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" Published: 28/04/2025, "
28/04/2025

While the General Meeting serves to jointly form the will of the shareholders in the affairs of the Company, the Supervisory Board supervises the management of the Company the Managing Board is in charge of.

General Meeting

The General Meeting serves to jointly form the will of the shareholders in the affairs of the Company. The General Meeting shall pass resolutions in the cases expressly stipulated by law or in the Articles of Association. These include among others:

  • resolutions on the appropriation of profits
  • the discharge of the Managing Board and the Supervisory Board
  • the remuneration policy and the remuneration report and
  • the election to the Supervisory Board

General Meetings are called by the Company at least once a year; shareholders have the right to attend the General Meeting and exercise their rights when they prove their qualification as shareholder on the Record Date.

Supervisory Board

The Supervisory Board shall supervise the management of the Company. Additionally, there are certain transactions that are subject to the consent of the Supervisory Board (Articles of Association Article 15 The Supervisory Board – Responsibilities).

At the moment the Supervisory Board consists of 12 Supervisory Board members (shareholder representatives):

Rudolf Ertl, Member of the Supervisory Board
Rudolf Ertl
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Martin Simhandl, Member of the Supervisory Board
Martin Simhandl
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Robert Lasshofer, Member of the Supervisory Board
Robert Lasshofer
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Martina Dobringer, Member of the Supervisory Board
Martina Dobringer
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András Kozma, Member of the Supervisory Board
András Kozma
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Vratislav Kulhánek, Member of the Supervisory Board
Vratislav Kulhánek
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Hana Machačová, Member of the Supervisory Board of VIG
Hana Machačová
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Peter Mihok, Member of the Supervisory Board
Peter Mihók
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Katarina Slezakova, Member of the Supervisory Board
Katarína Slezáková
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Ágnes Svoób, Member of the Supervisory Board
Ágnes Svoób
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Peter Thirring, Member of the Supervisory Board
Peter Thirring
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Gertrude Tumpel Gugerell, Member of the Supervisory Board
Gertrude Tumpel-Gugerell
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Diversity on the Supervisory Board

As of 31/12/2024 

Each Member of the Supervisory Board has declared whether they can be considered independent based on the criteria specified by the Supervisory Board. Robert Lasshofer, Peter Mihók and Peter Thirring have each stated that they are not independent based on the independence criteria specified by the Supervisory Board.

 

High attendance rates at meetings of the Supervisory Board and its committees

 

Financial year 2024;
1 Stepped down from the Supervisory Board on 24 May 2024.
2 Election to the Supervisory Board at the Annual General Meeting on 24 May 2024

Name Supervisory Board Audit Committee  Working Comittee  Strategy Comittee  Personnel Comittee  Nomination Comittee
  7 meetings 4 meetings No meeting No meeting 3 meetings 1 meeting
Günter Geyer1 3/3 1/1     3/3 1/1
Rudolf Ertl (C) 5/7 3/4     3/3 1/1

Martin Simhandl
(1st DC)2

4/4 3/3        
Robert Lasshofer
(2nd DC)
6/7 4/4     3/3 1/1
Martina Dobringer 7/7 4/4       1/1
Zsuzsanna Eifert1 2/3 1/1        
Gerhard Fabisch1 3/3          
András Kozma 7/7 4/4        
Vratislav Kulhánek2 4/4          
Hana Mahačová2 4/4          
Peter Mihók 7/7 4/4        
Gabriele Semmelrock-Werzer1 3/3          
Katarina Slezáková 7/7 4/4        
Ágnes Svoób2 4/4 3/3        
Peter Thirring 7/7          
Gertrude Tumpel-Gugerell 3/7 2/4        

 

Managing Board

The Managing Board shall manage the Company in such manner as the benefit of the Company requires, taking into consideration the interests of the shareholders and the employees as well as the public interest. The Managing Board represents the Company both in and out of court.

At the moment the Managing Board of VIG Holding consists of seven members with individual areas and countries of responsibility:

CEO Hartwig Löger
Hartwig Löger General Manager (CEO), Chairman of the Managing Board
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Deputy CEO Peter Höfinger
Peter Höfinger Deputy General Manager, Deputy Chairman of the Managing Board
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CFRO Liane Hirner
Liane Hirner Member of the Managing Board, Chief Finance and Risk Officer (CFRO)
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COO Gerhard Lahner
Gerhard Lahner Member of the Managing Board, Chief Operations Officer (COO)
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CIO Gábor Lehel
Gábor Lehel Member of the Managing Board, Chief Innovation Officer (CIO)
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Board member Harald Riener
Harald Riener Member of the Managing Board
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Deputy Board Member Christoph Rath
Christoph Rath Deputy Member of the Managing Board
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proposals for resolutions, voting results and more.

All documents of the Annual General Meeting available for download.