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The director of Siemens Austria, Wolfgang Hesoun, takes over the chairmanship of the supervisory board of Casinos Austria AG. That should bring calm to the battered state-owned company, the ÖBAG holding company announced.
5.24 pm, December 16, 2020
Wolfgang Hesoun, Managing Director of Siemens Austria, will be the new Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Casinos Austria AG (CASAG). State holding company ÖBAG announced on Wednesday. With Hesoun he also became director of ÖBAG Christine Stack and Erika Stark-Rittenauer newly elected to the Casino Supervisory Board by ÖBB-Holding AG. Gerhild Hofer and Thomas polzer resign from the committee.
“The realignment of the supervisory body is the cornerstone in this year of change,” said the ÖBAG board member. Thomas schmid according to notification. As the main shareholder, it was important for ÖBAG to “bring peace of mind and the ability to re-plan at CASAG and expand experience on the supervisory board.”
With the resolution of the shareholder dispute, the conclusion of a union agreement between ÖBAG and the Sazka Group, and the start of restructuring in the wake of the corona pandemic, there have been far-reaching changes for the entire group of companies this year. .
500 fewer full-time employees
The casinos said the restructuring program took up much of the meeting. The package elaborated in this context has been applied to a large extent, foresees savings of € 50 million and a reduction in the number of employees from 500 full-time employees across the group. The reduction was made on the basis of separations and social plans by mutual agreement, new collective agreements and labor agreements.
Schmid announced that Player protection is the focus for next year do, that is why an IHS study was commissioned on the economic consequences of gambling addiction.
