CURRICULUM VITAE Ernst Karpfinger - Agrana

CURRICULUM VITAE
Ernst Karpfinger
Date of birth:
Place of birth:
Religion:
Marital status:
3 January 1968 in, Roman Catholic
Vienna, Austria
roman catholic
married with Michaela Karpfinger
Children: Michael, born in 1997
Alexandra, born in 1999
School education:
1987 High school graduation at the HBLA Francisco
Military service: 1989
Josephinum in Wieselburg
Degrees:
1994 Degree in Agricultural Economics at the University of
Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna.
Followed by activities within the Austrian Association of Farmers, at Agrarmarkt Austria
(AMA) and Österreichischer Raiffeisenverband (ÖRV).
After marrying Michaela Karpfinger: the takeover of a farm in Baumgarten an der March.
Self-employed farmer since starting a family
Farm size: approx. 80 hectares
Cash crops: 13 hectares of sugar beet, cereals, potatoes, onions or green peas.
Official functions:
• Since 31 May 2001: Board member of the Sugar Beet Growers Association for Lower
Austria and Vienna
• Member of the Supervisory Board of the Marchfeld Volksbank
• District Council of the Agricultural Chamber, Gänserndorf, Austria
• Local Farmers’ Council and District Farmers’ Council (Deputy Chairman)
• Since 23 May 2005: Chairman of the Sugar Beet Growers’ Association for Lower
Austria / Vienna
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• Since 30 May 2005: General Manager of VÖR Rübenbauern Vertretungs- und
Übernahmegesellschaft m.b.H.
• Since 30 June 2005: General Manager of Rübenproduzenten Beteiligungsgesellschaft
m.b.H.
• Since August 2005: President of “DIE RÜBENBAUERN” – the Association of Austrian
Sugar Beet Growing Organisations.
• Since November 2005: Chairman of Österreichische
Zuckerrübenverwertungsgenossenschaft mbH.
• Since 2006: Member of the Advisory Board of Österreichische Hagelversicherung
• Since 24 May 2007: Member of the Supervisory Committee of CIBE
Supervisory Board positions:
AGRANA Beteiligungs-AG, Vienna, Austria
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