Franz Kosyna (photo)

Year of birth: 1954
Date first appointed: 2011
End of current term of office: 30 June 2013

Franz Kosyna was appointed as a member of the Managing Board of Vienna Insurance Group on 1 July 2011, and will be granted the title of Deputy General Manager effective 1 June 2012. Mr. Kosyna has worked for the Group since 1983. He was appointed to the Managing Board of Kooperativa Slovakia in 1999, and became Deputy General Manager of the company in 2003. Mr. Kosyna was General Manager of ČPP starting in 2005. After these international positions, Mr. Kosyna assumed the position of Chairman of the Managing Board of Donau Versicherung in 2009.

Areas of responsibility: Group IT / back office, SAP Smile Solutions

Country responsibilities: Albania (incl. Kosovo), Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovakia

Positions held on the supervisory boards of other Austrian and foreign companies outside the Group: Österreichische Hagelversicherung VVaG, Lead Equities Mittelstandsfinanzierungs AG