Elisabeth Stadler

General Manager (CEO), Chairwoman of the Managing Board

Prof. Elisabeth Stadler, General Manager (CEO), Chairwoman of the Managing Board (portrait, © Ian Ehm)

Year of birth: 1961

Date first appointed: 1 January 2016

End of current term of office: 30 June 2023

Elisabeth Stadler studied actuarial mathematics at the Vienna Technical University and began her career in the Austrian insurance industry as a Managing Board Member and Chairwoman. In May 2014, she was awarded the professional title of professor by Federal Minister Gabriele Heinisch-Hosek for her merits for the insurance industry. She held the position of General Manager at Donau Versicherung from September 2014 to March 2016, and has been CEO of VIG Holding since 2016.

Areas of responsibility: Management of the VIG Group, Strategy, Bancassurance and International Partnerships, Communications & Marketing, European Affairs and ESG, General Secretariat and Legal, Human Resources, Internal Audit, Sponsoring, Subsidiaries and M&A, Central Functions

Country responsibilities: Germany

Supervisory board positions or comparable positions in other Austrian and foreign companies outside the Group: OMV Aktiengesellschaft, voestalpine AG, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, Austrian Red Cross

Elisabeth Stadler is also active in the Supervisory Boards of significant* Vienna Insurance Group companies: Wiener Städtische (Austria), Donau Versicherung (Austria), Kooperativa (Czech Republic), ČPP (Czech Republic), VIG Re (Czech Republic).

*All companies that contribute at least 2% of written premiums and at least 2% of profit before taxes are considered to be “significant”.