The Austrian Cooperative Association (ÖGV) has re -occupied two important management functions and thus set the course for the future:
Enikö Saurer-Kiss heads the newly created area for law and advocacy. In doing so, she is responsible for the entire legal expertise of the ÖGV at both national and international level. This included cooperative law issues as well as banking legislation and regulation. The experienced lawyer and trained lawyer recently led the department law at a company in Vienna. Before that, she worked for the financial market supervision and renowned Austrian law firms. “I am pleased to be able to bring my specialist knowledge into this diverse and exciting task. The aim is to further expand the position of the ÖGV as a relevant legal player in the banking and cooperative system,” said Saurer-Kiss about her new job.
With Bernadette Gierlinger As head of the service area for the Volksbanken and their participation cooperatives, another key point has been filled. Gierlinger is responsible for the central services that the ÖGV provides for Volksbanken and their approximately 500,000 cooperative members. The focus is primarily on digital innovations. The new head brings comprehensive economic experience: she worked for many years in the Ministry of Economic Affairs and before that in the Ministry of Finance in a managerial position. Most recently, she was responsible for sales, process, project and quality management as well as government relationship management as director of the health service provider Vamed Engineering. She says to her new task: “The ÖGV is a powerful service association and engine of the cooperative development of the Volksbanks. I would like to further strengthen this role.”
ÖGV CEO Peter Haubner is pleased about the successful new occupations: “With Enikö Saurer-Kiss and Bernadette Gierlinger, we have brought two competent experts on board who are significantly helping to continue our chosen path of modernization and to shape the future with fresh ideas.”
About the ÖGV
The ÖGV is the service and revision association of the Volksbanken and the commercial cooperatives in Austria – including well -known brands such as Expert, Red ZAC, ABAU or the APA.
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