OREANDA-NEWS. December 02, 2009. Martin Czurda was officially appointed as new CEO of Amsterdam Trade Bank and spokesman of the Managing Board, reported the press-centre of Alfa-Bank.  

He represents the Bank in dealings with the Dutch government and De Nederlandsche Bank (Dutch Central Bank), and is responsible for the Bank’s legal divisions, corporate — financial institutions transactions, lending policy, and structured trade finance as well as risk management.

Before joining Amsterdam Trade Bank, Martin Czurda served as Division Head of Global Markets at Raiffeisen Zentralbank AG Wien, Austria.

Martin Czurda graduated from the University of Economics, Vienna in 1983, and is a holder of Magister Degree in Business Administrations and of Doctor Degree in Economics (1988).

Martin Czurda was born in 1959 in Vienna, Austria. He speaks German, English and French. He is married and has a son.

Amsterdam Trade Bank N.V.  (since 1994) is a fully owned subsidiary of Alfa-Bank. It provides standard and tailor-made products in the field of Russia related trade and project finance, corporate banking and international money transfers. Through the extensive network of parent Alfa Bank, one of Russia’s largest private banks, Amsterdam Trade Bank has a profound knowledge of the Russian business environment.

Since 2003 in the Netherlands and since 2006 in Germany, Amsterdam Trade Bank became active in retail market with its saving and deposit products offering high interest rates.
Currently Amsterdam Trade Bank is the only bank with private Russian capital operating within the European Union. Amsterdam Trade Bank is supervised by the Dutch Central Bank (De Nederlandsche Bank) and carries out its activities in strict accordance with all Dutch banking regulations.

Over the years, Amsterdam Trade Bank has built up a reputation of a reliable partner for international financial institutions, Export Credit Agencies, large European producers and exporters to Eastern Europe as well as for importers and exporters in the Russian Federation and CIS countries. Subsequently the bank’s financial results show a rapid increase resulting in excellent performance and the importance of its strategic purpose within the Alfa Group.

Founded in 1990, Alfa-Bank is a full-service bank operating in all sectors of the financial market, including retail and corporate lending, investment banking, trade finance and asset management.