The ‘How To’ in Building Future-Ready Businesses
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in englischer SpracheEnvironmental and economic security are closely interlinked. Our failure to mitigate the climate crisis, resource scarcity, and massive demand shifts are putting existing businesses in jeopardy. Managers and innovators demonstrate how to build future-ready businesses.
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Sandrine DIXSON-DECLEVE
Co-President, Club of Rome, Senior Advisor and Facilitator, Corporate Purpose, Sustainability and Low Carbon Solutions, Brussels
| Sandrine Dixson-Declève has close to three decades of experience in European and international politics and business, with a special focus on climate change, the environment, sustainability, green growth and energy. She is also a lecturer and has been an advisor to international organisations, including the UN, OECD, OPEC and European Institutions. Until recently, Sandrine was Chief Partnership Officer for the UN Agency Sustainable Energy for All and prior to that the Director of the Prince of Wales’s Corporate Leaders Group and the EU office of the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership. She has also worked with the CEOs of some of the world’s largest companies, and continues to serve as a special advisor to corporate executives, governments, academic institutions and NGOs. |
Dr. Rüdiger FOX
Chief Executive Officer, Sympatex Technologies GmbH, Unterfoehring
| 1985-1991 | Master, Aerospace Engineering, University Stuttgart |
| 1993-1998 | General Manager, Sen. Mgr. Sales, Management Trainee ZF Friedrichshafen AG/Luftfahrttechnik GmbH, Friedrichshafen |
| 1993-1995 | Bachelor, Economics, AKAD University, Rendsburg |
| 1998-2000 | Procurement Manager, Rolls-Royce Deutschland GmbH, Dahlewitz |
| 2000-2001 | Procurement Director, Fairchild Dornier, Wessling |
| 2001-2006 | Director, Europe and Supply Chain Management; Managing Director, Elcoteq Network Corp. Lohja |
| 2007-2011 | Chief Executive / Operations Officer, PFW Aerospace AG, Speyer |
| 2011-2013 | Chief Executive Officer, Altran GmbH & Co KG, Munich |
| since 2013 | Founder, Founder, GCH - Gross Corporate Happiness® Institute, Zell am Moos (AT) |
| 2013-2014 | Ph.D., Europe-University Viadrina, Frankfurt |
| since 2016 | Chief Executive Officer, Sympatex Technologies GmbH, Unterfoehring |
Dr. Michael MENHART
Chief Economist, Munich RE, Munich
| Dr. Michael Menhart is Munich Re Group’s Chief Economist and Head of the Economics, Sustainability & Public Affairs Central Division, and he reports to the Chief Executive Officer. In this role, he is responsible for Economic and Insurance Market Research at Munich Re. He also leads the Corporate Responsibility team and the Group’s Government Relations activities. Before joining Munich Re in 2005, Dr. Menhart worked as a business consultant at McKinsey & Company, where he advised global companies operating in the High-Tech and insurance sector. Dr. Menhart graduated with a degree in Economics from the University of Augsburg, where he also obtained his doctorate from the Faculty of Business and Economics with a dissertation on innovation dynamics in the German insurance market. He obtained his M.A. in Economics at Wayne State University in Detroit, USA. |
Gabriela GANDEL
Executive Director, Impact Hub Network, Vienna
| 2001-2004 | Educational Programmes Design and Delivery, ProVita Romania, Bucharest |
| 2004-2006 | Associate Trainer, Human Invest, Bucharest |
| 2005-2006 | Vice President People Development, AIESEC Romania, Bucharest |
| 2006-2007 | Vice President People Development, AIESEC International, Rotterdam |
| 2007-2008 | President, AIESEC |
| 2008-2010 | Consultant, NGDP Programme Director, Future Considerations, London |
| 2010-2011 | Senior Consultant, Future Considerations, London |
| since 2011 | Executive Director, Impact Hub Network, Vienna |
Dipl.-Kfm. Dr. Claus J. RAIDL
Vice President, European Forum Alpbach, Vienna
| 1970-1971 | Senior assistant, Institute for Applied Social and Economic Research |
| 1971-1974 | Worked in banking and for a certified public accountant, provided consultancy services to the OECD on international tax law and multinational corporations |
| 1974-1981 | Österreichische Volksfürsorge Allgemeine Versicherung AG |
| 1981-1982 | Member of the Executive Board, Wiener Holding Ges.m.b.H. |
| 1982-1986 | Member of the Executive Board, ÖIAG (Österreichische Industrieverwaltungs AG) |
| 1986-1988 | Deputy Chairman and Senior Executive Vice President, VOEST-ALPINE AG |
| 1988-1992 | Deputy Chairman and Senior Executive Vice President, VOEST-ALPINE STAHL AG |
| 1993-1994 | Member of the Executive Board, AUSTRIAN INDUSTRIES AG |
| 1991-2010 | Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, BÖHLER-UDDEHOLM AG |
| 2007-2010 | Member, Executive Board, voestalpine AG |
| 2008-2018 | President, OeNB - Oesterreichische Nationalbank, Vienna |
| since 2012 | Vice President, European Forum Alpbach, Vienna |
