14: Prosperity for All? Austria’s Top Managers in Dialogue with Ludwig Erhard
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Hauptschule
Breakout
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in deutscher SpracheSupported by REWE Group
In 1957 Ludwig Wilhelm Erhard (1897-1977) published “Prosperity for All”, proclaiming free enterprise as a prerequisite for achieving “Prosperity for All”. Whether in finance or the real economy, Erhard’s positions seem to be as relevant today as they were in 1957. Together with three of the most important Austrian top managers from finance and the real economy we will discuss experiences and values, the long-term validity of economic principles, and the supposed difference between the real economy and finance based on quotes by Ludwig Erhard.
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Willibald CERNKO
Chief Risk Officer, Erste Group Bank AG, Vienna
| 1983-1985 | Account Executive, Raiffeisenbank, Obdach-Weißenkirchen |
| 1985-1996 | Corporate Banking Division, Creditanstalt AG, Vienna |
| 1996-1998 | Deputy Head, Corporate Banking Division, Creditanstalt AG, Vienna |
| 1998-2000 | Head, Corporate Banking Division, Creditanstalt AG, Vienna |
| 2002-2003 | Head, CEE Division, Bank Austria Creditanstalt AG, Vienna |
| 2003-2007 | Member, Management Board, Bank Austria Creditanstalt AG, Vienna |
| 2006-2009 | Member, Management Board, HVB AG, Munich |
| 2008-2009 | Head, Retail Germany and Austria Division with the Group Title of Executive Vice President, UniCredit, Vienna |
| since 2009 | Country Chairman Austria and Member of the Management Committee with Title of Senior Executive Vice President, UniCredit S.p.A., Milan |
| Chairman, Management Board, UniCredit Bank Austria AG, Vienna |
Dkfm. Frank HENSEL
Chief Executive Officer, REWE International, Wiener Neudorf
| Studium der Betriebswirtschaft | |
| 1988 | Sales-Manager, Nestle AG Deutschland |
| 1990 | Vorstandsassistent (und andere Funktionen im Unternehmen), SPAR AG Hamburg |
| 1996 | Direktor (gesamtverantwortlich für den Bereich Supermarkt/Großhandel für alle Regionen Deutschlands), SPAR Handels AG Deutschland |
| 1999 | REWE Group im internationalen Bereich, REWE Zentral AG |
| 2000 | Geschäftsführer, REWE Ungarn |
| 2002 | Vorstandsmitglied, BILLA AG Österreich, zuständig für Italien und Vorsitz der Geschäftsführung für BILLA/Standa Italien |
| 2005 | Vorstandsmitglied, REWE Group Austria |
| 2008 | Vorstandsvorsitzender, REWE Group Austria |
| seit 2009 | Generalbevollmächtigter, REWE Group und Vorstandsvorsitzender, REWE International AG |
Mag. Christian KERN
Chancellor, Republic of Austria, Vienna
| Christian Kern was sworn in as Austria's Federal Chancellor on 17th May 2016. After working as a journalist and in the Austrian Parliament and Federal Chancellery, Mr. Kern launched a career in the energy sector in 1997. At Verbund AG, Austria's largest energy utility, he was appointed to the group's management board in 2007. He then switched to the Austrian Federal Railways Group, where he served as Chairman of the Management Board from 2010 onward. In this capacity, he also became Chairman of the Brussels-based Community of European Railways (CER) in 2014. Under Mr. Kern's leadership, the Austrian Federal Railways investigated the railway operator's role during the Nazi era in a project entitled "Suppressed Years". Mr. Kern was born in Vienna on 4th January 1966, and he graduated from an academic secondary school in Vienna's 11th district (Simmering). He then went on to study sociology, political science and communications at the University of Vienna. |
Mag. Christian GEHRER
Managing Director, Gehrer Plötzeneder DDWS Corporate Advisors GmbH, Vienna
| 1989-1991 | Fremdenverkehrskolleg des Bundes, Innsbruck |
| 1991-1993 | Accor Gruppe, Hotel Novotel Paris Les Halles, Paris |
| 1993-1998 | Studium der Internationalen Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Leopold-Franzens-Universität, Innsbruck |
| 1997 | Auslandsstudienjahr, University of New South Wales, Sydney |
| 1998-1999 | TRIO Werbe und Public Relations GmbH, Innsbruck |
| 2000-2005 | Partner, Public Relations and Lobbying, Pleon Publico GmbH, Innsbruck |
| 2005-2007 | Geschäftsführer, Managementclub, Wien |
| seit 2005 | Lektor, IMC - International Management Center, Krems |
| seit 2008 | Geschäftsführender Gesellschafter, Gehrer Plötzeneder DDWS Corporate Advisors GmbH, Vienna |
