OeKB AG is directed by a team of two. The two executive board directors, Helmut Bernkopf and Angelika Sommer-Hemetsberger, have many years of experience in national and international banking.
Helmut Bernkopf
Helmut Bernkopf has been a member of the Board of Executive Directors of OeKB AG (Oesterreichische Kontrollbank AG) since 2016.
Mr Bernkopf was born in Vienna in 1967. He completed his degree in Business Administration at the Vienna University of Economics in 1994 and, in 2004, a General Management Programme with a focus on sales.
International banking career
After various national and international management and executive positions at Bank Austria AG, Vienna, Mr Bernkopf became the Global Head of Private Banking and Member of Business Executive Committee, UniCredit Group for UniCredit S.p.A., Milan. Thereafter, he became a member of the Management Board of UniCredit Bank Austria AG in private and commercial banking.
Helmut Bernkopf is member of the supervisory boards of Lenzing AG, Acredia Versicherung AG and OeKB EH Beteiligungs- und Management AG as well as chairman of the supervisory board of Oesterreichischen Entwicklungsbank AG and Österreichische Hotel-und Tourismusbank GmbH and Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board of OeKB CSD GmbH.
Areas of responsibility
- Export Finance
- Export Guarantees & International Finance
- Legal & Compliance
- Marketing & Communications
- People & Culture
- Treasury
- Group ESG Office
CV of Helmut Bernkopf
Since 1 August 2016
- Member of the Board of Executive Directors of Oesterreichischen Kontrollbank AG (OeKB)
2013–2016: UniCredit Bank Austria AG
- Board of Executive Directors
- Senior Executive Vice President
- Head of Commercial Banking (Private and business clients)
2011–2012: UniCredit S.p.A.
- Global Head of Private Banking
- Senior Executive Vice President
- Member of Business Executive Committee, UniCredit Group
2008–2011: UniCredit Bank Austria AG
- Board of Executive Directors
- Executive Vice President
- Head of Corporate and Investment Banking Austria, UniCredit Group
2007–2008: UniCredit Bank, Russia (formerly International Moscow Bank)
- Deputy Chairman
- Acting President (October 2007 – July 2008)
2005–2006: Bank Austria Creditanstalt AG
- General Manager, Head of CEE Division
2001–2004: HVB Bank Romania S.A. (formerly Bank Austria Creditanstalt)
- Deputy chair of Board of Executive Directors
2000–2001: Bank Austria Creditanstalt Romania S.A.
- Executive Director, Head of Corporate Banking
1997–2000: Bank Austria Creditanstalt International, London branch
- Assistant Director, Head of Loan Syndications
1994–1997: Bank Austria AG
- Manager, Corporate Finance
Vienna University of Economics and Business
- Master’s degree in Business Administration
- General Management Programme
- Born 1967 in Vienna, Austria
- Married, two children
Angelika Sommer-Hemetsberger
Angelika Sommer-Hemetsberger has been a member of the Board of Executive Directors of OeKB AG since 2014.
She was born in Leoben, Austria in 1967. She completed her degree in Business Administration at the University of Graz in 1990 and completed a Business Consultancy training in 1994.
Many years of OeKB experience
Already during her academic training, Angelika Sommer-Hemetsberger worked for M.A.I.L Finanzberatung in Vienna before moving to OeKB AG in 1998. She was conferred procuration in 2002 and became Head of Accounting in 2007.
Angelika Sommer-Hemetsberger is the Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Acredia Versicherung AG, OeKB CSD GmbH, OeKB EH Beteiligungs- und Management AG and CCPA, Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Wiener Börse AG and Oesterreichische Entwicklungsbank AG as well as member of the Supervisory Board of Österreichische Hotel-und Tourismusbank GmbH. Angelika Sommer-Hemetsberger speaks four foreign languages, including Japanese.
Areas of responsibility
- Capital Market Services
- Export Services Risk & Operations
- Finance
- IT Services
- Organisation & Facility Management
- Risk Controlling
CV of Angelika Sommer-Hemetsberger
Since 1 January 2014
- Member of the Board of Executive Directors Oesterreichischen Kontrollbank AG (OeKB)
2007–2013: Oesterreichische Kontrollbank AG
- Head of Accounting Department
1998–2007: Oesterreichische Kontrollbank AG
- Senior Adviser Balance Structure Management
- Associate Manager (proxy) as of 2002
1990–1998: M.A.I.L. Finanzberatung GmbH
- Associate Manager as of 9/1993
1986–1990: University of Graz
- Business Administration degree
1994: Business Consultancy degree
- Business licence
- Born 1967 in Leoben, Austria
- Married
The Board of Executive Directors is collectively responsible for
- Internal Audit / Group Audit