The CRC team
Honorary Members
Honorary President
Retired Brigadier General Norbert FÜRSTENHOFER
Honorary President of the Center for Risk and Crisis Management (since April 16, 2026),
former President of the Center for Risk and Crisis Management (2018–2024),
Commander of the NBC Defense School (1988–2010) and Chief of NBC Defense for the Austrian Armed Forces (2003–2010)
Honorary Ambassador
Maike van den BOOM
Honorary Ambassador of the Center for Risk and Crisis Management (since April 16, 2026),
multiple bestselling author and executive trainer
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
President
Dr. Wolfgang REISINGER
President of the Center for Risk and Crisis Management, former Chief Financial Officer of the ZRK
Vice-President
DI Albrecht BROEMME
Chairman of the Board of Cyber-Hilfswerk Deutschland e.V., Berlin; Chairman of the Board of Zukunftsforum Öffentliche Sicherheit e.V., Berlin; and Chairman of the Board of the THW Foundation; Honorary President of the German Federal Agency for Technical Relief (THW)
Board Member
Prof. Dr. Dipl. Inform. Ulrike LECHNER
Holder of the Chair for Business Informatics, Universität der Bundeswehr München, Munich, Germany
Board Member
Dkfm. Ralf KIMPEL
Director of Corporate Audit, Risk & Insurance at Hubert Burda Media Holding KG and Chairman of the Advisory Board of the Risk Management & Rating Association e.V., Munich
Board Member
Prof. DDr. Martin Stieger
Professor of Vocational Education and Business Education and
former President of ALLENSBACH UNIVERSITY, Konstanz, Germany (2021–2025),
Managing Director of VIS Management GmbH, Vienna
Board Member
Gabriele STOWASSER
Chairwoman SENAT DER WIRTSCHAFT International
Board Member
Dominic LACHAT, EMBA ZFH
Managing Director & Chairman of the Board of Directors, Nexgen AG, Volketswil, Switzerland,
Chairman of the Board of GDCIM – Cooperative for Digitalization, Challenge, and Innovation Management, Volketswil, Switzerland
Board Member
Univ.-Prof. Dr. (habil.) Alexander SIEDSCHLAG
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Worldwide Campus, Dekan, College of Arts & Sciences & Full Professor, Department of Security and Emergency Services, USA
Board Member
MMag. Franz Hollerer
General Staff Officer at the Theresian Military Academy of the Austrian Armed Forces
Board Member
Dr. Peter MÖHRING
Managing Director Security Network Munich e.V.
Board Member
Univ.-Prof. Dr. techn. Johannes SCHOLZ
Department of Geoinformatics (Z_GIS), Paris-Lodron-University Salzburg , Austria
Board Member
Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Mag. Dr.techn. Edgar WEIPPL
Forschungsgruppe Security and Privacy, Fakultät für Informatik, Universität Wien, Österreich
Board Member
Philippe WACKER
Executive Director of LT-Innovate, The Association of the Language Technology Industry, Austria
Board Member
Jürgen SCHULZE
Non-fiction author (chatbots/GenAI), information security-/alliances-/Go2Market veteran, humanist, European, Germany
Board Member
Prof. Dr. Volker STEINHÜBEL
Managing Director, Institute for Controlling Prof. Dr. Ebert GmbH, Germany
MANAGING BOARD
Chairman of the
Management Board
Dipl.-Ing Johannes GÖLLNER, MSc
Participant of the Cyber Security Platform (CSP) – Federal Chancellery Austria
BOARD MEMBER Division:
Finance
Mag. Monir FAZELI
BOARD MEMBER Division:
RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT
Tit.-Univ-Prof. Dr.habil. DDr. Thomas BENESCH
BOARD MEMBER Division:
NETWORK & STRATEGY
Senator Heinz K. STIASTNY, KommRat, RegKmsr
CRC – TEAM
MARKETING &
COMMUNICATIONS
Robert-P. PELIKAN
STRATEGIC
MARKETING & PR
Mag. Manfred OSCHOUNIG
Head of:
Business Development
Mag. Georg LANZINGER
Business Development
Mag. Johann HÖFLER
Head of:
International Relations
Feiyun CHEN
Management Assistant,
Head: Interantional & Regions
Fabio LACCHINI, BSc