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):

Diversity on the Supervisory Board

As of 31/12/2025 

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

 

 
Name Supervisory Board Audit Committee  Working Comittee  Strategy Comittee  Personnel Comittee  Nomination Comittee
  5 meetings 4 meetings 2 meetings No meeting 3 meetings No meeting
Peter Thirring (C) 5/5          
Rudolf Ertl (DC) 5/5 4/4 2/2   3/3  

Martin Simhandl (DC)

5/5 4/4 2/2   3/3  
Robert Lasshofer (DC) 5/5 4/4 2/2   3/3  
Martina Dobringer 5/5 4/4        
András Kozma 5/5 4/4        
Vratislav Kulhánek 5/5          
Hana Machačová 5/5          
Peter Mihók 4/5 3/4        
Katarina Slezáková 5/5 4/4        
Ágnes Svoób 5/5 4/4        
Gertrude Tumpel-Gugerell 5/5 4/4        

 

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
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    General Manager (CEO), Chairman of the Managing Board
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  • Peter Höfinger, Deputy General Manager, Deputy Chairman of the Managing Board
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    Deputy General Manager, Deputy Chairman of the Managing Board
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  • CFRO Liane Hirner
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    Member of the Managing Board, Chief Finance and Risk Officer (CFRO)
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  • Gerhard Lahner, Member of the Managing Board, Chief Operations Officer (COO) of VIG
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    Member of the Managing Board, Chief Operations Officer (COO)
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  • CIO Gábor Lehel
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    Member of the Managing Board, Chief Innovation Officer (CIO)
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  • Deputy Board Member Christoph Rath
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    Member of the Managing Board
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  • Board member Harald Riener
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    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.