Mag. Waltraud Wöhrer

Mag. Waltraud Wöhrer

Since my calling to the executive board of the Salzburg Foundation, it has been a joy and a pleasure to implement the idea of shaping baroque Salzburg with modern art in public space.

International feedback shows that this was a magnificent initiative and the Salzburg Foundation set an attractive counterpoint with the “Walk of Modern Art” as a set off to the newly-opened cathedral quarter.

With the new idea to also occupy the Krauthügel with modern art during the summer, an even wider audience is brought to artists like Bernar Venet or Anthony Cragg upon entering the city.

Profile

* 1. Mai 1945 in Innsbruck

1967
Relocation to Zurich, Switzerland
Head/translator of Dr. Martin Luther King’s European press office in Zurich

1968–71
Freelance translations in financial sector
Relocation to Sierra Leone/West Africa due to husband’s appointment to a GM bauxite mine for Alusuisse

1982
Return to Austria and enrollment as court interpreter at the Salzburg state court

1992
Management Buy Out of Salzburger Aluminium AG by the Wöhrer family

1992 – 2008
Member of the executive board, GD deputy; business focus in risk management, aluminum + FX Trading, for instance, hedging transactions for SAG.

2008 – to present
Chairman of the Salzburger Aluminium AG supervisory board

2006 – to present
Chairman of the Achen Kraftwerke AG supervisory board

11-year member of the Aluminum Committees at the LME (London Metal Exchange)

Vice President of FACE (Federation of Aluminum Consumers in Europe) in Brussels