Dr. Günter Geyer
General Manager and Chairman of the Managing Board
Year of birth: 1943
Date first appointed: 1988
End of current term of office: 30 June 2013
Areas of responsibility in 2008:
Group management, strategic planning, Group matters, public relations, human resources, international human resource development, investor relations, international labour law, Group marketing
Country responsibilities in 2008:
Slovakia, Czech Republic, Hungary
Positions currently held on the supervisory boards of other domestic and foreign corporations not included in the Group financial statements:
Casinos Austria AG
Österreichisches Verkehrsbüro AG
SOZIALBAU gemeinnützige Wohnungsaktiengesellschaft
Wiener Börse AG
Dkfm. Karl Fink
General Manager
Year of birth: 1945
Date first appointed: 1987
End of current term of office: 30 September 2009
Areas of responsibility in 2008:
sponsoring, corporate and large customer business (underwriting/claims), reinsurance, coordination of companies held by TBIH
Positions currently held on the supervisory boards of other domestic and foreign corporations not included in the Group financial statements:
Wienerberger AG
AT&S Austria Technologie & Systemtechnik AG
The closed joint stock corporation “Strachowaja kompanija MSK Life”
Vienna Insurance Group Polska Spolka zo.o.
TBIH Financial Services Group N.V.
Mag. Robert Lasshofer
Deputy General Manager
Year of birth: 1957
Date first appointed: 1999
End of current term of office: 30 June 2013
Areas of responsibility in 2008:
marketing, sales, advertising, provincial head offices and call centre of Wiener Städtische AG Austria (incl. branch offices in Italy and Slovenia)
Country responsibilities in 2008:
Liechtenstein
Positions currently held on the supervisory boards of other domestic and foreign corporations not included in the Group financial statements:
SOZIALBAU gemeinnützige Wohnungsaktiengesellschaft
Bausparkasse der österreichischen Sparkassen AG
Dr. Rudolf Ertl
(member of the Managing Board until 31 December 2008)
Year of birth: 1946
Date first appointed: 2001
End of current term of office: 31 December 2008
Areas of responsibility in 2008:
information technology and process optimisation, legal protection (claims), company law, property management
Country responsibilities in 2008:
Serbia
Positions currently held on the supervisory boards of other domestic and foreign corporations not included in the Group financial statements:
Wüstenrot Versicherungs-AG
Vienna Insurance Group Polska Spolka zo.o.
Mag. Peter Höfinger
(member of the Managing Board starting 1 January 2009)
Year of birth: 1971
Date first appointed: 2009
End of current term of office: 30 June 2013
Positions currently held on the supervisory boards of other domestic and foreign corporations not included in the Group financial statements:
Insurance Joint Stock Company MSK Standart
Insurance company “Kupala”
ZASO Victoria
Dr. Peter Hagen
Year of birth: 1959
Date first appointed: 2004
End of current term of office: 30 June 2013
Areas of responsibility in 2008:
general liability (underwriting/claims), legal protection (underwriting), motor vehicle insurance (underwriting), non-life insurance (claims/underwriting, excluding legal protection and corporate business)
Positions currently held on the supervisory boards of other domestic and foreign corporations not included in the Group financial statements:
voestalpine AG
Dr. Martin Simhandl
Year of birth: 1961
Date first appointed: 2004
End of current term of office: 30 June 2013
Areas of responsibility in 2008:
ownership interest management, investments, finance and accounting, life and casualty insurance, health insurance
Country responsibilities in 2008:
Ukraine, Germany
Positions currently held on the supervisory boards of other domestic and foreign corporations not included in the Group financial statements:
CEE PROPERTY-INVEST Immobilien AG
TBIH Financial Services Group N.V.
The following four persons have been appointed as additional members of the Managing Board subject to the condition precedent of entry into force of the amendment to the articles of association providing for an increase in the number of Managing Board members that is to be presented to the Annual General Meeting for approval on 24 April 2009:
Ing. Martin Divis, MBA (year of birth: 1973)
Dr. Christine Dornaus (year of birth: 1963)
Dr. Judit Havasi (year of birth: 1975)
Erich Leiß (year of birth: 1956)
The following two substitute members were also appointed to the Managing Board, and will become members of the Managing Board in the event of a long-term inability of a member of the Managing Board to discharge his or her duties:
Franz Fuchs (year of birth: 1953)
Mag. Roland Gröll (year of birth: 1965)
The 2008 areas of responsibility and country responsibilities will be changed as a result of the amendment to the articles of association and the increased number of members of the Managing Board.