Peter Drucker Special Lecture: Leadership and Values in a Complex World
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Erwin-Schrödinger-Saal
Plenary
German and English languageWhich kind of knowledge and experience do managers need in a world that is becoming ever more complex and volatile? Value-based leadership is perceived as an alternative to traditional hierarchy. This kind of leadership requires a culture of trust. Are we anywhere near this ideal?
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Dr. Richard STRAUB
Founder and President, Global Peter Drucker Forum, Vienna
| 1984-1987 | Director, PC Sales IBM Austria |
| 1987-1992 | Director, PC Unit, IBM Austria |
| 1993-1994 | Assistant General Manager, PC Marketing, IBM EMEA |
| 1994-1995 | Regional Director, PC IBM Central Europe and Russia |
| 1996-1997 | Director, IBM Global Marketing and Sales Institute, Belgium |
| 1997-2001 | Chief Learning Officer, IBM Global Sales and Distribution Group |
| 2001-2005 | Director, Learning Solutions, IBM EMEA |
| since 2006 | Associate Director, Corporate Services EFMD |
| Senior Adviser, IBM Global Education Industry | |
| Senior Adviser to the Chairman, IBM EMEA | |
| since 2008 | President, Peter Drucker Society Europe |
Adrian WOOLDRIDGE
Management Editor and Schumpeter Columnist, The Economist, London
| Adrian Wooldridge is The Economist's management editor and writes the Schumpeter column. He was previously based in Washington, DC, as the Washington bureau chief where he also wrote the Lexington column. Previously he has been The Economist's West Coast correspondent, management correspondent and Britain correspondent. He is the co-author of "The Company: A Short History of a Revolutionary Idea", "A Future Perfect: The Challenge and Hidden Promise of Globalisation", "Witch Doctors", a critical examination of management theory, and "The Right Nation", a study of conservatism in America. His most recent book is "Masters of Management: How the Business Gurus and their Ideas have Changed the World - for Better and for Worse". |
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 |
Dr. Andreas BIERWIRTH
Chief Executive Officer, Magenta Telekom, Vienna
| 2002-2006 | Managing Director, Germanwings GmbH, Cologne |
| 2006-2008 | Vice President Marketing, Lufthansa AG, Munich |
| 2008-2012 | Board Member, Austrian Airlines AG, Vienna |
| since 2012 | Chief Executive Officer, Magenta Telekom, Vienna |
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. Tatjana OPPITZ
Country General Manager, IBM Österreich Internationale Büromaschinen Gesellschaft mbH, Vienna
| Studies of Commercial Science at the Vienna University of Economics and Business, Vienna | |
| 1995-1998 | Client Representative, Public Sector, IBM |
| 1998-1999 | Customer Services Executive, IBM Global Services |
| 1999-2000 | Manager Tivoli Sales, Software Group, IBM Austria |
| 2000-2003 | Manager of Software Group, IBM Austria |
| 2003-2004 | Executive Assistant to VP, SWG EMEA, IBM |
| 2004 | Director of WebSphere Business Integration Sales, EMEA, IBM |
| 2005 | Director of WebSphere Sales, Central Region, IBM |
| 2005-2008 | Director of Public Sector CEMAAS, IBM |
| 2009-2010 | General Business Enterprise Sales Executive for CEEMEA, IBM |
| 2010 | General Business Enterprise Sales Executive for CEE, IBM |
| since 2011 | Country General Manager, IBM Austria |
Rainer NOWAK
Editor-in-Chief, "Die Presse", Vienna
| 1992-1997 | Study of History and Political Science (without completing) |
| 1994 | Freelancer "Vorarlberger Nachrichten" |
| 1996 | Entry to "Die Presse" |
| 2002 | Editor, Domestic Policy Department, "Die Presse", Vienna |
| 2004 | Appointment to Department head "Chronik/Wien", "Die Presse", Vienna |
| 2009 | Appointment to Editorial Director for the new "Presse am Sonntag", Vienna |
| 2010 | Appointment to Head of Domestic Policy, "Die Presse", Vienna |
| since 2012 | Editor-in-Chief, "Die Presse", Vienna |
| since 2014 | Publisher, "Die Presse", Vienna |
| 2017 | Appointment as Managing Director, "Die Presse", Vienna |
Mag. Cornelia VOSPERNIK
Journalist and Presenter, Ö1 Journals and ORF Weltjournal, ORF - Austrian Broadcasting Corporation, Vienna
| 1985 | Erstes Praktikum beim ORF, Slowenische Abteilung, Landesstudio Kärnten; danach Aktueller Dienst Kärnten |
| 1986-1988 | United World College of the Adriatic, Abschluss: International Baccalaureate |
| 1989-1994 | Studium Dolmetsch für Slowenisch und Italienisch, Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz, Abschluss Mag. phil |
| 1996 | Wechsel in die Zeit im Bild 1 Redaktion mit Schwerpunkten Innenpolitik und Außenpolitik |
| 1999-2001 | Leiterin Korrespondentenbüro London, danach Außenpolitik ZiB und Moderatorin diverser Sendungen (ZiB1, Weltjournal) |
| 2007-2010 | Leiterin des ORF-Büros in Peking |
| 2011-2012 | Leiterin der Nachrichten ORFeins |
| seit 2012 | Leiterin des neu gegründeten Büros Nordosteuropa |
| seit 2013 | Moderatorin Ö1 Journale |
| seit 2014 | Moderatorin ORF Weltjournal |
