A-TEC INDUSTRIES AG ::: Management

Managing Board A-TEC Industries AG

Mirko Kovats Chairman of the Managing Board (since 9 March 2006)

Born in 1948. Studied at the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration, obtaining a doctorate in 1971. Import-export business in Central and Eastern Europe with a focus on machine tools. Acquisition of a 50% interest in the EMCO Group in 1997. Founder and majority shareholder of A-TEC Industries. Creation and expansion of the A-TEC Industries Group through the takeovers of ATB, AE&E and Montanwerke Brixlegg. Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of A-TEC Industries since 2006.

Christian Schmidt Deputy Chairman (since 9 March 2006)

Born in 1957. Studied at the University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences Vienna and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, graduating in 1982. From 1983 on, management positions with industrial companies and consultancies. Since 2001 part owner of A-TEC Industries. Involved in establishing and expanding the A-TEC Industries Group and a member of the management boards of ATB and AE&E. Since 2006 Chief Operating Officer of A-TEC Industries.

Christian Schrötter Member of the Managing Board (since 1 January 2008)

Born in 1963. Studied business computing and business in Vienna and the USA, obtaining an Austrian MA and an MBA in 1987 and 1988, respectively. A senior manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers, CFO at One, the Siemens Elin Group and ATB, and since 1 January 2008 Chief Finance Officer (CFO) at A-TEC Industries.

Supervisory Board A-TEC Industries AG

Freimut Dobretsberger Chairman of the Supervisory Board (since 28 September 2006)

Independent*, term of office until the fifth Annual General Meeting (2011);
CEO of Bank der Österreichischen Postsparkasse AG until 1999.

Johannes Edelsbacher Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board (since 28 September 2006)

Independent*, term of office until the fifth Annual General Meeting (2011);
chief executive of an auditing and accountancy firm.

Gernot Grimm Member of Supervisory Board (since 6 November 2006)

Independent*, term of office until the third Annual General Meeting (2009).
Head of the technology transfer and safety research unit at the Ministry of Transport, Innovation and Technology since 2005.

Klaus Requat Member of Supervisory Board (since 27 June 2008)

Independent*, term of office until the sixth Annual General Meeting (2012).
Investment Banking Emerging Europe
Head of Unicredit CAIB AG

Horst Wiesinger Member of Supervisory Board (since 27 June 2008)

Independent*, term of office until the sixth Annual General Meeting (2012).
Managing Director of Horst Wiesinger Consulting GmbH
In former times Member of the Managing Board of VA Technologie AG

Helmuth Palzer Member of Supervisory Board (since 27 June 2008)

Independent*, term of office until the sixth Annual General Meeting (2012).
Freelance consultant, until 2002 member of the Management Board of AE&E

*) Independent in the meaning of Rules 53 and 54 Austrian Corporate Governance Code