Martin Svitek is a Senior Expert in the Group Accounting Department at Erste Group, which he joined in 2005. In this role, he has been responsible for developing accounting policies, contributing to IASB and EFRAG consultations, and leading projects focused on financial instruments. Between 2014 and 2016, he was seconded to the EFRAG Secretariat, where he worked on IFRS 9 endorsement and dynamic risk management projects.
He is a member of EFRAG’s Financial Instruments Working Group, the Accounts and Audit Committee of the European Savings and Retail Banking Group, and leads Erste Group’s Task Force on Macro Hedging. He holds a PhD and a master’s degree from the University of Economics in Bratislava, and has published a book on financial instruments under IFRS, as well as articles on accounting, banking, and the national economy.
