CEO mobilkom austria and Telekom Austria

Hannes Ametsreiter was born 1967 in Salzburg, where he also studied journalism and communication sciences, as well as sports science. Numerous internships both in Austria and abroad and the participation in a master's degree program at Pepperdine University in the United States made him the ideal candidate for Procter & Gamble, where he began his career in the position of an International Brand Manager.

In 1996 Ametsreiter began his career path in the telecom industry in the Product Management department of mobilkom austria. Two years later he became Head of the department, and in October 2000 he was announced as Director of Marketing, and at the same time he was granted power of procuration.

Since January 2001 Hannes Ametsreiter is CMO of the newly created Marketing and Distribution division of mobilkom austria, which was expanded in June of 2002 to the Customer Services department. In addition, from July 2005 to July 2006, Ametsreiter was CMO of Mobiltel – a member of the Telekom Austria Group – in Bulgaria. Since July 2007 Hannes Ametsreiter had a dual function in his position as Director of Marketing: He was also responsible for Marketing as well as the Customer Service and Sales departments at Telekom Austria TA AG. Since January 2009, Hannes Ametsreiter is CEO of Telekom Austria TA AG and since April 2009, Hannes Ametsreiter is CEO of mobilkom austria and Telekom Austria Group.

Hannes Ametsreiter still attends courses for executives at elite universities like Stanford and INSEAD. He is also member of the Board of Directors of Velcom, Mobiltel, Vip mobile, Omnimedia and Telekom Austria Personalmanagement GmbH.

Mr. Ametsreiter received the International Marketing Award by Booz&Company in September 2008 and was nominated in a Europe-wide competition of all industries "CMO of the Year 2008". Since June 2009, Hannes Ametsreiter is Board Member of the Worldwide GSM Association.