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# Raiffeisen Bank International Names Michael Höllerer as CEO-Designate to Succeed Johann Strobl
- URL: https://www.theglobalbanker.com/raiffeisen-bank-international-names-michael-hoellerer-ceo-designate-succeed-strobl/
- Published: 2025-12-18T06:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-02T14:21:06.000Z
- Description: Raiffeisen Bank International's Supervisory Board has appointed Michael Höllerer as CEO-designate, effective 1 July 2026, succeeding Johann Strobl who chose not to extend his contract.
- Author: TGB Editorial Team
- Tags: Executive Moves, Europe, #archive

Raiffeisen Bank International's Supervisory Board approved the appointment of Michael Höllerer as the group's next Chief Executive Officer on 17 December 2025\. Höllerer will take up the role effective 1 July 2026, succeeding Johann Strobl, who has chosen not to seek an extension of his contract with the Austrian banking group. The announcement was made public in a press release on 17 December.

Höllerer served as RBI's Chief Financial Officer between 2020 and 2022\. At the time of his appointment as CEO-designate, he was serving as chief executive of Raiffeisenlandesbank Niederösterreich-Wien, one of the regional institutions within the Austrian Raiffeisen cooperative banking system.

#### STROBL DEPARTS AFTER CHOOSING NOT TO RENEW

Johann Strobl's decision not to seek a further term as chief executive brings to a close his tenure leading RBI. Strobl led RBI through the period following Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, when the group's Russian subsidiary came under scrutiny from Western supervisors.

#### TRANSITION PERIOD

The July 2026 effective date gives a transition period of about six months from the announcement to the formal handover of the chief executive role. Strobl continues as chief executive until the handover.