1972     Doctor of Business Administration and Economics; Vienna University for Economics and   
              Business Administration
1973     Raiffeisen Zentralbank Österreich AG, Vienna (RZB-Austria), Central Institution of the Austrian
             "Raiffeisen Banking Group“; responsible for foreign trade promotion and international
              cooperation
1987     Member of the Managing Board of RZB-Austria
1995     Deputy Chairman of the Managing Board of RZB-Austria
2001     Chairman of Raiffeisen International Bank-Holding 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              President of the Austrian-Arab Chamber of Commerce, Vienna
2001              Vice President of the International Chamber of Commerce, Vienna
2006              Member of the Managing Board of Vienna Economic Forum, Vienna



Born        December 31st, 1946
Marital status    Married, 2 children