strengthening of Erste Leasing, one of the first leasing companies established in the Croatian market and an authority on financing through leasing.   

Krunoslav Zupan, Board member

Before becoming an Erste&Steiermärkische S-Leasing Board member he was the Director of the Commercial Centre Zagreb and Director of the Region West for SME clients in Erste Bank’s Corporate Sector. In this position he managed Erste Bank’s sales activities for SMEs in Zagreb, Karlovac and Varazdin, as the man responsible for achieving the set targets. Prior to that he was the Head of the Profit Centre for International Clients in the Corporate Directorate in Trgovacka banka, where he started his career upon graduating from the Faculty of Business and Economics in 1996, gradually earning promotions until leaving for Erste Bank in 2011. He participated in several Erste Group-wide projects and was mentor to his younger colleagues. He attended a number of training courses and is fluent in English, German and Italian. He likes spending his free time in sporting activities, appreciates a good book or a film, and loves to travel.  

Ante Odak, Board member

He came to the Erste&Steiermärkische S-Leasing Management Board from the Management Board of VB Leasing, where he was a member since August 2007, after having pursued an international career in finance. He was in charge of management of accounting and finance, internal audit, IT and legal affairs, as well as other back office departments. Between end of 2006 and July 2007 he was Head of Controlling in Bank Austria Creditanstalt Leasing, Vienna. Prior to that, he was Director of Accounting and Controlling in HVB - Central Profit Banka (member of UniCredit Group) in Sarajevo. He graduated in economics from the Lüneburg University in Germany. He is fluent in Croatian, English and German. In his free time he is actively running, skiing and swimming, he likes to read and travel.