Executive Board
Wolfgang Leitner (President and CEO)
Joined ANDRITZ in 1987 as CFO, has served as President and CEO since 1994. Responsibilities: Group functions such as Human Resources Management, Controlling and Finance, Treasury, Corporate Communications, Investor Relations, Internal Auditing, Information Technology, and Business Process Development. Professional career: Member of the Managing Board of AGIV AG, founder and President of GENERICON Pharma GmbH, management consultant at McKinsey & Company, research chemist at Vianova/HOECHST.
Karl Hornhofer (PULP & PAPER)
Joined ANDRITZ in 1996 and was appointed as member of the Executive Board in 2007. Responsible for the Capital Systems segment of the PULP & PAPER business area and Group-wide for Quality Management. Professional career: Head of the Pulp and Paper Machines division at ANDRITZ AG, Head of the Pulp Drying Systems division at ANDRITZ AG, design engineer at Austrian Energy.
Humbert Köfler (PULP & PAPER, SEPARATION)
Joined ANDRITZ in 1987 and was appointed as member of the Executive Board in 2007. Responsible for the Service and Units segment of the PULP & PAPER business area and for the SEPARATION business area, Professional career: Head of the Paper Mill Services division at ANDRITZ AG, Head of the Mechanical Pulping Systems division at ANDRITZ AG, regional sales manager at ANDRITZ Sprout-Bauer GmbH, export marketing manager at Biochemie GmbH.
Friedrich Papst (HYDRO, METALS)
Joined ANDRITZ in 1979 and was appointed as member of the Executive Board in 1998. Responsible for the HYDRO (pumps division) and METALS business areas, as well as Group-wide for Manufacturing and Procurement. Professional career: Vice President of ANDRITZ Sprout-Bauer Inc., Director of Manufacturing at ANDRITZ AG, Director of Production Planning at ANDRITZ AG.
Wolfgang Semper (HYDRO)
Joined ANDRITZ in 2006 when the company acquired VA TECH HYDRO and was appointed as member of the Executive Board in 2011. Responsible for the HYDRO business area (except the pumps divison) and Group-wide for Automation. Professional career: Member of the Management Board of ANDRITZ HYDRO GmbH and Senior Vice President of the Large Hydro division of the HYDRO business area, management functions at VA TECH VOEST MCE and Voest-Alpine MCE, engineer at Voest-Alpine AG.
