# UniCredit Corporate & Investment Banking appoints EriksAtvars as Head of Structured Trade & Export Finance Author: Pal Sinha, Barnali Author URL: https://financedigest.com/author/pal-sinha-barnali Published: 2017-05-08 Category: NEWS Category URL: https://financedigest.com/category/news Meta Title: UniCredit Appoints Eriks Atvars as Head of STEF in Global F&A Meta Description: Eriks Atvars takes on global leadership role within Global Financing & Advisory, succeeding Jürgen Wienes to drive structured export financing for URL: https://financedigest.com/unicredit-corporate-investment-banking-appoints-eriksatvars-as-head-of-structured-trade-export-financehtml ![undefined](https://prod.superblogcdn.com/site_cuid_cm5qst7v3003gwirgwqtxn8i8/images/business-man-and-meeting-ta-1736843913628-compressed.jpg) UniCredit Corporate & Investment Banking has appointed Eriks Atvars as Head of Structured Trade & Export Finance (STEF) within Global Financing & Advisory (F&A), effective immediately. He will be based in Munich and report to Richard Burton and Andreas Mayer, Co-Heads of Global F&A. Mr. Atvars succeeds Jürgen Wienes who has decided to pursue new opportunities outside the bank. Mr. Atvars was previously Head of Infrastructure & Power Project Finance (IPPF) Germany. In addition to his new role [leading STEF globally](https://www.financedigest.com/surgical-imaging-market-2021-global-leading-companies-analysis-revenue-trends-and-forecasts-2027.html "Surgical Imaging Market 2021 Global Leading Companies Analysis, Revenue, Trends and Forecasts 2027"), Mr. Atvars will lead the STEF Germany team. Serving sovereigns, corporates and financial institutions clients, STEF is responsible for all structured export financing, specifically [financing of industrial](https://www.financedigest.com/the-four-benefits-of-digital-transformation-in-the-finance-industry.html "The Four Benefits of Digital Transformation in the Finance Industry") capital expenditure (CAPEX) covered by an Export Credit Agency (ECA), multilateral agencies or by insurance companies. Eriks Atvars started his career at UniCredit in 1995 as a Management Trainee in the International Division of Vereins-und Westbank AG, Hamburg. He moved to A/S Vereinsbank Riga (later UniCredit Bank Latvia) in 1998 as a Corporate [Relationship Manager before joining the Project Finance](https://www.financedigest.com/money-management-for-couples-navigating-finances-in-a-relationship.html "Money Management for Couples: Navigating Finances in a Relationship") team in Munich in 2001. From there Mr. Atvars was involved as originator and asset [manager of complex long term project financings](https://www.financedigest.com/freelancing-finances-managing-income-and-taxes-as-a-freelancer.html "Freelancing Finances: Managing Income and Taxes as a Freelancer") around the globe and became Head of the Power and Environment Team in 2010. In 2014 he was promoted to Deputy Head of IPPF. He holds a degree in Business Administration from the University of Washington [School](https://www.financedigest.com/neoma-business-school-opens-the-first-virtual-campus-in-europe.html "NEOMA Business School opens the first virtual campus in Europe") of Business and earned a Postgraduate Diploma in Advanced Management from ESMT Berlin. --- This blog is powered by Superblog. Visit https://superblog.ai to know more. ---