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10 years of Santander
On September 25, 2009, the Santander Consumer Bank officially launched in Austria. In 2018, the bank increased its volume more than sixfold to 1.097 billion euros and broke the billion-euro mark for the first time.
10 years of Santander
CEO Olaf Peter Poenisch, Commercial Director Auto Business Michael Schwaiger and the bank's entire automotive team invited the cooperation and dealer partners from the automotive sector to a gala dinner evening at the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg. The evening was hosted by TV and radio presenter Cathy Zimmermann and voice impersonator Wolf Frank. In total, around 200 guests celebrated the 10th anniversary of Santander Consumer Bank. Among them: Chongwoo Kim (President Kia Austria), Otto Kornexl (Sales Manager KTM), Peter List (GF Eisner Auto), Rene Petzner (Sales Manager Kia Austria), Andreas Stützt (Country Manager Austria KTM), Alexander Struckl (GF Kia Austria), Heinz Wagner (GF Wolfgang Denzel Auto) and Oliver Wieser (GF Vogl & Co Group).
"Many of our dealer and cooperation partners, such as Suzuki and Kia, have been with us since we started in Austria, in some cases even longer. During this time, we have also been able to win many new partners for us. Such as Harley-Davidson, KTM, Volvo, Husqvarna and Yamaha. I am very proud of what we have achieved together with all of them in ten years. I would like to say thank you for that today," said Michael Schwaiger, Commercial Director Auto Business, who has been on board with Santander Consumer Bank since the beginning. Santander Consumer Bank works with 1,600 vehicle dealer partners in Austria.