Monika Kircher

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Monika Kircher (2015)

Monika Kircher , also Monika Kircher-Kohl , (born July 8, 1957 in Spittal an der Drau ) is an Austrian manager and politician ( SPÖ ). From 1991 to 2001 she was Vice Mayor of the City of Villach and from 2007 to 2014 CEO of Infineon Technologies Austria AG .

Life

Monika Kircher studied commercial science from 1975 to 1980 at the Vienna University of Economics and Business . She then went to Mexico for a year and a half for her doctoral thesis, where she worked in the cultural institute of the Austrian embassy, ​​but rejected the dissertation. From 1981 to 1988 she was managing director of the Carinthian regional office of the Austrian Information Service for Development Policy (ÖIE), from 1988 to 1991 she worked as a freelance consultant and lecturer at the University of Klagenfurt .

From 1991 to 2001 she was the deputy mayor of the city of Villach, responsible for finance and economy, human resources, culture, schools, youth and women.

From April 2001, she was a member of the board of Infineon Technologies Austria AG, responsible for finance, research and personnel. In 2006 she took over the management of the Infineon Villach location, and from June 2007 she was the company's CEO. At the end of March 2014, Kircher resigned from the Executive Board, followed by Sabine Herlitschka as CEO.

In 2011 she supported the initiative for an educational referendum by Hannes Androsch . In the media she was named as a possible SPÖ science minister in 2014. In 2016 she was named as a possible SPÖ education minister.

Kircher deleted the middle name Kohl after her second marriage in May 2012.

Kircher is a member of the supervisory boards of RWE AG , Austrian Airlines AG (until June 2019) and Andritz AG , KELAG -Kärntner Elektrizitäts-AG and Siemens AG Austria as well as chairwoman of the supervisory board of Kärntner Energieholding Beteiligungs GmbH and chairwoman of the board of trustees of the Kärntner Landesmuseum .

At the beginning of 2019, she was named among the top 10 by the industry magazine on the list of the most influential women in Austrian business. In July 2019, the art and culture foundation she initiated was presented in Carinthia.

Awards

Web links

Commons : Monika Kircher  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Mag. Dr. hc Monika Kircher . Retrieved May 12, 2016.
  2. ↑ a b c Monika Kircher - a manager with heart, brain and charisma . APA notification dated May 16, 2014, accessed May 12, 2016.
  3. ^ On the problem of work motivation in the Soviet Union . Diploma thesis Monika Kircher, 1979. Evidence from the Austrian Library Association.
  4. ↑ Elisabeth Tschernitz-Berger: Carinthian of the day - Monika Kircher: A manager with heart and brain. In: Kleine Zeitung , December 7, 2013, accessed on May 12, 2016.
  5. ↑ a b Infineon Austria boss Monika Kircher is leaving at the end of March. APA report on derstandard.at , December 2, 2013, accessed on May 12, 2016.
  6. ^ A b Rainer Nowak, Karl Ettinger, Thomas Prior: Kern relies on Wehsely, Leichtfried and a woman from Carinthia. In: Die Presse , May 12, 2016, accessed on May 12, 2016.
  7. ↑ ÖIAG job: Monika Kircher is said to have given up ( memento from June 17, 2015 in the web archive archive.today ). In: Börse Express , July 12, 2012.
  8. ↑ New AUA supervisory board misses quota for women. Retrieved June 21, 2019 .
  9. ↑ AUA reduces supervisory board to six people: Ulrike Donath, Monika Kircher and Ulrik Svensson are leaving. Retrieved June 21, 2019 .
  10. ↑ RWE AG: Convocation of the 2017 Annual General Meeting , accessed on June 3, 2017
  11. ^ Carinthia: New bodies appointed. In: regionews.at , July 4, 2018, accessed July 5, 2018.
  12. ↑ Bettina Glatz-Kremsner is Austria's most influential manager. In: leadersnet.at , February 10, 2019, accessed on February 16, 2019.
  13. ↑ First Carinthian Cultural Foundation presented. July 8, 2019, accessed July 8, 2019 .
  14. ↑ Art and Culture Foundation. Retrieved July 8, 2019 .
  15. ↑ Austria'07 - Austrian of the Year ( Memento from January 21, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ), diepresse.com .
  16. ↑ Monika Kircher Kohl is WU Manager of the Year 2008 ( memento from June 17, 2015 in the web archive archive.today ). In: Börse Express , October 7, 2008.
  17. ↑ Honorary doctorates , University of Salzburg, accessed on May 13, 2016.
  18. ↑ a b CV of Dr. hc Monika Kircher ( Memento from May 12, 2016 in the Internet Archive ).
personal data
SURNAME Kircher, Monika
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kircher-Kohl, Monika
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian manager and politician
DATE OF BIRTH July 8, 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH Spittal an der Drau