Heinz K. BECKER

EMPLCommittee on Employment and Social Affairs
PETICommittee on Petitions
D-CADelegation for relations with Canada

CULTCommittee on Culture and Education
CRIMSpecial committee on organised crime, corruption and money laundering

• Military service (1969); secondary school-leaving certificate (1970).
• Marubeni Corporation (Japanese export-import company with its East European headquarters in Vienna): assistant to the Japanese manager responsible for the COMECON markets of the GDR, Hungary, Yugoslavia and Bulgaria; setting-up of the Berlin office; responsible for Hungary and Bulgaria (based in Vienna) (1970-1974). Gramm & Grey advertising agency, Vienna: Account Manager and Account Director/Group Account Director (1974-1977). Österreichische Philips Industrie, Vienna: Advertising Manager for the audio and home electronics sector (1977-1980). GKK International advertising agency, Vienna: Account Director/Group Account Director and Authorised Signatory (1980-1985). Grey Group advertising agency, Vienna (subsidiary of Grey International, New York): Agency Head and Account Director (1985-1988). Professional examinations in advertising consultancy and advertising media (1986). MEDIACOM media agency, founder and Chief Executive (1988). BZW Advertising advertising agency, Vienna: Agency Head, member of the executive board (1988-1992). Self-employed: Becker advertising agency, Vienna and Perchtoldsdorf (1992-2011); handover of management to spouse Anna (2002); transfer of business to spouse (termination of all business licences) (2011).
• Member of Perchtoldsdorf rotary club (since 1998), founder member and President (1999-2000).
• Member of the supervisory board of Springer Schlössl GmbH (since 2006).
• Secretary-General of the Austrian Senior Citizens' Association (ÖSB) (since 2001).
• Member of the Executive Committee of the European Senior Citizens' Union (ESCU) (since 2005).
• Member of the board of the ÖVP Political Academy (since 2001). (Paid) member of the executive of the Federation of Austrian Social Insurance Institutions (since 2009).
• Vice-chair of the parliamentary intergroup on 'Ageing and Inter-generational Solidarity'; Member of the European Alzheimer's Alliance (both since 2011).