AI-Team

Viktor joined Euram Bank in January 2002 as Chief Executive Officer. He has direct responsibility for Strategy, Corporate Finance and Alternative Investments.

Prior to joining Euram Bank, Viktor was a Director of McKinsey & Company. He worked in Germany and Central Europe focusing on Banking and Financial Institutions. Viktor led the turnaround and privatisation of a Czech universal bank, a multi-year program of restructuring of the bank’s business lines and its assets; he also assisted the banking regulator in Slovakia in improving credit management and solvency in four large commercial banks.  During his 18 year career with McKinsey, Viktor set up, built and managed the Prague office of McKinsey of 35 consultants, 3 partners and 70 staff.

Viktor was educated in the University of Cologne, Germany and also received an MBA from the University of Chicago in 1983.  Viktor is fluent in German, English, Czech, Slovak, Portuguese and Spanish.

Brigitte joined Euram Bank in November 2004 and is responsible for the product management of the bank’s alternative investment products and client services.

From 2003 to 2004 she was at Benchmark Capital Management GmbH, an Austrian multi manager hedge fund advisor. From 2002 to 2003 she was working for the FMA, the Austrian financial markets authority. Prior to that she was active for Neisser Communication, a consulting corporation advising Austrian Stock Exchange listed companies.

In the sales and trading department at Raiffeisen Zentralbank AG in Vienna (1995 – 2001) she was responsible for trading equities at the German Stock Exchange, Viennese Stock Exchange and NASDAQ Europe for Austrian and international institutional investors.

Brigitte started her career in the investment banking department at Creditanstalt Bankverein AG. She was responsible for the sales of foreign equities, derivatives and bonds. Later she was trader on the Viennese Stock Exchange for CA.

Heinz Leipe joined Alpha Patentfonds Management GmbH as managing director in May 2011 and is responsible for closed-end fund holdings in the segment of patent funds. 

Since 2004 he has been managing partner of Vevis Gesellschaft für Vermögenswerte GmbH & Co. KG, Berlin, a distribution and service company for closed-end fund shareholdings and private placements, focusing on advisory and research, product and development coordination, placement of issued capital and fund management.

From 1990 till 2004, Heinz was branch office manager for two leading issuing houses for closed-end fund holdings. He was responsible for the sale of participation offers in Southern Germany as well as the selection and the support of distribution partners.

Heinz Leipe has gained comprehensive expertise in various areas of the banking industry. He started his career as an external auditor of a regional savings bank and clearinghouse association. From 1985 till 1990 he was branch office manager at a major German savings bank.

Heinz graduated from Bankakademie Munster, majoring in bank management studies.