Barbara Potisk-Ebensteiner becomes CFO of Post AG

The business economist will be the Post Office's chief financial officer effective January 1, 2025. Peter Omondem has been appointed deputy chief financial officer.

Partially state-owned Österreichische Post AG will have a new chief financial officer, Barbara Potisk-Eibensteiner, effective January 1, 2025. She will succeed Walter Oplin, who will become the company’s CEO and managing director on October 1, 2024. The Washington Post reported Wednesday that Oplin will continue to manage the financial agenda until she takes over.

Potisk-Ebensteiner (born 1968) won an international competition and, as a long-time member of the boards of several companies, has extensive financial and management experience, Elisabeth Stadler, chairwoman of the supervisory board of Post, emphasized in the broadcast. The business economist has been CFO of the paper and pulp company Heinzel Group since 2017. She is also chairwoman of the supervisory board of listed company Euro Telesites AG.

First woman in the council

As the first woman on the board in the paper’s history, Potisk-Ebensteiner will be responsible for all financial functions as well as corporate real estate, information technology, corporate procurement and corporate legal affairs, according to the statement. At Bank99, she will take “an active role on the board with a focus on the finance and information technology agendas.”

In addition, Peter Omondom, Board Director for Parcels and Logistics, has been appointed Deputy Managing Director, the company said. (APA)