| 1972-1976 | Studies of Law, University of Salzburg, PhD in 1976 |
| 1978 | Entry, VOEST-ALPINE AG, Linz |
| 1995 | Member, Board, voestalpine AG, Linz |
| 1999 | Member, Board and Chief Executive Officer, Steel Division, voestalpine AG, Linz |
| 2001-2004 | Deputy Chairman, Board and Chief Executive Officer, Steel and Automotive Divisions, voestalpine AG, Linz |
| 2004-2019 | Chairman, Board and Chief Executive Officer, voestalpine AG, Linz |
| since 2019 | Member, Supervisory Board, voestalpine AG, Linz |
| | Studies of Economics at the Universities of Vienna, Linz and Stanford (USA) |
| 1990 | Head of Marketing, OMV Group; appointed to the Board of PCD Polymere GmbH |
| 1997 | Chief Executive Officer of the Board, PCD Polymere GmbH |
| Appointed to the Executive Board, with responsibility for Plastics and Chemicals, OMV Group |
| 2000 | Assumed responsibility for the Exploration and production business, OMV Group |
| 2002-2011 | Deputy Chief Executive Officer, with responsibility for Refining and Marketing, including Petrochemicals, OMV Group |
| since 2011 | Chief Executive Officer, OMV Aktiengesellschaft, Vienna |
| 1982-1991 | Diploma course in Law, Johannes Kepler University, Linz |
| 1998-1999 | LIMAK General Management Program, Linz, Emory University, Atlanta |
| 2000-2001 | Degree in "International Finance", University of Toronto |
| 2005-2013 | Doctorate, Social and Business Sciences, Johannes Kepler University, Linz |
| 2018 | Stanford University Graduate School of Business, Stanford Executive Program, Stanford, CA |
| 1987-1995 | Press officer, ÖVP - Austrian People's Party, Provincial Party Leadership for Upper Austria |
| 1995-2001 | Vice-Provincial Party Leader, ÖVP - Austrian People's Party, Provincial Party Leadership for Upper Austria |
| 1998 | Creative Director, Zoffel-Hoff & Partner, Wiesbaden |
| 1997-2001 | Member, Federal Council; Chairman, Foreign Affairs Committee, Vienna |
| 2003-2009 | Chairman, ÖVP - Austrian People's Party Club, Provincial Parliament, Linz |
| 2001-2013 | Member, parliament in the Provincial Parliament of Upper Austria, Linz |
| Provincial Party Leader, ÖVP - Austrian People's Party, Provincial Party Leadership for Upper Austria, Linz |
| 2013-2018 | Member, Upper Austrian Provincial Government, Spokesman for Economics, Labor, Research, Science, Energy, Tourism, Regional Planning, Provincial Holding, Europe and Sport, Linz |
| since 2019 | Vice Chairman of the Board, VERBUND AG, Vienna |
| | Michael Shamiyeh helps organizations to define the framework for compelling innovation strategies, to sense, create, and implement desired futures, and to build their own capabilities, systems, and structures that are right for change. His customers include leading international enterprises from the fields of engineering & assembly, global energy & materials, as well as consumer & leisure. |
| | He is founder and head professor of the Design Organization Media (DOM) Research Lab at the University of Arts and Design Linz, which is an internationally recognized academic research and consultancy center for innovation and change, based at the University of Arts and Design in Linz, Austria, and CEO of Shamiyeh Associates Limited, a firm that works to create desired futures. |
| | Michael studied management at the University of St. Gallen (PhD) and architecture at Harvard University (MArch-postprofessional), the Architectural Association in London (MA), and the Technical University of Vienna (Dipl-Ing/MA). He has published in many international journals, books, and popular media. His most recent publications include "Driving Desired Futures: Turning Design Thinking into Real Innovation" (2014) and "Porsche Prinzip Innovation" (2013). |
| | The work of Michael and his team has won many awards, including two Gold Medals for "Best Invention" given by KIWIE, Korea (2010), and by the World Intellectual Property Organization (2010), and the Innovation Prize (2009), awarded by the Austrian Ministry of Science. |
