Radován Jelasity
Chairman and CEO of Erste Bank Hungary
Hungary
Radován Jelasity has been Chairman and CEO of Erste Bank Hungary since June 1, 2011. He has been the President of the Hungarian Banking Association since May of 2020. From 2016 till 2019 he served as a non-executive member of the Hellenic Financial Stability Fund in Athens, Greece. From 2004 to 2010 he was Governor of the National Bank of Serbia. Previously, from 2010 for three years he worked as the bank’s Deputy Governor for three years. As a central banker, he played an important role in consolidating the Serbian banking and insurance sector and strengthening the regulatory framework. He also played a key role in Serbia’s negotiations with IMF and London bank creditors. As Vice-President of the Banking Rehabilitation Agency, he was involved in launching the restructuring process of the Serbian banking system and the privatisation of major Serbian banks. Earlier, he worked for McKinsey & Company in Frankfurt on banking projects in Germany, Poland and Bulgaria. He started his banking career at Deutsche Bank in Frankfurt in 1995, where he worked for four years as Area Manager for Central and Eastern Europe.