Mr. Oliver Hoffman, Managing Director, Head of Asia, Erste Group Bank AG, Hong Kong Branch and Member of the ABA Board of Directors, on November 21 met with ABA Secretariat executives led by Secretary-Treasurer Dr. Darson Chiu at the Secretariat headquarters in Taipei, Taiwan. Mr. Hoffmann was accompanied by his colleague Mr. Adrian Yuen, Director, Home Markets Desk. Also joining the meeting was ABA Deputy Secretary Mr. Amador Honrado Jr.
During the meeting, Mr. Hoffmann informed Dr. Chiu that they were visiting Taipei to follow up on collaboration activities of Erste Bank with a number of Taiwanese banks – some of which are also ABA members – particularly those that have plans of setting up operations in Austria and other neighboring countries in Eastern Europe.
For his part, Dr. Chiu proposed to Mr. Hoffmann the possibility of Erste Bank hosting a Short-Term Visiting Program for ABA members who may be eyeing the Eastern European market and interested to learn how Erste Bank may be able to help them in this regard. He also took the opportunity to invite Mr. Hoffmann and Mr. Yuen to participate in next year’s ABA Conference to be held in Maldives.
