Executive Committee and Head Office
Executive Committee
The Executive Committee is the governing body of the association and its members serve in an honorary capacity for a period of five years. The current Executive Committee was appointed by the Association's General Assembly in October 2020 and consists of ten members and an Honorary President. They represent each voting member category in all federal states.
President
Prim. Dr. Josef F. Macher
Deaconesses Clinic Linz
- President of the Austrian Association of Private Hospitals
- Managing Director of Diakonissen Linz Clinic and Diakonissen Linz Day Clinic, Upper Austria (run by Evangelisches Diakoniewerk Gallneukirchen)
- Specialist training in anesthesia and intensive care medicine with a focus on pain medicine, additional training in Paris, Berkeley, Munich and Bochum
- Founder of Forum Schmerz and establishment of the Austrian Pain Society
- Member of the Expert Committee for Private Hospitals, Association of Healthcare Companies of the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber
Vice Presidents
Werner Fischl
Mavie Med Clinics
- Vice President of the Austrian Association of Private Hospitals
- Managing Director of Mavie Med Privatkliniken GmbH, Mavie Med Privatklinik Wörgl GmbH
- Operative Managing Director of the Wehrle - Diakonissen Private Clinic in Salzburg and the Graz Ragnitz Private Clinic
- Head of the central Medical, Quality and Government Relations department at Mavie Med
- Business economist
- Numerous publications, lectures and participation in panel discussions
- Head of the Legislation Committee of the Association of Healthcare Companies of the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber
- Deputy Head of the Expert Committee for Private Hospitals
- Member of the PRIKRAF Fund Commission
- Member of the scientific
Advisory Board for Quality Assurance in the Healthcare System of the Federal Ministry of Social Affairs,
Health, Care and Consumer Protection
KommR Dr. Georg Semler
Rudolfinerhaus Private Clinic GmbH
- Vice President of the Austrian Association of Private Hospitals
- Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Rudolfinerhaus Privatklinik GmbH (run by the Rudolfinerverein - Red Cross Association for the Promotion of Healthcare) and Chairman of the Board of the Rudolfinerverein in Vienna
- Entrepreneur and lawyer
- Member of the expert committee for private hospitals, professional association
Gesundheitsbetriebe of the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber - Member of the PRIKRAF Fund Commission
- Expert member of the Senate Commercial Court Vienna
- Winner of the Golden Medal of Merit of the Red Cross
Stefan Günther
hospitals Projektentwicklungsges.m.b.H.
- Vice President of the Austrian Association of Private Hospitals
Managing Director of hospitals Projektentwicklungsges. m. b. H. and Reha Zentrum Münster in Tyrol as well as Klinikum Austria Gesundheitsgruppe GmbH, furthermore five rehabilitation clinics throughout Austria and two rehabilitation clinics for children and adolescents
- Member of the Rehabilitation Committee, Association of Healthcare Companies of the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber
- Business economist and lecturer in adult education
Mag. Annette Leja
Kettenbrücke Private Clinic
- Vice President of the Austrian Association of Private Hospitals
- Managing Director and Administrative Director of Privatklinik Kettenbrücke
- 2021-2022: State Councillor for Health, Care and Science in the Tyrolean state government
- Since 2025: active in various functions in the Chamber of Commerce
Further functions & members
Member of the Executive Committee
Robert Untermarzoner
Privatklinik Kreuzschwestern Graz
Member of the Executive Committee
Thomas Ebm, MSc
Wiener Privatklinik
Member of the Executive Committee
Herbert Ratz
Humanomed, Carinthia
Member of the Executive Committee
Martin Witting
Privatklinik Hochrum
Honorary President
Dr. Erich Sieber
Evangelical Hospital Vienna
Association office
Managing Director
Christina Hattinger
- Managing Director of the Austrian Association of Private Hospitals, since 2019
- Lawyer and management consultant
- Many years of management experience in business and international corporations as well as in the start-up and NGO sector
- Many years of voluntary work on the board of a hospice center
- Co-founder of an independent business women's network
Other employees
Team assistance / member service
Gerlinde Becker, BA
