10: Free Trade – of Course!? Can Free Trade Enjoy Sustainable Success?
Supported by OeKB Group
For decades, free trade was considered the guarantor of prosperity. Today, it is becoming ever more discredited. What are the positive and negative impacts of free trade and what is going wrong in the international trade system? What needs to happen for fair, ‘inclusive’ free trade? What economic risks are concealed in the current trade disputes?
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Mag. Helmut BERNKOPF
Member, Board of Executive Directors, OeKB - Österreichische Kontrollbank AG, Vienna
1987-1994 | WU Vienna University of Economics and Business, Vienna |
1994-1997 | Manager, Corporate Finance, Bank Austria AG, Vienna |
1997-2000 | Assistant Director, Head of Loan Syndications, Bank Austria Creditanstalt International, London |
2000-2001 | Executive Director, Head of Corporate Banking, Bank Austria Creditanstalt Romania S.A., Bucharest |
2001-2004 | Deputy Chief Executive Officer, HVB Bank Romania S.A. (previously Bank Austria Creditanstalt), Bucharest |
2005-2006 | General Manager, Head of CEE Division, Bank Austria Creditanstalt AG, Vienna |
2007-2008 | Deputy Chairman, UniCredit Bank, Russia (previously International Moscow Bank); Acting Chairman of the Management Board |
2008-2011 | Member of the Management Board, UniCredit Bank Austria AG, Vienna |
Executive Vice President, Head of Corporate and Investment Banking Austria, UniCredit Group, Vienna | |
2011-2012 | Global Head of Private Banking UniCredit S.p.A., Senior Executive Vice President, Member of Business Executive Committee, UniCredit Group |
2013-2016 | Member of the Management Board, UniCredit Bank Austria AG, Vienna |
Senior Executive Vice President, Head of Commercial Banking, Vienna | |
since 2016 | Member of the Board of Executive Directors, OeKB, Oesterreichische Kontrollbank AG, Vienna |
Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Heinz LEITNER
Chief Executive Officer, Komptech Group, Frohnleiten
1998-2002 | Research Assistance, Mechanical Engineering, University of Leoben, Leoben |
2001 | Doctorate, Light weight Design, Lifetime Calculation Components, University of Leoben |
2002-2005 | Senior researcher, Christian Doppler Laboratory, Fatigue Analysis, Leoben |
2006-2009 | Head of Technical Department, Experimental Fatigue Analysis, University of Leoben |
2009 | Technical Director, Komptech Umwelttechnik GmbH, Frohnleiten |
Lecturer, Light Weight Design, University of Leoben | |
2010 | Chief Technology Officer, Komptech Umwelttechnik GmbH, Frohnleiten |
2011-2014 | Chief Technology Officer, Komptech Group, Frohnleiten |
2014 | Chief Executive Officer, Komptech Group, Frohnleiten |
Dr.in Privatdozentin Julia WÖRZ
Head, Central, Eastern and Southeastern European Analysis Unit, OeNB - Oesterreichische Nationalbank, Vienna
1998-2000 | Researcher, Institute for Advanced Studies, Vienna |
2001-2008 | Staff Economist, The Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies, Vienna |
2003 | Doctorate, University of Vienna |
2004-2006 | Fellow, Erasmus University Rotterdam |
2004-2008 | External Lecturer, University of Vienna |
2008-2015 | Staff Economist, OeNB - Oesterreichische Nationalbank, Vienna |
2012 | Habilitation (Venia Docendi), University of Innsbruck |
External Work Experience, Latvijas Banka, Riga | |
since 2010 | External Lecturer, University of Innsbruck |
since 2016 | Head, Central, Eastern and Southeastern European Analysis Unit, OeNB - Oesterreichische Nationalbank, Vienna |
Mag. Sandra BAIERL
Careers and Business Editor, KURIER, Vienna
1996-2000 | Studium der Politikwissenschaft, Publizistik und Kommunikationswissenschaft, Anglistik und Amerikanistik, Universität Wien |
1999-2000 | Studienjahr, University of Ulster, Coleraine |
2000 | Austria Presse Agentur, Wien |
2000-2001 | PR-Agentur (Kunden: Nokia, La Roche Posay, Emporia Telecom), Wien |
2001 | Journalistische Ausbildung, NEWS-Lehrredaktion, Wien |
2001-2003 | Journalistin, Magazin Woman, Ressorts: Aktuell, Karriere, verantwortlich für die Homepage, NEWS Verlags GmbH, Wien |
2003-2006 | Journalistin und Chefin vom Dienst, Magazin Gesundheit, verantwortlich für Homepage, Newsletter, Wien |
2005-2008 | Chefredakteurin, Kundenmagazin Nivea, Wien |
2006 | Feature-Stories, Fokus: Frauen- und Karriere-Themen, Wirtschaftsblatt, Wien |
seit 2006 | Ressortleiterin Karrieren, KURIER, Wien |
seit 2009 | Ressortleiterin Business, KURIER, Wien |