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leader in Austria,
and
the largest network in Central and Eastern Europe
On behalf of ICC’s Chairman Marcus Wallenberg, ICC Secretary General Guy
Sebban has appointed Regina Prehofer of Bank Austria Creditanstalt as the
new Chair of the ICC Banking Commission.
Ms Prehofer will be the first woman and the first Austrian to chair an ICC
commission.
In his letter to Ms Prehofer confirming her appointment, Mr. Sebban said:
“We are confident that your impressive credentials and long experience in
managerial posts at Bank Austria Creditanstalt will make you an excellent
Chair.”
Ms Prehofer has been a member of the managing board at Bank Austria in
Vienna since 2003. In her more than 25 years in banking, she has risen
rapidly through the ranks to hold a number of management positions, as Head
of Trade and International Project Finance, Head of the Division of
Multinational Corporates and Insurance and Head of the Corporate Customers
Division.
In recent years, Ms Prehofer has taken on additional responsibility for the
bank’s activities in Central and Eastern Europe. Bank Austria has played an
increasingly important role in this region, where particularly strong growth
in investment, trade and the use of letters of credit have generated
increasing membership for the ICC Banking Commission.
In her opening remarks to the commission meeting in Paris, Ms Prehofer said:
“You and your commission have a worldwide reputation for excellence. Your
rules on letters of credit … as well as those on collections and
guarantees, are used by practitioners in
virtually every country. No other private organization can claim a record as
impressive as this one.”
Ms Prehofer will serve a three-year renewable term as Chair. She replaces
Dieter Kiefer from Union Bank of Switzerland, who has ably headed the
commission for the last 10 years.
In her more than 25 years in banking, she has risen rapidly through the
ranks to hold a number of management positions, as Head of Trade and
International Project Finance, Head of the Division of Multinational
Corporates and Insurance and Head of the Corporate Customers Division.
SHE
Born in Timelkam/Upper Austria on 2 august 1956
Married
HER
Education
1974-1980
Study of economics at the University of Economics and Business
Administration in Vienna
1977-1980
Study of law at the University of Vienna
1980
Doctor’s degree in both fields of study
Professional Career
1981-1987
Oesterreichische Kontrollbank AG
Deputy Head of Legal Department/Export Guarantees
1987-1999
Creditanstalt-Bankverein (from 1 January 1998 Creditanstalt AG)
March 1992
Head of Trade and International Project Finance
January 1993
Assistant General Manager and Deputy Head of
Finance
Division
October 1995
Deputy General Manager and Head of Finance and Consulting Division,
additionally from
January 1998
Head of Division, Multinational Corporates and Insurance Sector
Following the integration steps in the Bank Austria Creditanstalt Group from
July 1999
1999-2002
Bank Austria AG, Head of Group Division, Multinational Corporates and
Products
November 2000
Head of Multinational Corporates, Corporate and Trade Finance Division,
additionally from
April 2000
Head of Corporate Customers Division
August 2002
Bank Austria Creditanstalt AG
Head of Corporate Customers Division
Since April 2003
Member of the Managing Board of Bank Austria Creditanstalt AG,
Multinational Corporates, Corporate Customers,
Real Estate Finance
Since January 2004
Additional responsibility for the CEE region
Courtesy:
1.
M. Burger-Scheidlin
ICC
Austria - Internationale Handelskammer
Wiedner
Hauptstrasse 73
1040 Wien
Tel: 01-501053701
Mail: m.burger-scheidlin@icc-austria.org
www.icc-austria.org
2. Heinz
Hertl,
too well known to introduce to LC world
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