Composition of the Management Board

After graduating in mechanical engineering/business management from the Vienna University of Technology, Herbert Eibensteiner joined the voestalpine Group in 1989 as a plant engineer for maintenance at voestalpine Stahl GmbH. From 1993 onwards he held several management positions, with his responsibilities during this period also including the environment. Alongside his work at voestalpine, he completed the General Management Program at the LIMAK Austrian Business School. Before joining the Management Board of voestalpine in April 2012, Herbert Eibensteiner was CEO of several Group companies. He was also globally active within the voestalpine Group and held numerous supervisory board positions, including in the United States, Brazil, and China, both as a member and as chairman. In his capacity as a Member of the Management Board of voestalpine AG, he headed the Metal Forming Division until September 2014, and the Steel Division from October 2014 to July 2019. Herbert Eibensteiner has been the CEO of voestalpine AG since July 2019. As part of his role as Head of the Metal Forming Division and Steel Division, he was also responsible for the environment. At present, he is responsible for sustainability and strategic human resources management in his capacity as CEO of voestalpine.

Herbert Eibensteiner is Vice President of the Upper Austrian branch of the Federation of Austrian Industries (IV) and a member of the Federal Executive Council of the Federation of Austrian Industries (IV).

After studying and working at the Department for Electrical Engineering at Montanuniversität in Leoben and at Veitsch-Radex AG, Franz Kainersdorfer launched his career at voestalpine Schienen GmbH as a manager at the rail rolling mill. Since then, Franz Kainersdorfer has held a variety of management positions in the voestalpine Group, both in Austria and abroad, including as a member of the Management Board of voestalpine Railpro B.V. (now voestalpine Track Solutions Netherlands B.V.) in the Netherlands and Executive Vice-President of voestalpine Nortrak North America in Canada, the United States and Mexico. In addition to general management skills, he has accumulated international experience in restructuring individual companies and groups of companies. He has been a Member of the Management Board of voestalpine AG since July 2011 and heads the Metal Engineering Division, which operates worldwide. In his capacity as Head of the Metal Engineering Division, he is responsible for strategy and technology coordination, as well as human resources, legal and environmental management of the division. As a Member of the Management Board of voestalpine AG, Franz Kainersdorfer is responsible for the Group’s energy supply.

A graduate in economics, Gerald Mayer is a certified tax consultant and certified public accountant (CPA). He started his professional career as a tax consultant at ICON Wirtschaftstreuhand GmbH in Linz, before progressing through a series of management roles at VA Technologie AG and later Siemens VAI. Prior to joining the voestalpine Group, he served as CEO and CFO of the AMAG Group. As part of this role, he was globally active and held a range of positions, among them on supervisory boards, including in Canada, both as a member and as chairman. Gerald Mayer has extensive experience in the financial industry. Since April 1, 2024, he has been the Chief Financial Officer of voestalpine AG and a Member of the Supervisory Board for the four divisional lead companies of the voestalpine Group.

After graduating from the Montanuniversität Leoben, Reinhard Nöbauer received his doctorate from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich. Starting 1992, he is Managing Director of various companies in Austria and abroad, with his areas of responsibility including internationalization as well as optimizing processes and products. He joined the voestalpine Group in 2005 as Managing Director of Böhler Schmiedetechnik GmbH. From November 2011, he has been responsible for value added services as a Member of the divisional Management Board of the global High Performance Metals Division. In this role, he was globally active and held a series of supervisory boards mandates, including in the United States, Brazil, China, the United Kingdom, Sweden, and Germany, both as a member and as a chairman. Nöbauer was appointed as a Member of the Management Board of voestalpine AG in April 2024. In this role, he is responsible for the Group’s procurement strategy and is Head of the High Performance Metals Division.

Carola Richter studied physics at Heidelberg University where she also received her doctorate in 2000. After completing her doctoral studies, she began her career as a consultant at McKinsey in Germany, before moving to BASF in Ludwigshafen. During the more than 20 years she worked at BASF she headed the Pigments and Additives business before being promoted to head of BASF’s Asian business, consequently spending over a decade working outside Europe. As part of this role, she held positions on both management boards and numerous supervisory boards in Asia, including in Hong Kong (China), in India at the listed BASF India Limited (Non-Executive Member of the Board of Directors). She has been a Member of the Management Board of voestalpine AG since April 2024 and is Head of the Metal Forming Division, the voestalpine Group’s competence center for highly refined sections, tubes, and precision strip steel products, as well as for ready-to-install system components made of pressed, stamped, and roll-formed parts for the automotive industry. In her role as a Member of the Management Board, she is also responsible for health & safety at the voestalpine Group.

Hubert Zajicek studied technical physics at the Johannes Kepler University in Linz and received an MBA from the Rotman Business School in Toronto, Canada. He started his career in 1993 as a mechanical engineer in maintenance at voestalpine Stahl GmbH. From 1999 onwards, he held several management positions in plant technology, assuming responsibility for cold rolling mills and finishing operations. He also managed strategic projects for voestalpine Stahl GmbH, including the investment program Linz 2010 with a project value of approximately EUR 1.5 billion. In addition, he served as a Member of the Supervisory Board and Chairman of the Supervisory Board in the United States. In 2014, he was appointed Chief Technology Officer of voestalpine Stahl GmbH. He has been a Member of the Management Board of voestalpine AG and Chairman of the Management Board of the Steel Division since July 2019. In his capacity as Head of the Steel Division, he is directly responsible for the sustainability agendas. As a Member of the Management Board of voestalpine AG, Hubert Zajicek is responsible for the supply of raw materials to the Group.

Hubert Zajicek is Vice President of the European Steel Association (EUROFER) and a board member and member of the Executive Committee of the World Steel Association (WSA).