Board and members

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President and Vice President

Mr Komm-R. Karl PISEC, MBA
Entrepreneur, curator of the Austrian Institute for Economic Promotion

Mr Werner TESSMAR-PFOHL
Vice President of the Styrian Federation of Industry and Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Sattler AG

Board and members

Mr Fritz GREGSHAMMER
Head of the Vienna Institute for Economic Promotion

Mr Josef HERK
President of the Styria Federal Economic Chamber

Mr Erich HUBER
Head of the Department of Education policy and vocational training, Vienna Chamber of Commerce

Mr Norbert KAILER
Head of the Institute for Entrepreneurship and Organisational Development, Johannes Kepler University Linz

Mr Johannes KLEEMANN
President of the Austrian Productivity and Profitability Centre (ÖPWZ), member of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC)

Mr Michael LANDERTSHAMMER
Head of the Education and Training Policies Department of the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber, Head of the Austrian Institute for Economic Promotion

Ms Elisabeth ZEHETNER
Federal Manager of the Junior Chamber Austria | Business Start-up Service | Woman in Business, Austrian Federal Economic Chamber

Mr Gerhard RIEMER
Head of the Division of Education, Innovation & Research, Federation of Austrian Industry

Mr Josef KOLARZ-LAKENBACHER
Siemens Österreich AG, Head and Spokesman of the St. Pölten branch, member of the Board of Directors of the Lower Austrian Federation of Industry, Deputy Chairman of the Industry Section, Lower Austrian Economic Chamber

Co-opted board members

Mr Rainer RIBING
Managing Director of the Federal Section for Tourism & the Leisure Industry, Austrian Federal Economic Chamber

Ms Sylvia EGIDY
Deputy Managing Director and Education Secretary in the Federal Section for Crafts & Trade, Austrian Federal Economic Chamber

Mr Peter ZEITLER
Managing Director of the Federal Committee of Jewellery, Clocks, Art, Antiques and Stamp Trading, Austrian Federal Economic Chamber, Education Secretary of the Commerce Section, Austrian Federal Economic Chamber

Full members

Austrian Federal Economic Chamber (WKÖ)

Federation of Austrian Industry (IV)

Extraordinary members

Chambers of Agriculture

Regional groups of the Federation of Austrian Industry