Viktor Popovic is Chief executive officer

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 of the European American Investment Bank AG (Euram Bank), an independent Austrian

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 private bank. Viktor joined Euram Bank in January 2002 as chief executive officer and managing partner and has direct responsibility for investment banking

Investment banking

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 and strategy

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.

Prior to joining Euram Bank, Viktor was a director at McKinsey & Company

McKinsey & Company

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. He worked in the United States, Australia, United Kingdom, Germany and Central Europe for banking

Bank

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, telecoms

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, industrial, energy and government clients on major strategy, organisation, restructuring and performance improvement projects. During his 18-year career with McKinsey, Viktor set up, built and managed the Prague

Prague

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 office of McKinsey.

Viktor was educated at the University of Cologne

University of Cologne

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, Germany and also received an MBA from the University of Chicago

University of Chicago

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in 1983. He is fluent in German, English, Czech, Slovak, Portuguese and Spanish.