She is leaving the state as managing director at the end of April Austro Control. Hackl has recently been on the supervisory board of Ankerbrot Holding and the operating subsidiary Anker Snack & Coffee GmbH. Austria’s oldest large bakery with 100 branches belongs to Grossnigg’s Austro Holding.
At Europe’s largest construction company Strabag Hackl was recently appointed to the holding’s supervisory board. She did not want to comment on this to the KURIER.
A woman has chaired Strabag since February. Kerstin Gelbmann replaced ex-SPÖ Chancellor Alfred Gusenbauer as chairman of the supervisory board after the Signa disaster. Gelbmann is Grossnigg’s right-hand man. And also head of the supervisory board at Ankerbrot, as well as board member of Austro Holding and board member of the Haselsteiner Family Private Foundation.
However, Grossnigg and Haselsteiner lost a supervisory board member. After just a few days, the entrepreneur gave up Karin Exner-Wöhrer (Salzburger Aluminum), as reported, is annoyed with their mandates at the insolvent Signa. Haselsteiner is one of the largest Signa investors, Grossnigg joined the board at short notice as a restructuring manager.
Hackl, from FPÖ Transport Minister Norbert Hofer brought into Austro Control by the Green Minister Leonore Gewessler extended by two years and also received the right to direct. Last year, however, Gewessler fired the official Elisabeth Landrichter on the job. Hackl was supposed to join the supervisory board of the state air traffic controllers in the summer. This change was never conclusively explained by the ministry.
Performance
In any case, the mother of a three-year-old daughter put in a flawless performance at air traffic control. Hackl can also be her deputy supervisory board chairman, airport board Günther Ofner, are among their supporters. “She was the only one who made a difference there. “She set a decisive and positive course in the company’s most critical phase,” says Ofner.
Hackl was previously on the board of ÖBB passenger transport. Her career at the state railway began as an assistant to the former CEO and later SPÖ boss Christian Kern. At that time, Haselsteiner and Grossnigg started their competitor Westbahn. Under Sebastian Short Hackl was interim transport minister after the Ibiza scandal.
Tight tenders
People in the aviation industry are surprised that the position of the new Austro-Control boss in the ministry has still not been advertised. Although the change of district judge was already decided last year. It’s about managing the Air Group, which is responsible for the entire domestic aviation industry. The ministry says the tender will be issued shortly.
The announcement to replace the most powerful official in the ministry was published just two weeks ago. That Herbert Kasser However, who will join the Asfinag board has been known since the beginning of December 2023. Applications are possible until April 29th.
When a function is terminated, a standardized process is initiated. The job description will be updated and the Ministry of Public Service will evaluate the job as required by law. The Ministry of Transport argues that the public tender can only take place once this process has been completed. How was the reduction in bureaucracy?