The WU Manager of the Year 2012 award goes to Johanna Rachinger, Director General of the Austrian National Library. "Johanna Rachinger combines bold and visionary managerial skills with an excellent leadership style," says WU Rector Christoph Badelt. The award ceremony will take place at WU on November 5.

"Johanna Rachinger has been named WU Manager of the Year 2012 for her outstanding achievements as a manager. Not only did she oversee the restructuring of the Austrian National Library into an enterprise with full legal capacity, she was also responsible for what has been the Austrian National Library's biggest digitalization project so far. It is for this visionary commitment and for her lucid long-term perspective that we would like to honor Johanna Rachinger. She is a manager with courage and vision," says Rector Badelt, explaining the WU jury's decision.

WU Manager of the Year Award for outstanding personalities

WU's annual award for outstanding personalities in management emphasizes the university's long-standing track record of bringing together academic theory and real-world practice. The WU Manager of the Year Award is given to personalities who actively support the interests of the economy at large and who have demonstrated a solution-oriented approach in their work. The multi-faceted award criteria go far beyond the demands and requirements managers are expected to meet in day-to-day business. The WU Rector's Council is looking forward to welcoming Johanna Rachinger and numerous guests at the award ceremony on November 5. WU Honorary Professor Wilfried Stadler will give the laudatory speech. The ceremony will be followed by a Business Talk with the newly named WU Manager of the Year and the business and economics magazine GEWINN.

Johanna Rachinger: stages of a career

Johanna Rachinger was born in Putzleinsdorf in 1960. She studied theater and German studies at the University of Vienna. After obtaining her doctoral degree in 1986, she started working as an editor at the publishing house Wiener Frauenverlag, and she also headed the advisory services department of the Österreichisches Bibliothekswerk. In 1992, she moved on to publishers Carl Ueberreuther, where she served as Managing Director from 1995 to 2001. Johanna Rachinger was appointed Director General of the Austrian National Library in 2001.

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