General Council

The General Council is the supervisory board of the OeNB. It advises the Governing Board on matters relating to the management of the OeNB and monetary policy. It also oversees activities that do not fall within the remit of the European System of Central Banks (ESCB).

General Council

Johannes Hahn 
President of the General Council
Term of office: 1 January 2026 to 31 December 2030
Curriculum Vitae

Vice President of the General Council

Ingrid Reischl
Austrian Trade Union Federation, Federal Executive Board
Term of office: 11 October 2023 to 10 October 2028
Curriculum Vitae

Members of the General Council

The General Council consists of the President, the Vice President and eight other members. General Council members are appointed by the federal government for a term of five years and may be reappointed.

As of March 2025:

Silvia Angelo
Member of the Board of Management, ÖBB-Infrastruktur AG
Term of office: 11 October 2023 to 10 October 2028

Leonhard Dobusch
Professor for Business and Management at the University of Innsbruck 
Scientific head of the Momentum Institute
Term of office: 11 October 2023 to 10 October 2028

Erwin Hameseder
Chair of the Managing Board of Raiffeisen-Holding Niederösterreich-Wien reg. Gen.m.b.H.
Term of office: 19 March 2025 to 18 March 2030

Christian Helmenstein
Chief Economist of the Federation of Austrian Industries, Head of the Cognion Research Network
Professor at the Private University Schloss Seeburg
Term of office: 1 March 2023 to 29 February 2028

Silvia Hruška-Frank
Director of Chamber of Labour Vienna and the Federal Chamber of Labour
Term of office: 19 March 2025 to 18 March 2030

Stephan Koren
Chair of Wüstenrot Wohnungswirtschaft reg. Gen.m.b.H.
Term of office: 11 October 2023 to 10 October 2028

Stefan Pichler
Head of Institute for Finance, Banking and Insurance, Vienna University of Economics and Business
Term of office: 11 October 2023 to 10 October 2028

Sigrid Stagl
Economist at the Institute for Ecological Economics at the Vienna University of Economics and Business
Term of office: 1 March 2023 to 29 February 2028

State Commissioner Harald Waiglein
Head of the Economic Policy and Financial Markets General Directorate at the Federal Ministry of Finance
Term of office: 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2027

Deputy State Commissioner Nadine Wiedermann-Ondrej
Head of the Financial Markets and Financial Market Regulation Directorate at the Federal Ministry of Finance
Term of office: 1 June 2024 to 31 May 2029

Representatives delegated by the Central Staff Council pursuant to Article 22 paragraph 5 Nationalbank Act:

Birgit Sauerzopf
Chair of the Central Staff Council

Alfred Stiglbauer
Deputy Chair of the Central Staff Council