The Executive Committee is a subcommittee of the Board of Trustees and has the following rights and duties, among others:

  • Act on behalf of the Board of Trustees in all matters between the meetings of the Board of Trustees.
  • May hold preliminary discussions on matters to be brought for approval to the Board of Trustees, e.g. the annual budget.

The Executive Committee consists of six members.

Haim Harari
Chair
Former President of Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel

Olaf Kübler
Vice-Chair
Former President of ETH Zuric, Switzerland

Gisela Hopfmüller
Freelance journalist, Vienna

Claus J. Raidl
CEO Oesterreichische Nationalbank, Vienna

Wolfgang Ruttenstorfer
Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Vienna Insurance Group, Vienna

Anton Zeilinger
Faculty of Physics, University of Vienna
IQOQI, Austrian Academy of Sciences