Petr Brávek is a graduate of CTU (the Czech Technical University) in Prague, where he studied automated control systems in electro technology and their design. He started his banking career in 1993 in Bank Austria Creditanstalt. He has worked in Česká spořitelna since 2007 and later on acted as COO in Slovenská sporiteľňa. Since 2015 he has been appointed a member of the Board of Directors of Erste Group Bank AG responsible for organization, IT and banking operation.