Raiffeisen boss Schaller: “Economic success will have to be measured differently in the future”

The stability, the “we”, the regionality, the innovation – all of this was the focus of the Raiffeisenlandesbank Steiermark at its ceremony for the general meeting. But when Johann Strobl, CEO of Raiffeisen International (RBI), reported on Russia and Ukraine on Tuesday, the tension was palpable. In the war, “which changed the world”, it is primarily about the basic supply of the population (specifically about the supply of cash) and about “taking precautions in the event that a data center is destroyed,” explained Strobl. 70 to 80 percent of the branches in Ukraine are open, “many employees work from home – or from across the border”. The support measures for Ukrainians “meanwhile amount to an impressive double-digit million amount. We are also emotionally very affected.”