Management

born in 1965

Gernot Brandtner studied business engineering at Graz University of Technology. From 1991 to 1995, he was the project manager and head of department of an engineering firm. From 1995, he was executive assistant, project manager of the department of structural maintenance and later head of structural maintenance at the former Österreichische Autobahnen- und Schnellstraßen AG (ÖSAG). In 2005, Brandtner was appointed head and authorised signatory of the structural maintenance department at ASFINAG Autobahn Service GmbH Süd. Since 1 March 2008, Gernot Brandtner has been the managing director of ASFINAG Baumanagement GmbH; in this role he is responsible for technical matters.

born in 1969

Alexander Walcher studied landscape ecology and landscape architecture at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences in Vienna. His main focus was on environmental law and environmental policy. In 1997, Walcher joined the procurement department of the former Österreichische Autobahnen- und Schnellstraßen AG (ÖSAG), and from 1998 he was the project manager for new construction projects. In 2003, Walcher became the head of the business unit planning, and in 2005 he was appointed head of the planning department of ASFINAG Bau Management GmbH. Since 1 March 2008, Alexander Walcher has been the managing director of this company; in this role he is responsible for commercial matters.

born in 1962

Josef Fiala studied political science and law at the University of Vienna. After he graduated, Fiala held various management positions at Generali Versicherung (insurance), and from 1994 he was the head of the personnel and training department. From 2005 to 2008, Fiala was a member of the extended management of Generali Holding Vienna, and from 2002 on, the management board of Generali Pensionskasse. On 1 March 2008, Josef Fiala took over the management of ASFINAG Maut Service GmbH. On 1 July 2010 he was appointed general manager of ASFINAG Service GmbH, and in this role he is responsible for commercial matters.

born in 1968

Rainer Kienreich studied technical geology at the Graz University of Technology. In 2002, Kienreich was appointed head of the Motorways Department; with the transfer of operations, he became part of ASFINAG. After holding positions in project controlling and structural maintenance, Kienreich became head of the holdings planning department in 2008. In 2009 Kienreich was the head of the technical coordination department of ASFINAG Holding. On 17 November 2009 Rainer Kienreich was appointed general manager of ASFINAG Service Gesellschaft, and in this role he is responsible for technical matters.

born in 1962

From 1980 to 1986, Gabriele Lutter studied business management at the Vienna University of Economics and Business, specialising in business informatics and corporate management. In 1987, she started her professional career at Austrian Federal Railways, initially as assistant to two director generals for 7 years and then in the central unit for purchasing and material management for personnel, accounting, controlling and law. She then joined the Federal Ministry of Public Economy and Transport, where she was responsible for all modes of transport (especially rail and international transport policy), after which she was appointed authorised signatory of Schienen-Control GmbH. In 2007, Lutter, who is originally from Vienna, returned to ÖBB as chairwoman of the board of Personenverkehr AG. On 1 March 2013 Lutter was appointed general manager of ASFINAG Maut Service Gesellschaft, and in this role she is responsible for commercial matters.

born in 1973

From 1992 to 1998, Bernd Datler studied business management at Vienna University of Economics and Business. Following a trainee programme at Unilever, Datler was a management consultant for four years at Cap Gemini Ernst & Young in neighbouring countries and in Austria; in the last year and a half he was involved in the set-up of the lorry toll system. Datler then joined ASFINAG Maut Service GmbH, where he took over as head of the system development department in 2006. On 17 November 2009 Bernd Datler was appointed general manager of ASFINAG Maut Service GmbH, and in this role he is responsible for technical matters.

born in 1970

Following his apprenticeship as a sawyer, Stefan Siegele attended the secondary technical school /civil engineering department in Innsbruck. He then worked 14 years as a construction manager and head of the special civil engineering department at HTB, a construction company in the Vorarlberg region, before being hired by ASFINAG in 2009 as the motorway maintenance officer in St. Jakob am Arlberg. Since 1 August 2016, Stefan Siegele has been head of the department for operational maintenance and network planning at ASG in Innsbruck, and on 1 January 2017 he also took over the management of ASFINAG Alpenstraßen GmbH.

born in 1979

René Moser studied infrastructure economics at the Joanneum Technical College in Kapfenberg, and in June 2015 he graduated from the Vienna University of Economics and Business and the Carlson School of Management (University of Minnesota) with a Master of Business Administration (Global Executive MBA). In 2004 he joined ASFINAG as a project member in R&D, and from 2005 to 2007 he worked in the group strategy department, after which he worked as assistant to management until 2011. In addition to his regular responsibilities in Austria, he also represented ASFINAG in Brussels from 2009 to 2013. From 2009 to 2011, he was sent to ASECAP (European Association of Operators of Toll Road Infrastructures), after which he set up and managed the ASFINAG liaison office in Brussels. Since 1 January 2012, René Moser has been head of the strategy, international affairs and innovation department at ASFINAG, and on 1 October 2015 he also took over the management of ASFINAG Commercial Services GmbH. Since March 2016, René Moser has been a member of the board of the International Bridge, Tunnel and Turnpike Association – IBTTA.

born in 1965

Anton Sieber studied engineering physics at the Technical Universities of Munich and Vienna. Afterwards, he completed a postgraduate degree at the Vienna University of Technology and the Danube University Krems. He joined ASFINAG in 1998 as a member of the technology team during the tender procedure and set-up of the Austrian lorry toll system. From 2005 to 2007, he was head of the group strategy department at ASFINAG. In September 2009, Anton Sieber was appointed general manager of ASFINAG Commercial Services GmbH, and in this role he is responsible for technical matters.

born in 1964

Gabriele Csoklich studied commercial sciences at the Vienna University of Economics and Business. She joined ASFINAG in 1991. In 1994, she left ASFINAG for one year to work for an investment bank in London. In 1998, Csoklich moved on to the Austrian Federal Financing Agency, where she remained until she joined ASFINAG again in 2008. Gabriele Csoklich has been the head of finance since August 2008. In January 2015, she also took charge of group accounting. In addition, in March 2010, she was appointed general manager of ASFINAG European Toll Service GmbH.

born in 1969

Hubert Resch studied law at the University of Vienna, after which he was a university assistant at the Vienna University of Economics and Business for three years. Resch then joined ASFINAG, where he was responsible for the legal aspects of the tender procedure for the lorry toll, among other things, from 1998 to 2003. From 2003 to 2006 he was a candidate lawyer at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, after which he practised law in Vienna until 2008. From 2008 to 2012, Hubert Resch was the head of the legal department. From 1 September 2009 to 30 September 2015, he was also the commercial manager of ASFINAG Commercial Services GmbH. On 1 May 2012, Resch was appointed general manager of ASFINAG European Toll Service GmbH.