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ÖBAG Director and former PwC CEO Christine Catasta and player protection and compliance expert Erika Stark-Rittenauer were also recently appointed to the supervisory board. Gerhild Hofer and Thomas Polzer will leave the committee, the casinos announced in a broadcast Wednesday night. The sole vice president is now Sazka Group CEO Robert Chvatal, who has presided over the company since Walter Rothensteiner left the company.
“New chapter” after a “challenging time”
“The current personnel decisions show that after a challenging time, a new chapter is now beginning for society in which the board of directors, employees, supervisory board and owners work together in a positive future for the company. company, “says ÖBAG board member Thomas Schmid.
The basis for the reorganization of staff on the supervisory board is the union agreement recently approved by the EU competition commission between majority owner Sazka and the state holding company ÖBAG. Regulates the strategic development and alignment of the group of companies by mutual agreement.
500 full-time positions will be eliminated
Wednesday’s topic was also a restructuring program, which is linked to the reduction of around 500 full-time positions. The program titled “ReFIT” has for the most part already been implemented, according to the company’s broadcast. These far-reaching measures will sustainably save 50 million euros and reduce the workforce by around 500 full-time equivalents across the group.
Almost all of the reduction was carried out on the basis of mutually agreed separations and corresponding social plans, new collective agreements and labor agreements. A sum of two-digit millions was spent designing these personnel packages. There are extensive internal restructuring measures for more efficient processes. This creates the basis for the long-term security of the group of companies.
Player protection will be extended
“In particular, the two main owners will make a substantial contribution to the strengthening of sales and the development of new online offers and will drive the urgently needed fight against illegality,” says Sazka CEO Chvatal commenting on the new cooperation at the owner level.
On the issue of player protection, ÖBAG board member Schmid said that casinos and lotteries have a great social responsibility here. For ÖBAG it is “a particular concern that our investments continue to expand their pioneering role in Europe in the area of player protection”. With Erika Stark-Rittenauer you can provide valuable information on the supervisory board, says Schmid. The lawyer is Senior Expert Compliance at ÖBB-Holding.
