Veit Sorger was born in Graz, Austria, in 1942. He studied law and economics in Vienna, Graz and Uppsala. He is married and has 3 children. |
Professional carreer |
1967 - 1970 | Position as assistant of the CEO in the insurance industry (Interunfall AG) |
1970 | Joined the Salzer Group (paper industry, first working on the development of plastics procuktion, subsequently assuming responsibility for paper mill sales and wholesale business |
1982 - 1987 | General Manager of the Salzer Paper and Plastics Group |
1987 - 2009 | Managing Director of Europapier AG |
1988 | Member of the board of Frantschach AG |
1989 | Deputy Chairman of the Board of Frantschach AG |
1993 - 2004 | Chairman of the Board of Frantschach AG and Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Neusiedler AG (both now Mondi AG, Austria's leading paper and packaging group) |
Since 2004 | Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Mondi AG |
Functions | |
2000 - 2004 | Vice-President of the Federation of Austrian Industries (IV) |
Since 2004 | President of the Federation of Austrian Industries |
2004 - 2008 | Vice-President of BUSINESSEUROPE (Confederation of European Business, formerly UNICE) |
Supervisory Board mandates |
| Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Mondi AG (formerly Mondi Packaging AG and Mondi Business Paper Holding AG)
Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Constantia Industries AG and Semperit AG, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of FIMBAG Finanzmarktbeteiligung Aktiengesellschaft des Bundes, Member of the Supervisory Boards of Lenzing, GrECo |
