Wienerberger Managing Board
Following the retirement of Wolfgang Reithofer and the appointment of Heimo Scheuch as CEO effective August 1, 2009, the Wienerberger Managing Board is now comprised of three members.
Heimo Scheuch
Chief Executive Officer
Appointed until May 2014
Responsible for core ceramic building materials business (including joint ventures) in the CIS region, Finland, Baltic States as well as in all countries outside Europe, for concrete products, Pipelife, Corporate Marketing, European Affairs and Corporate Development
Additional functions:
Additional functions: Member of the Supervisory Board of Sto AG, Member of the Supervisory Board of Soravia Group AG, President of TBE (European Bricks and Tiles Federation)
Biography:
born 1966, married
After the completion of legal studies at the Universities of Vienna and Paris and studies at the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration, the City of London Polytechnic and Ecole Superieure de Commerce de Paris, he began his career with the legal firm Shook, Hardy & Bacon in Milan and London as a corporate finance specialist. In 1996 he joined Wienerberger AG as assistant to the Managing Board; in 1997 he transferred to the senior management of Terca Bricks in Belgium, where he became CEO in 1999. In May 2001 the Supervisory Board appointed him to the Managing Board of Wienerberger AG. Since August 2009, Heimo Scheuch is Chief Executive Officer of Wienerberger AG.
E-mail | T +43(1)60192 111
:: Curriculum vitae
Willy Van Riet
Chief Financial Officer
Appointed until April, 2014
Responsible for Corporate Controlling, Corporate IT, Group Treasury, Internal Audit and Risk Management
Biography:
After receiving his Master Degree in Business Economics from the University
of Ghent, he started his career as an auditor and subsequently senior manager
with Price Waterhouse Coopers in Belgium. He was active in the building
materials sector beginning in 1993, first as Chief Financial Officer of Terca
and later Koramic Building Products (also as a member of the Wienerberger
Supervisory Board). In 2004 he joined the Wienerberger Management Committee and took over the management of Wienerberger Limited in Great Britain. On April 1, 2007 he replaced Hans Tschuden as CFO of Wienerberger AG.
E-mail | T +43(1)60192 131
Johann Windisch
Chief Operating Officer
Appointed until May 2014
Responsible core ceramic building materials business in Europe, excluding the CIS region, Finland and the Baltic States, International Procurement, Corporate Engineering, product group responsibility for clay blocks, facing bricks, roofing systems and ceramic pavers
Biography:
born 1952, married, one daughter, one son After receiving his doctorate in Industrial Engineering and Management from the Technical University of Vienna and consulting work for Agiplan in Vienna, he joined Wienerberger in 1980 as assistant to the Managing Board. He assumed management of the controlling and accounting departments in 1983, and took over direction of the building construction area in 1987. He was then appointed to the Managing Board of Wienerberger Ziegelindustrie, where he became CEO in 1999. In May 2001 he was appointed to the Managing Board of Wienerberger AG.
E-mail | T +43(1)60192 121