Österreichische Post AG Appoints Walter Oblin as Chairman of the Management Board, Effective on 1 October 2024
December 18, 2023 at 07:50 am EST
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At its meeting December 18, 2024, the Supervisory Board of Austrian Post appointed Walter Oblin as Chairman of the Management Board and CEO of Austrian Post. The
appointment takes effect on 1 October 2024. Walter Oblin has been with the company since 1 October 2009 and has been Chief Financial Officer of Austrian Post since 1 July 2012. On 1 January 2019, he was appointed Deputy Chief Executive Officer and, in addition to his role as Management Board Member responsible for Finance, also took on responsibility for the Mail Division. Walter Oblin will continue in his current role as Management Board Member responsible for Finance and Mail (CFO) until he takes
over the position of the Chairman of the Management Board.
Osterreichische Post AG specializes in mail collection, routing, and delivery services. Net sales (including intragroup) break down by activity as follows:
- mail collection and delivery (44.4%; No. 1 in Austria): letters, postcards, ads and publicity materials, newspapers, etc. The group also offers stamps telecommunication and financial products and services (savings accounts, insurance, loans, etc.);
- parcel delivery (44.1%): operating in Austria, Germany, Slovakia and Croatia. Osterreichische Post AG also offers logistical services and express shipping;
- other (0.1%).
The remaining sales (11.4%) are from the retail banking activity.
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: Austria (81.2%), Turkey (10%), Germany (2.1%) and other (6.7%).