Dr. Andreas Bierwirth did an apprenticeship in banking and completed his business administration studies in Münster. He received his doctorate at the Institute for Marketing (Prof. Meffert) in Münster.

The most important stations in his life include: Founding Managing Director of Germanwings (2002-2006), Head of Marketing & Miles & More (2006-2008), CCO and Co-CEO of Austrian Airlines (2008-2012), CEO Magenta Telekom (2012- 2022), Head of Retail Erste Bank Group (2022-2023) and now CEO Avcon Jet Group (2023-)

He was a member of the supervisory board at NED Easy Jet PLC (2013-2022), Austria Vienna (2012-2021), Telekom Deutschland (2015-2023), among others. He is currently chairman of the supervisory board of Do & Co AG (since 2020)

He is a member of the board of the European Forum Alpbach and a member of the Kitz Summit advisory board.

Andreas Brandstetter has been CEO of UNIQA Insurance Group AG since July 1, 2011 and CEO of UNIQA Österreich Versicherungen AG since July 1, 2020.

He studied political science and history at the University of Vienna and completed his doctorate 1992-1994 at the University of California, San Diego. 1997-2002 Executive MBA at California State University, Hayward (CSUH/IMADEC).

Andreas Brandstetter was born in 1969 and grew up in Schönberg am Kamp (Lower Austria). Andreas Brandstetter lives in Vienna and is the father of three children.

Sabine Herlitschka has been the chairwoman of the board of Infineon Technologies Austria AG since April 2014.

Her career encompasses industrial biotech research, international research and technology cooperations and -funding. In addition, she completed internships at several renowned U.S. institutions, as well as being honored as a Fulbright scholarship recipient. She later served as the founding vice chancellor of the Medical University Graz.

Her numerous current positions include serving as the vice presidency of the Federation of Austrian Industry and the chairwomanship of the supervisory board of the FH Kärnten. On an wider European level, she was chairwoman of the governing board of the European public-private partnership (PPP), “ECSEL-Electric Components and Systems for European Leadership“, between 2018-2021.

Notably, in 2021, the business magazine “Trend” elected her Manager of the Year.

Sabine Herlitschka holds a doctorate in Food Science & Biotechnology, a Postdoc in Industrial Research and a Master of Business Administration.

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Gerda Holzinger-Burgstaller (43) has been the chairwoman of the board of Erste Bank Oesterreich since January 1, 2021. She is responsible for the departments of Retail, HR, Legal and Communications, as well as several others. Holzinger-Burgstaller possesses almost two decades of experience in the financial sector, including 16 years at Erste.

In July 2019, she was named CFO and CRO of Erste Bank Oesterreich. Previously, between 2011 and 2019 she held various leadership roles in the general administration team of Erste Group and supported the management team of Erste with company milestones. Several key milestones included the split-off of Erste Group, the increase of capital in 2013, and the issuance and redemption of participation capital of Erste Group. Before joining Erste Bank in 2006, Holzinger-Burgstaller launched her career at the Austrian Financial Market Supervision (FMA). In addition, between 2017 and 2019 she served on the board of the non-profit organisation „Die Zweite Wiener Vereins-Sparcasse“.

Holzinger-Burgstaller recieved her degree from Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien (WU) and holds a double diploma in Economics (2003) and Law (2010).