Austrian pension fund VBV Pensionskasse has appointed Christian Reiss to its executive board, where he will be responsible for customers and sales, effective 1 October 2025.

Reiss has been a member of the VBV Pensionskasse management board since 1 September 2024 and brings more than 25 years of experience in capital markets.

He has held various management positions at Erste Group Bank AG, and most recently, he held group-wide responsibility for the development and distribution of structured securities products, as well as the brokerage business.

This appointment is in addition to Reiss’s existing mandate at VBV Pensionskasse and completes the consolidation of all customer and sales-related activities under one executive board responsibility, initiated at the beginning of the year.

Commenting on this, VBV Group CEO, Andreas Zakostelsky, said: “The consolidation of customer and sales functions across all VBV companies in the hands of Christian Reiss is a logical step to further strengthen our market presence and optimally utilise synergies.”

Zakostelsky added that last year, together with Reiss, the company began merging its customer and sales functions, and it is now taking further steps to provide even better service to its clients.

Commenting on the appointment, Reiss stated: "In an increasingly dynamic environment, we want to provide our corporate clients with even more targeted support – with personal attention and high-quality service.

“I am delighted to now be able to help shape this path holistically within the VBV Group as a member of the management board."

As of 1 October 2025, the VBV-Vorsorgekasse AG management board will comprise Zakostelsky, CFO Martin Vörös, Michaela Attermeyer, who is the member of the management board responsible for investments, and Reiss.

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