Monika Kircher-Kohl
CEO of Infineon Technologies Austria AG
Mrs. Monika Kircher-Kohl is CEO of Infineon Technologies Austria AG. Infineon Tech- nologies Austria AG with its headquarters in Villach, its Research and Development Centers in Villach, Graz, and Linz as well as its IT Services GmbH in Klagenfurt, and a Sales Office in Vienna, with a total staff of 2,550 employees throughout Austria (960 of these in research and development), generated total sales of about 903 million Euros (including DICE) in the fiscal year 2009 (to end of September). Infineon Technologies
Austria AG is a member of the Infineon Technologies AG group of companies. Mrs. Kircher-Kohl was born in 1957 and studied Economics with final diploma as M.A., at the University of Economics Vienna and Mexico City. From 1981 she was Managing Director of the regional depart- ment of the ÖIE (Austrian Information Service for Growth Policy) in Carinthia. After being a freelance consultant and lecturer at the University of Klagenfurt from 1988 to 1991 she became Vice Mayor of the city of Villach, responsible for Finance and Economics, Human Resources, Culture, Education, Youth and Women. In the year 2001 she started her career at Infineon Technologies as Member of the Board of Executives of Infineon Technologies Austria AG, responsible for Finance, Research & Development and Human Resources, and since 2007 as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Infineon Technologies Aus- tria AG responsible for Finance, Production, Human Resources and IT.