Markus Slotta
I don’t hand over recommendations. I hand over results.
My career in banking across Austria, Germany and Switzerland: since 1990, more than 20 years of it in leadership roles. From hands-on branch management to the restructuring of a banking association – results, not concepts.
1990
In the financial sector since
360
Employees under my leadership
36
Branches under overall responsibility (Austria)
1
Company founded and built up
Station by station
08/1990 – 04/2005
From bank clerk to task force manager
Sparkasse Gelsenkirchen → GE Money Bank, Germany
Apprenticeship, sales, branch management, then restructuring and realignment of the branch network in the Rhine-Main-Neckar region.
05/2005 – 04/2007
Turnaround of the branch business
GE Money Bank GmbH · Vienna
36 locations, building the Sales Task Force, 19 sales management tools and a certification programme.
05/2007 – 09/2009
A new sales channel
GE Money Bank GmbH · Vienna
From software development to market launch in one year, six partner organisations connected.
10/2009 – 12/2010
Integration after the takeover
Santander Consumer Bank · Austria
Setting up the central training and S.F.E. centre as part of the post-merger integration.
04/2011 – 05/2013
Head of Sales, Finanzkauf
Cronbank AG – MHK Group · Dreieich/Frankfurt
P&L responsibility for point-of-sale financing in Germany, building the business in Austria and the Netherlands.
06/2013 – 10/2016
Founder and Managing Director
golf-unique GmbH · Vienna
Building a digital B2B/B2C booking platform for golf, from financing to day-to-day operations.
11/2016 – 05/2017
Deputy Board Member, Markets (Interim)
Bankhaus Denzel AG · Vienna
Sales, marketing and product management at a brand captive; sales and key account management restructured.
06/2019 – 11/2022
Programm Adler
Volksbank Wien AG · Volksbank association
Strategy and Transition Manager: programme governance, escalation management across the association, synergies tracked.
since 12/2022
Slotta Consulting
Boutique for interim management and transformation in banking
Interim management, transformation & change, sparring & advisory for banks and financial services providers.
Career Milestones
Founder & Owner
Slotta Consulting · Boutique for interim management and transformation in banking · Austria, Germany and Switzerland
- Boutique mandates for banks and financial services providers: interim management, transformation & change consulting, sparring & advisory
- Focus: programmes that have stalled, and leadership positions that need to be filled at short notice
- As interim transformation lead: I come on board when things get tight – and leave again as soon as the waters are clear
Strategy and Transition Manager · Programm Adler
Volksbank Wien AG · Strategy & Transition staff unit, Volksbank association
- Design and implementation of strategic projects for Volksbank Wien and the Volksbank association, including programme governance for the restructuring programme Programm Adler
- Escalation management and troubleshooting across the association; decision facilitator and communication hub between head office, specialist departments and the member banks
- Managing and supporting special projects across the association, contributing to association-wide organisational development and tracking the synergies
- Identifying risks and mitigants – strategic, financial and process-related; supporting the cultural change within the new cooperative division of labour
The programme was completed successfully and ahead of schedule. Source: Volksbank Wien AG (2022). Volksbanken-Verbund – Halbjahresbericht zum 30. Juni 2022 (Volksbank association – half-year report as at 30 June 2022, in German). View source (volksbankwien.at, PDF)
Estate Settlement & Wind-down of golf-unique GmbH
Family estate (Germany) · golf-unique GmbH (Austria)
- Legal, tax and financial settlement of a family estate in Germany, including the reorganisation of the assets
- In parallel, the dissolution of golf-unique GmbH in Austria following the successful exit
Deputy Board Member, Markets · Head of Sales & Marketing (Interim)
Bankhaus Denzel AG · Vienna
- Responsibility for sales, marketing and product management at a brand captive (Hyundai, Mitsubishi, independent dealers)
- Introduction of sales force effectiveness tools, restructuring of sales and key account management
Founder & Managing Director
golf-unique GmbH · Vienna
- Building a digital B2B/B2C booking platform for golf – from financing and technology through to day-to-day operations
- Successful exit through the sale of the software platform; the company was subsequently dissolved. The purchase price and the buyer are subject to a non-disclosure agreement
- Entrepreneurial responsibility with personal liability – it still shapes how I run mandates today
Head of Sales, Finanzkauf (Point-of-Sale Financing)
Cronbank AG – MHK Group · Dreieich/Frankfurt am Main
- P&L responsibility for point-of-sale financing across Germany through specialist kitchen and furniture retailers
- Building the business in Austria and the Netherlands: planning, approval and coordination with the national subsidiaries
- Development and roll-out of a sector-specific IT financing solution for retail partners and end customers
Very good results in new-client acquisition and revenue growth, plus the introduction of a sales management system for the Finanzkauf division. Source: CRONBANK AG employment reference, 2013 (translated from German) · full wording under References · original available on request
Head of S.F.E. & Training · Deputy Head of Retail Management
Santander Consumer Bank (formerly GE Money Bank) · Austria
- Setting up the central training and S.F.E. centre for Austria as part of the post-merger integration following the takeover by Santander
- Embedding sales management, coaching standards and onboarding – reporting line to the managing director responsible for markets, authority to deputise for the head of retail banking
Head of B2B Services · Project Lead, Business Development Set-up
GE Money Bank GmbH · Vienna
- Evaluating and building new sales channels and partnership models for the Austrian retail market
- Dotted-line reporting to the CEO; responsibility for cross-divisional product lines
A new sales channel from software development to market launch in one year – six partner organisations connected, each with several hundred sales staff
Sales Task Force Leader · additionally Deputy Head of Retail Management from 04/2006
GE Money Bank GmbH · Vienna
- Turnaround of the branch business across 36 locations: building the Sales Task Force, introducing 19 sales management tools and a certification programme
- Leading the Sales Task Force team and the branch managers, with authority to issue instructions
Branch lending volume +60% · life insurance almost doubled · credit protection insurance +50%
The story behind it, as a book (in German) →
From Trainee Banker to Task Force Manager
Sparkasse Gelsenkirchen → GE Money Bank, Germany
- Fifteen years of operational grounding: banking apprenticeship, sales, branch management, followed by the turnaround and realignment of the branch network in the Rhine-Main-Neckar region
- Six Sigma Green Belt (DMAIC), GE Company Certification, Fairfield/Connecticut 2003 – the basis of my process-oriented transformation work
Career milestones show what I have done – not which roles I take on and how I work.
QUALIFICATIONS
Education & Certifications
Education
The accompanying master’s thesis examined the success factors of change management in a bank turnaround – with a comparison group, graded 50 out of 50 points.
Certifications & Further Training
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