Supervisory boards: new appointments in state-affiliated companies

Minister of Economic Affairs Wolfgang Hattmannsdorfer (ÖVP) does not let his Upper Austrian friends go to waste. Even if one of the most renowned business women in the country has to give up her place.

At the state-owned federal real estate company BIG, one of the largest domestic real estate groups, the mandate was given by Christine Catasta as chairman of the supervisory board was no longer extended, the KURIER reported. Although BIG belongs to the state holding company ÖBAG and is still the sole chairman of the board Edith Hlawati Because it is important to keep political influence out, which is difficult enough, the ÖVP claimed the position.

Hattmannsdorfer “promoted” at the end of last week Klaus Kumpfmüllercurrently head of Hypo – you guessed it – Upper Austria, from vice to new chairman. Kumpfmüller, formerly in the cabinet of the ÖVP minister Maria Fekter (also from Upper Austria), is of course considered an experienced financial expert.

Also promoted Christina Haslauer, Lawyer and third wife of the former Salzburg ÖVP state governor Wilfried Haslauer. She is moving from the residential building subsidiary ARE to BIG.

At the ARE became chairman Markus Neurautermultiple manager at Benkos Signa, said goodbye. The mandate of the ÖBB real estate manager runs in BIG Claudia Brey out of. The industrial manager is new to the committee Andreas Ludwig as well as the real estate experts Daniel Riedl (vonovia) and Caroline Mock, CEO of VIG AM Real Estate.

According to the agenda for the general meeting on April 15th, he should be on the supervisory board of the majority state-owned post office Heinrich Schaller an Upper Austrian can also be appointed. The banker was head of Raiffeisen Landesbank Oberösterreich for several years.

In the supervisory board of the majority state-owned Verbund group should be at the general meeting Sabine Stock move in, board members of ÖBB passenger transport.

In addition to the change at the top, there is an interesting new line-up at the state-owned Casinos Austria. The Republic holds a third of the gambling group. As reported, Hlawati replaced the chairman, the former Siemens Austria boss Wolfgang Hesoun , against the departed CEO of UniCredit Bank Austria, Robert Zadrazil.

The lawyer is also joining the supervisory board on a ticket from the state holding company Katja Tauscher one who can be counted among the top management of OMV, directly below the Group Board of Directors. She has headed the legal department of the state-owned oil, gas and chemicals company since 2022.

Propensity for gambling

Tautscher is one of the confidants of OMV boss Alfred Stern. She is one of the project managers for the new mega-corporation Borouge Group International (BGI) and is listed as interim board member in this role until the upcoming closing of the deal.

Tautscher also sits on the supervisory board of Inspired Entertainment Inc, a gaming company listed on New York’s Nasdaq. The group, with licenses in the UK and Malta for Europe, is a supplier to casinos, betting and lotteries and develops online games.

The question arises as to whether this is compatible with her new job on the casino board. In any case, ÖBAG does not see any incompatibility problem; Inspired does not operate in Austria. The only question is whether Tautscher has enough capacity for the new mandate; the casinos, like OMV, are in a very difficult phase.