1972     Doctorate in Economics and Commerce; Vienna University for Economics and    Business Administration
1973     Raiffeisen Zentralbank Österreich AG, Vienna (RZB), Central Institution of the Austrian Raiffeisen Banking Group; responsible for foreign trade promotion and international cooperation
1987     Member of the Managing Board of RZB
1995     Deputy Chairman of the Managing Board of RZB
2001     CEO of Raiffeisen International Bank-Holding AG

since 2010  CEO of Raiffeisen Bank International AG

Activities in Groups of companies/Participations of RZB

I. Banks and Finance Corporations

Chairman of the Managing Board of Raiffeisen International Bank-Holding AG, Vienna            
Chairman of the Supervisory Board (11 in total) of Raiffeisen Bank Polska SA, Warsaw; Raiffeisenbank a.s., Prague; Raiffeisenbank (Bulgaria) A.D., Sofia; Raiffeisenbank Austria d.d., Zagreb; Tatra banka, a.s., Bratislava; Raiffeisenbank Austria, Moscow; Joint Stock Commercial Bank Raiffeisenbank, Ukraine; Raiffeisenbank (Romania) S.A., Bucharest; RZB Finance LLC, New York; Raiffeisen Krekova Banka d.d., Maribor; Raiffeisenbank d.d. Bosna i. Hercegovina, Sarajevo
Chairman of the Board of Directors of Raiffeisenbank Rt., Budapest and Raiffeisenbank A.D., Belgrade
Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Raiffeisen Centrobank AG, Vienna
Member of the Supervisory Board/Chairman of the Executive Committee of Priorbank JSC, Minsk; Oesterreichische Kontrollbank, Vienna
 

II. Trading companies

Chairman of the Advisory Board of F.J. Elsner & Co Gesellschaft m.b.H.
Chairman of Managing Board of GSI Group Software Investment (GSI) AG, Zug
Member of the Supervisory Board of S & T System Integration and Technology Distribution AG, Vienna


III. Miscellaneous

1981-1991    Arbitrator of the Arbitration Courts of the Vienna Commodity Exchange
1992--2010   President of the Austrian-Arab Chamber of Commerce, Vienna (President Emeritus since 2010) since 2002   Vice President of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC Austria), Vienna

since 2006    Member of the Managing Board of Vienna Economic Forum, Vienna

Awarded as "European Banker of the Year 2006" by "The Group 20+1"

Awarded as "Manager Of the Year 2007" by "European Business Press"

Born 31 December, 1946
Married, 2 children