Margarete Schramböck

Margarete Schramböck
Minister of Economy
Assumed office
December 18, 2017
Chancellor Sebastian Kurz
Preceded by Josef Moser
Personal details
Born (1970-05-12)May 12, 1970
St. Johann in Tirol
Political party People's Party
Alma mater Vienna University of Economics

Margarete Schramböck (born May 12, 1970 in St. Johann in Tirol) is an Austrian business manager and politician. From May 2016 to October 2017, she was the chief executive officer of A1 Telekom Austria. Since December 2017, she is serving as the minister of economy in the Kurz cabinet. Schramböck is a member of the Austrian People's Party.

Early life

Schramböck was born in on May 12, 1970 in St. Johann in Tirol.[1]

She attended gymnasium in St. Johann, graduating in 1989.

Career

Schramböck acquired a master's degree in social and economic sciences (Mag. rer. soc. oec.) from the Vienna University of Economics and Business in 1994, graduating with a master's thesis on the international diamond market.[2] She obtained a doctorate in social and economic sciences (Dr. rer. soc. oec.) from the same school in 1997 with a dissertation on the future of business consulting.[3] She went on to enroll at the University of Lyon, graduating with an MBA in 1999.[1]

Starting in 1995, Schramböck had been working for Alcatel in various capacities. From 1995 to 1997, she was Auditor for Central and Eastern Europe. In 1997, she moved into the company's E Business wing, serving as the Head of Asset Management from 1997 and as the Service Director for Austria from 1999. In 2000, she became the founding executive director of NextIraOne Austria. From 2008 to 2011 she was also in charge of NextIraOne Germany.[1][4] When the company was taken over by Dimension Data in 2014, Schramböck stayed on board as the managing director of Dimension Data Austria.

Effective May 1, 2016, she became the head of A1 Telekom Austria, one of the country's largest telecommunications providers,[1] taking over from Alejandro Plater and his interim successor, Hannes Ametsreiter.[5] Her term was originally meant to last five years.[6] On October 17, 2017 − just two days after the 2017 Austrian legislative elections, incidentally − A1 confirmed that Schramböck was being pushed out.[7] Marcus Grausam, the CTO, assumed her responsibilities on an interim basis.[8]

Although not a member of any political party at the time, Schramböck was a close confidante of Johanna Mikl-Leitner, a former minister of the interior for the People's Party.[9][10] Schramböck was tapped as a potential minister almost immediately and joined the People's Party within weeks of her dismissal.[11] When Sebastian Kurz and his cabinet took office on December 18, 2017, Schramböck became the new minister of science, research and economy.[12] On the same day, Schramböck announced that she would be joining the Tyrol party presidium.[10] Following a reshuffling of ministerial responsibilities − a move regularly made by new parliamentary majority leaders − Schramböck was appointed minister of digital and economic affairs on January 8, 2018.[13]

Schramböck lives in Sankt Andrä-Wördern, a town near Vienna in Lower Austria.[14]

Alternative medicine license

From November 2010 to January 2018, Schramböck held a license to do business as an Energetics Therapy (German: Humanenergetik) healer and life coach.[15][16] The certificate claimed that Schramböck was trained, among other things, to use dowsing rods and radiesthetic pendulums to identify interference fields (Störfelder) and water lines. Schramböck's office denies that Schramböck ever actually worked in the field.[17] Schramböck herself claims to have taken alternative medicine classes in order to help her deal with her allergies. While these classes did include lessons on shamanism and "some weird stuff", according to the minister, the certificate was merely incidental and not the object of the exercise. Schramböck's allergies did not improve.[18]

Awards

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Dr.in Margarete Schramböck, MBA". Meine Abgeordneten. Retrieved May 9, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Austrian Library Network catalog entry on The International Diamond Market, Schramböck's master's thesis". Retrieved May 9, 2018.
  3. ↑ "Austrian Library Network's catalog entry on Management Consulting : Zukunftsperspektiven der Unternehmensberatung, Schramböck's Dissertation". Retrieved May 9, 2018.
  4. ↑ "Dr. Margarete Schramböck: Generaldirektorin NextiraOne Austria" (PDF). Retrieved May 10, 2018.
  5. ↑ "Margarete Schramböck wird neue A1-Chefin". Der Standard. February 2, 2016. Retrieved August 14, 2017.
  6. ↑ "Neue TA-Chefin Schramböck: "Bin nicht gleich wieder weg"". Kurier. February 8, 2016. Retrieved August 14, 2017.
  7. ↑ "Mexikaner setzen Abgang von A1-Chefin durch". Der Standard. October 17, 2017. Retrieved May 9, 2018.
  8. ↑ "A1-Chefin Margarete Schramböck verlässt die Telekom Austria". Kurier. October 17, 2017. Retrieved May 10, 2018.
  9. ↑ "Türkis-Blau: Das sind die neuen Minister". Kurier. December 16, 2017. Retrieved May 10, 2018.
  10. 1 2 "Schramböck als Ministerin angelobt". ORF. December 18, 2017. Retrieved May 9, 2018.
  11. ↑ "Ministerinnen mittlerweile ÖVP-Mitglieder". Profil. March 29, 2018. Retrieved May 9, 2018.
  12. ↑ "16-köpfiges ÖVP-FPÖ-Team vereidigt". ORF. December 16, 2017. Retrieved May 9, 2018.
  13. ↑ "Acht Minister erneut angelobt". Die Presse. January 8, 2018. Retrieved May 9, 2018.
  14. ↑ "NÖN-Interview: Schramböck: "Müssen bei Vorschriften ausmisten"". Niederösterreichische Nachrichten. February 27, 2018. Retrieved May 9, 2018.
  15. ↑ "Wirtschaftsministerin Schramböck war Energetikerin". Die Presse. March 26, 2018. Retrieved May 10, 2018.
  16. ↑ "Wirtschaftsministerin mit Gewerbeschein als Humanenergetikerin". Der Standard. March 26, 2018. Retrieved May 9, 2018.
  17. ↑ "Darf Ministerin auch Wünschelrutengeherin sein?". Kronen Zeitung. March 25, 2018. Retrieved May 9, 2018.
  18. ↑ "Schramböck: "Schamanismus war Teil meiner Ausbildung"". Profil. April 7, 2018. Retrieved May 9, 2018.
  19. ↑ "Video: Schramböck und Moretti sind die Tiroler des Jahres". Tiroler Tageszeitung. September 14, 2017. Retrieved May 15, 2018.
  20. ↑ "WU Managerin des Jahres 2017". Vienna University of Economics and Business. Retrieved September 18, 2017.
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