Year of birth: 1961
Date first appointed: 2004
End of current term of office: 30 June 2018
Martin Simhandl began his career with the Group in 1985 in the legal department of Wiener Städtische. In 1995, he became head of subsidiaries dspartment, and in 2003 he took over coordination of the Group’s investment activities. In 2002 and 2003, Mr Simhandl was also a member of the Managing Boards of InterRisk Non-life and InterRisk Life in Germany, with responsibility for the areas of property insurance, reinsurance and planning/controlling. On 1 November 2004, Mr Simhandl was appointed to the Managing Board of the Company.
Areas of responsibility: Asset management, subsidiaries department, finance and accounting, group cost structure, internal capital model project (project Solvency II), treasury/capital market
Country responsibilities: Georgia, Germany, Liechtenstein, Turkey
Positions held on the Supervisory Boards of other Austrian and foreign corporations outside of the Group: Ringturm Kapitalanlagen GmbH, Wiener Hafen Management GmbH, Vienna 3420 Aspern Development AG