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Michael Fembek


Essl Foundation

After graduating from the Vienna University of Economics, Michael Fembek (born 1961) joined GEWINN, an Austrian business magazine, serving between 2000 and 2007 as editor-in-chief. In 2009 he initiated "Sinnstifter", a project by Austrian philanthropists, and started the Austrian CSR-Yearbook.

In 2010 he joined the Essl Foundation as programme manager - with the Zero Project and the Essl Social Prize as its outstanding projects - and the bauMax group as its Head of Social Affairs.

In 2014, he initiated the Verband für Gemeinnütziges Stiften, the Austrian philanthropic association, where he serves as Vice President. In 2015, he became the Chair of the Thematic Group on Disabilities within the European Foundation Centre, where seven European foundations work together.