Gerhard Ortner

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Gerhard Ortner (born August 27, 1933 in Scharten ) is an Austrian bank manager and was General Director of Volksbank Salzburg from 1983 to 1998 , Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Österreichische Volksbanken-Aktiengesellschaft (ÖVAG) from 1991 to 2002 and President of the Austrian Cooperative Association from 1986 to 2001 (ÖGV).

Life and education

Gerhard Ortner was born as the tenth child of Johann Ortner (1888–1961), a haulier, and his wife Anna (née Huemer; 1889–1947) in Scharten near Wels and attended the grammar school in Wels as well as the college after primary school in Scharten Petrinum in Linz , where he graduated from high school in 1953 . He then attended the University of World Trade in Vienna , where he graduated in 1957 with a degree in business administration. During this time he also came into contact with the Vienna-based KÖStV Kürnberg , which was founded in 1900 , a color-bearing and non-striking student association and member of the Austrian Cartel Association (ÖCV), of which he became a member on October 20, 1953 and was given the couleur name Bulle . In the winter semester 1955/56 he was a senior in the student union.

Professional activity after graduation

He initially worked in industry, in 1957 moved to the Lower Austrian Chamber of Agriculture , Revision Department , and was entrusted with the supervision and inspection of rural credit unions in Lower Austria . In 1958 he joined the central bank of Austria's Volksbanks as a credit auditor .

Professional activity at Volksbank Salzburg

In 1961 he joined Volksbank Salzburg and headed the credit department until he was appointed head of the credit institute and was elected to the board in June 1963.

In 1975 he became chairman of the board of the Volksbank Salzburg and on August 25, 1983 the honorary chairman of the board, attorney Hans Asamer, appointed him general director .

During his time at the head of the credit institute, the company expanded into a regional bank with 32 branches in the city ​​of Salzburg and in the province of Salzburg with around 300 employees. Volksbank Salzburg was joined by Volksbanks Saalfelden and Seekirchen during this period , making it the largest commercial credit cooperative in Austria at the time.

Managerial functions in the Volksbank sector

  • President of the Austrian Cooperative Association (1986 to 2001)
  • Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Österreichische Volksbanken-Aktiengesellschaft (1991 to 2002)

During his time at the head of the Volksbank association, he began working with the following Volksbank associations:

With Ortner, ÖVAG began entering the Central and Eastern European markets with the establishment of the first foreign subsidiary in Bratislava. In the years that followed, the network of Volksbanks was expanded to include locations in ten countries and the Austrian Volksbank association within the CIBP, the international association of Volksbanks, was given an enormous boost. In Germany, new trends were set with the establishment of Volksbank Wien AG and the acquisition of Niederösterreichische Landes-Hypothekenbank.

Other public functions

  • Chairman of the professional association of credit unions based on the Schulze-Delitzsch system in the Austrian Chamber of Commerce
  • Chairman of the Money, Credit and Insurance Section of the Salzburg Chamber of Commerce
  • Chairman of the company sports association of the Salzburg Chamber of Commerce
  • Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Salzburger Heimatwerk
  • Co-founder of the Haslauer Solidarity Fund , which dedicates research and teaching to multiple sclerosis sufferers
  • Commitment to the Catholic Church

Awards

He was given the professional title of Commercial Councilor by the Federal President .

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  • The commercial cooperative, organ of the Austrian cooperative association, Vienna, article on Ortner's person in various editions of 1983, 1986, 1989, 1998 and 2002

literature

  • Michael Polgar: 100 years of K.Ö.ST.V. Kürnberg 1900–2000 . Self-published, Rohrbach 2000, p. 182, 327-328 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ General Director Komm.-Rat Dkfm. Gerhard Ortner - 50 years. In: Die Gewerbliche Genossenschaft , 3/1983, Vienna 1983, p. 25
  2. ↑ a b Gerhard Ortner is a trademark and we are proud of it! In: Die Gewerbliche Genossenschaft , 4/98, Vienna 1998, p. 57
  3. ^ Association day 1986: G. Ortner elected the new association president. In: Die Gewerbliche Genossenschaft , 2/1986, Vienna 1986, p. 3
  4. ↑ Gerhard Ortner is a trademark and we are proud of it! In: Die Gewerbliche Genossenschaft , 4/98, Vienna 1998, p. 58.
  5. ^ Andrea Karner: Gala evening for the "integration motor" President Ortner. In: Die Gewerbliche Genossenschaft , 8/2002, Vienna 2002, p. 13
  6. ↑ President General Director KR Dkfm. Gerhard Ortner - 55 years. In: Die Gewerbliche Genossenschaft , Vienna 1989, p. 7
  7. ↑ AAS 91 (1999), n.5, p. 485.
personal data
SURNAME Ortner, Gerhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian bank manager
DATE OF BIRTH August 27, 1933
PLACE OF BIRTH Nicks