Curriculum Vitae
Professor Dr. Gerhard Feltl
- Born in Vienna on January 6th
- Graduation from the University of Vienna, School of Law (Master and Ph.D.)
- Military Service, then joined IBM Austria
- Appointed Member of the Executive Board of IBM Austria
- President and CEO of Expo-Vienna AG (on leave of absence from IBM)
- Campaign Manager for Dr. Thomas Klestil in the Presidential Election 1992.
After successful completion, appointed Senior Advisor in Budapest for Dr. Joszef Antal, PM of the Republic of Hungary
- Appointed CEO of IWG-Holding and subsidiaries
- Appointed Executive Director of Wiener Stadthalle GmbH
- Senior Advisor of Wien Holding GmbH
- Management Consultant
Current and Previous Functions
- Founding Partner of private radio Arabella in Austria
- Adjunct Faculty Member of the University of Salzburg (1985-2005)
- President of the Austrian Design Institute (1994-1998)
- Vice-President of the Vienna Festival (1997-2002)
- Member of the Board of Directors of “Bene AG” (1994-2000)
- Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors of “Gewista Werbe GmbH” (1994-2002)
- Member of the Management Board of “Austrian Youth Book Club” (2002-2010)
- Chairman of the Board of „KulturKontakt Austria“(2002-2012)
- Member of the Board of Trustees of the “Austrian Music Council”
- Member of the Board of Governors of the Austrian Fellowship Foundation
- Member of the Executive Board of „Art and Vision“
- Member of the Executive Board of “Mozarthaus Vienna”
- Member of the Board of Trustees of the “Institute of the Regions of Europe”
- Deputy Chairman of IRE-Foundation
Awards and Distinctions
- Knight’s Cross of the Hungarian Order of Merit
- Gold Decoration of Merit of Vienna
- Decoration of Honor in Silver of the State of Salzburg
- Karl-Renner-Award of Journalism
- Sigmund-Freud-Medal
- Award of the title Professor by the Ministry of Science
- Award of the title Councilor of Commerce
- Outstanding Achievement Awards (3) by IBM Corporation and IBM Europe