Management

Mr. John A. Heugle (born 1958) was appointed member and chairman of the management board in April 2002. In his 22 years of experience, he played a significant role in the successful repositioning of several companies in Europe, America and Asia. He has held top management positions with private and publicly listed companies in the electronics and telecommunications industries, including Molex Inc. and Krone AG. Mr. Heugle holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Metallurgical Engineering from the University of Oklahoma and a Master of Science degree in Materials Science from Northwestern University. Mr. Heugle is a United States citizen.

Mr. Michael Wachsler-Markowitsch (born 1968) joined the company in 2001 and has been its Chief Financial Officer since 2003. He was appointed member of the management board in February 2004. Formerly, he was CFO of Ahead Communications AG, the prior Ericsson Multi Service Access Division, where he was member of the buy-out team with significant international experience in China and South America. Prior to that, he was a tax advisor and auditor with KPMG. Mr. Wachsler-Markowitsch has more than ten years experience in all aspects of international corporate financial, controlling and tax reporting systems. He is a graduate of the Vienna University of Business Administration. Mr. Wachsler-Markowitsch is an Austrian citizen.

Mr. Carlo Rebughini (born 1945), Senior Vice President Sales. During his more than 30 years of international experience in the semiconductor industry, he has held top sales positions with us (from [1983 to 1996]) as well as with Maxim (where he was responsible for the European sales organization from [1996 to early 2003]). Mr. Rebughini re-joined us in early 2003 to head our worldwide sales and marketing organization. Mr. Rebughini is an Italian citizen.

Mr. Franz Faschinger (born 1953) started his career with us 21 years ago. He has had a significant technical and management career with American Microsystems Inc. as well as with us, being responsible for the back-end supply chain including the in-house analog test department. In 1999, he took over the position of Senior Vice President and General Manager of our Industry & Medical business. Since 2005, he is also responsible for our Standard Linear business. He holds a university degree in electronics from the Technical University Graz. Mr. Faschinger is an Austrian citizen.

Mr. Peter Gasteiner (born 1962), Senior Vice President and General Manager of our Communications business. He joined us after several years with Philips, where he managed key accounts worldwide such as Flextronics, and contributed his marketing skills first as marketing manager of the worldwide foundry business and later as Vice President and General Manager of our Full Service Foundry. Mr. Gasteiner holds a degree in electronics of the Technical University of Graz. Mr. Gasteiner is an Austrian citizen.

Mr. Bernd Gessner (born 1964), Senior Vice President and General Manager of our Automotive business. He joined us in 1988 and re-joined in 2000 after spending some years at Siemens and Infineon. Since then he has held the position of Director Operations of our Industry & Medical and Automotive businesses and has headed the engineering department of our Automotive business. In 2005 he was appointed General Manager of our Automotive business. Mr. Gessner holds a degree in Electronics from the Technical University of Graz. Mr. Gessner is an Austrian citizen.

Mr. Thomas Riener (born 1967), General Manager of our Full Service Foundry business. He joined austriamicrosystems in 2004 after more than 10 years with Philips Semiconductors, where he developed and managed the worldwide Contactless RFID and Microcontroller Smart Card Business. Mr. Riener holds a degree in Industrial Engineering & Economics of the Technical University of Graz. Mr. Riener is an Austrian citizen.

Mr. Walter Mente (born 1957), Vice President Operations. He has been involved in virtually all aspects of the our technical areas since starting his career with us 20 years ago. He has served as Director of Quality Assurance as well as Director Operations which includes all fab and back-end areas of manufacturing. Mr. Mente also manages the process development group and all MEMS activities. He holds an electronics degree from the Technical University of Graz. Mr. Mente is an Austrian citizen.

Moritz M. Gmeiner (born 1969) gained extensive corporate finance experience with Deutsche Bank focusing on the technology and particularly the semiconductor sector. He has advised a range of leading European technology companies and was involved in a number of IPOs and other equity transactions, including a central role in the IPOs of Infineon, Elmos, ADVA Optical and IDS Scheer. Mr. Gmeiner holds a Master's degree in Economics from University of Regensburg. Mr. Gmeiner is a German citizen.

Mr. Engelbert Liebminger (born 1964), Vice President Human Resources. Prior to joining us, he was successful in building state-of-the-art Human Resources organisations in the electronics industry as well as the pulp & paper industry in Europe and Asia. Mr. Liebminger has more than 20 years of professional experience and has held senior management positions covering all aspects of Human Resources. He holds a degree in personnel management and is an Austrian citizen.